A stroke is a serious life-threatening condition that happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. When someone has a stroke, it is estimated they may be losing around 2 million ...

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As part of NHS England’s improvement work (NHS IMPACT) colleagues – including the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST) and Getting it right First Time (GIRFT) – have been working with ...

David Webb, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England, and Ali Sparke, Director for Dentistry, Community Pharmacy and ...

Ruth Buchan is a pharmacist who works as Community Pharmacy Clinical Lead at West Yorkshire ICB. She was previously Chief ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is calculated using weight in kilograms divided by the height in metres squared (kg/m2). This allows for differences in weight due to height. In the HSE series a BMI of 30kg/m2 ...

Anyone eligible can book their vaccinations from 9am via the NHS website, by downloading the NHS App, or by calling 119 for free if they can’t get online. The vaccinations, which will be available ...

Oxytocin is one of the most commonly utilised drugs in labour and childbirth. An oxytocin infusion can be administered to augment contractions during labour or in a much higher dose to treat ...

On the two days following his post, analysis by NHS England found that the laryngeal cancer page on the nhs.uk website saw nearly 14 times as many visits compared to the previous 48 hours. Visits to ...

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Over 1 million parents and carers of 2 and 3-year-olds will be urged to book their children in for a flu vaccine from next week, as the NHS ramps up its preparations for winter. The NHS is sending ...

NHS England’s annual Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics report, co-authored with the UKHSA, contains information on the routine vaccinations offered to all children at the ages of 12 months, 24 ...