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Significant failings found at health and social care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will provide around £8 million worth of cloud computing storage access to support UK Biobank, the world’s leading biomedical database.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 24 July, approved an adapted Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) that targets the JN.1 COVID-19 subvariant.
Semaglutide is the first weight loss drug approved in the UK as a preventative treatment for those with established cardiovascular disease
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 19 July 2024, approved the first generic raltegravir medicines to treat adult and paediatric HIV patients who weigh at least 40kg.
Applications are open for experts wishing to join the OPSS Register of Specialists.
Secretary of State Wes Streeting spoke to staff and patients before meeting regional health leaders.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today, 17 July 2024, approved the medicine vibegron (Obgemsa) to treat the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome in adults. Symptoms may include a …
A national respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine programme protecting infants and elderly people will save lives in the UK.
Antimicrobial resistance to Group B Streptococcus (GBS) antibiotics is growing. This puts newborns at risk. VDEC is supporting a new vaccine to cut antibiotic use
VDEC developed a standardised assay to reduce the development of antimicrobial resistance and improve patient treatment for tuberculosis.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a new formulation of the medicine ocrelizumab (Ocrevus 920mg solution for injection) to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS) and primar…
Letter to The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth about a breach of Part 3 of the Private Healthcare Market Investigation Order 2014.
New data published today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows cases of whooping cough continue to increase with 2,591 cases confirmed in May.
Professor Lord Darzi appointed to establish the state of the nation's health service.
The Secretary of State, Wes Streeting, has announced that the Department of Health and Social Care will expand its focus to boost economic growth.
The Secretary of State and NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard visited the Abbey Medical Centre in St John’s Wood, London.
UKHSA is working with partners to investigate a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak.
Statement from Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, setting out his mission for saving the NHS.
A man who had unlicensed medicines sent to his parents’ address, has been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to a term of imprisonment, having earlier been found guilty of criminal activity in May. The sentencing follows an …
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