The Covid-19 and adult influenza service specifications have been combined for 2026/27. NHS England’s letters explain the key changes, service requirements, funding and sign up deadlines for GPs and ...

Patients across England will be able to get urgent dentist appointments more easily in future. The government will proceed with a raft of reforms - the most significant modernisation of the NHS dental ...

As integrated care boards transition to become strategic commissioners, there is a need to focus on all commissioning decisions, including those relating to primary care. The potential for primary ...

A campaign has been launched to improve the public’s understanding of the different services available as the NHS heads into winter. The campaign features a short film, focusing on pharmacy, NHS 111, ...

The Department for Health and Social Care has published a letter and directions setting out general ophthalmic services fees and payments from 1 April 2025. A letter has also been published setting ...

The government has put an offer to the British Medical Association (BMA) which would put in place emergency legislation for UK and Republic of Ireland medical graduates and doctors who have worked in ...

The ME Association, a charity which supports people living with ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis), also known as CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) and Long Covid, has awarded £1.1 million to researchers at ...

PCC’s programme for women developing in a leadership role focusses on growing the confidence and influence to reach across organisational boundaries. Comprising six online sessions delivered by an ...

The Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing, Access and Growth (VPAG) requires companies to make payments to the government based on a percentage of their sales of branded medicines to the NHS.

This report summarises findings from a session where healthcare leaders considered what model of provision of dental services would improve oral health.

Over the past three years, The King’s Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund have been working together to support five local areas in England to develop partnership working between the NHS, ...

Rates of vaccination are declining in the UK. The King’s Fund research explores how Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has achieved some of the highest uptake rates in the country despite the ...