Healthcare Leader • 19th August 2021

Under-19s waiting for urgent eating disorder treatment triples during pandemic

The number of under-19s waiting for urgent treatment for eating disorders tripled during the pandemic, while the number waiting for routine support more than quadrupled, analysis has shown

Healthcare Leader • 8th July 2021

Mental health problems highest among lesbian, gay and bisexual women

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people are more than twice as likely to report having a mental health, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorder, new figures have shown

Healthcare Leader • 1st April 2021

Peter Molyneux: ‘We need to build confidence and trust with LGBTQ+ patients’

‘People use the term ‘hard to reach’ don’t they, they use that a lot. But hard to reach for who?’ asks Peter Molyneux, chair of the NHS Confederation’s LGBTQ+ Leader Network

Management In Practice • 17th September 2021

More than 10,000 patients and GPs sign petition for better funding

As many as 10,000 patients and GPs have signed a petition calling for the Government to address the GP retention crisis and provide better funding

Management In Practice • 17th September 2021

Co-administering Covid and flu should not be ‘underestimated’

The work involved in providing both the Covid booster and flu campaigns should not be underestimated, NHS England has been told after publishing key details on the delivery of the programme

Management In Practice • 15th September 2021

Face-to-face CQC inspections will not return for all practices for the ‘foreseeable future’

In person Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections for outstanding practices will not return for the ‘foreseeable future’, its chief inspector for primary care said

Management In Practice • 15th September 2021

ICSs won’t ‘magic up’ a solution to workforce crisis, top GP says

Integrated care systems (ICS) will not help solve the current GP shortage, a top GP has said, despite first being touted as ‘central’ to delivering the NHS Long Term Plan

Management In Practice • 13th September 2021

Irate patients: ‘CQC inspections are going to add an additional layer of stress’

We know that abuse against practice staff has increased during the Covid vaccine campaign. What is different now about the way patients are behaving in practices?

Management In Practice • 10th September 2021

Practice managers condemn Government inaction on abuse of practice staff

Practice managers have urged the Health Secretary to publicly condemn the ‘indefensible’ abuse directed at general practice staff

Management In Practice • 10th September 2021

Practice resilience: ‘I'm not sure patients think about staff at all’

What does resilience mean in general practice, and how has that changed during the pandemic?

Management In Practice • 10th September 2021

MPs back health and social care levy

MPs have voted in favour of an increase to National Insurance (NI) to fund the NHS and social care, despite criticism from the opposition and within the Tory party

Healthcare Leader • 9th September 2021

Exclusive: Government 50m appointment pledge must distinguish between GP and primary care roles

Government plans to introduce more than 50 million additional general practice appointments must distinguish between GPs and primary care roles to prevent overwhelming practitioners, a leading GP has told Healthcare Leader

Healthcare Leader • 9th September 2021

MPs back health and social care levy

MPs have voted in favour of an increase to National Insurance (NI) to fund the NHS and social care, despite criticism from the opposition and within the Tory party

Management In Practice • 8th September 2021

MPs to vote on National Insurance hike to fund social care

National Insurance contributions will rise by 1.25% from next April to pay for the social care system and tackle the NHS backlog, with MPs set to vote this evening (8 September)

Healthcare Leader • 7th September 2021

PM announces National Insurance hike to fund social care

National Insurance contributions will rise by 1.25% from next April to pay for the social care system and tackle the NHS backlog, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today announced

Healthcare Leader • 7th September 2021

Suicide rates fell during first lockdown, new data suggests

Rates of suicide were ‘statistically significantly lower’ during the first lockdown in 2020, compared to the same period in the previous three years, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Healthcare Leader • 7th September 2021

Estimated £17bn needed to clear backlog on top of primary care investment

The Government will have to spend nearly £17bn if it intends to clear return hospital waiting times to 18 weeks during this parliament, analysis by the Health Foundation has shown

Management In Practice • 6th September 2021

Practices cancel thousands of flu vaccine appointments after delays to supplies

Practices have begun cancelling thousands of flu vaccine appointments after a delay of up to two weeks on deliveries of flu vaccine stock, Management in Practice has been told

Management In Practice • 3rd September 2021

Practice managers slam NHSE for exclusion from vital Covid vaccine updates

Practice managers must be informed about developments to the Covid vaccine programme before patients and the media, the Institute of General Practice Management (IGPM) has said

