The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has licensed Anastrozole, which has for years been used as a breast cancer treatment, as a preventive option in England.
The rapid roll-out of blood-thinning drugs on the NHS has saved some 4,000 lives and prevented almost 17,000 strokes, according to NHS England.
Four chief finance officers make up this year’s shortlist for the HFMA Finance Director of the Year Award in the 2023 HFMA awards.
More than a third of nurses who retired two years ago had returned to practice 12 months later, according to NHS England figures.
The Care Quality Commission has released its latest annual assessment of health and adult social care in England.
The prevalence of primary school children living with obesity continued to fall in 2022/23, after reaching the highest recorded levels during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The winter vaccination programme has delivered more than 10 million flu jabs (10,527,579) and seven million Covid vaccines (7,525,637).
The government has launched a public consultation on UK-wide guidelines for clinical treatment of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence.
The government has committed over £3m in funding for four new projects developing digital technology intended to improve adult social care services.
The Scottish government has published an action plan for the rollout of value-based care across the country.