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Sharing access to patients’ health data across NHS providers in England could result in 20,000 fewer A&E visits a year and save £20m annually, the government…

GPs and hospitals will be required to share patient data under legislation to be announced in the king’s speech on Wednesday.Legislation to create a single patient…

I am an advanced clinical practitioner in acute respiratory medicine, and the British Medical Association’s (BMA) characterisation of practitioners like me as unsafe “substitute doctors” demands…

January 29, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmDoctors keep patient alive using ‘artificial lungs’ for two daysNovel artificial lungs could help keep people whose…

The Scottish government must publish up-to-date patient safety reviews for every ward at the super-hospital at the heart of the “worst scandal in the history of…

Corridor care is “a type of torture” that is leading to patients dying and causing NHS staff to have nightmares, the UK’s nurses union has warned.In…

The number of people in hospital with flu in England has fallen for the second week in a row, NHS figures show, as England’s top doctor…

I watched Nye, the National Theatre’s hit show about Aneurin Bevan, the former Labour MP for Ebbw Vale and his fight to found a national health…

December 12, 2025 Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmCell Transplant Therapy Offers New Hope for Type 1 DiabetesScientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited insulin-producing cells into a man…

A public inquiry will be held into the failures of a north-east NHS foundation after the deaths of several patients, Wes Streeting has confirmed.The health secretary…