Management In Practice • 3rd September 2021

One-in-seven children with Covid still symptomatic months later

As many as one-in-seven children with Covid-19 may have symptoms linked to the virus 15 weeks later, according to the largest study on long Covid in children and young people

Management In Practice • 3rd September 2021

Students snub general practice as early as entry to med school

Disinterest among students in becoming a GP appears to be present when starting medical school, a study has suggested

Healthcare Leader • 2nd September 2021

‘No surprise’ study shows LGB people experience poorer health

Research suggesting that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people are more likely to experience long-term health conditions comes as ‘no surprise’, leaders have told Healthcare Leader

Management In Practice • 1st September 2021

Care backlog: Labour calls for NHS rescue plan by winter

Labour has called for an NHS rescue plan to ensure staff are able to deal with the anticipated winter pressures, after finding patients are routinely waiting over 18 weeks for treatment

Health Policy Watch • 26th January 2021

Low-Income Countries Can Expect Higher Mortality From ‘Collateral Damage’ Than COVID-19, Expert Predicts

While very low-income countries have experienced relatively low mortality rates from COVID-19, they can expect higher mortality caused by the knock-on effects of the pandemic, according to a global health expert

Health Policy Watch • 23rd January 2021

WHO: 3 Social Factors Body Will Focus On In Pandemic Response

WHO needs greater focus on limiting gender-based violence, increasing its emphasis on healthy diets, and contributing to renewed momentum on climate action, member states have said

Health Policy Watch • 21st January 2021

Fire In India's Serum Institute COVID Vaccine Manufacturing Facility - CEO Pledges Vaccine Production Won't Be Delayed

Five people have died in a major fire at the Serum Institute’s manufacturing facility, charged with producing India’s supply of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

Health Policy Watch • 15th January 2021

Philippines' Officials Question Government Preference For China COVID Vaccine

A recent poll indicated that less than a third of Filipinos are willing to be vaccinated, sparking concerns that a less efficacious vaccine would do little to change minds

Health Policy Watch • 15th January 2021

Pfizer Temporarily Reduces EU Vaccine Deliveries, While US President Biden’ Vaccine Plan Dubbed ‘Aspirational’ But ‘Doable’

Deliveries of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to all EU states will be reduced for an undisclosed period starting from next week, Norway’s National Institute of Public Health has said

Health Policy Watch • 12th January 2021

Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says

The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said

Health Policy Watch • 12th January 2021

Switzerland Approves Moderna Vaccine, As Pharma Company Claims Year Immunity At Least

Switzerland’s agency for therapeutic products, Swissmedic, has authorized Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for use, as the pharmaceutical company announced that immunity is expected to last at least a year

Health Policy Watch • 11th January 2021

China To Let In WHO COVID Origin Team But Unclear If They Can Enter Wuhan

A week after China blocked entry for WHO’s research team investigating the origins of COVID-19, the country has confirmed an arrival date with the global health body

Health Policy Watch • 8th January 2021

UK Approves Moderna Vaccine, With Caveat Of Spring Rollout

The UK has approved the mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna, securing 17 million doses: but supplies aren’t expected until spring

Health Policy Watch • 6th January 2021

Countries Around World Lockdown Economies To Fight New Coronavirus Variants

After brief holiday respites, countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa have reverted to major lockdowns as a strategy to stave off new virus variants that threaten to overwhelm health systems

Health Policy Watch • 5th January 2021

WHO's SARS-CoV2 Investigative Team Members Turned Away By China In Last Minute Foulup Over VISA Approvals

Two members of a 10-person WHO-sponsored mission to China to investigate the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus were turned away at China’s doorsteps after official approvals that WHO assumed had been finalized were held up at the last minute

Health Policy Watch • 23rd December 2020

US Congress Allocates $4B To Support Gavi Vaccine Equity...

The US’ COVID-19 relief package – agreed upon on Sunday night, after a near-five-month-long gridlock – has confirmed a US$4 billion investment in Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Health Policy Watch • 21st December 2020

European Countries Ban Travel From South Africa And UK

European countries rushed to impose travel bans on UK and South African travellers after both countries reported individual new variants of SARS-CoV-2

Health Policy Watch • 18th December 2020

Money Spent By EU For Vaccines Accidentally Disclosed In Tweet

A Belgian politician accidentally tweeted an image of a spreadsheet detailing the amount the EU spent on each vaccine

Health Policy Watch • 17th December 2020

French President Macron Tests Positive For COVID-19

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, Élysée Palace has announced

Health Policy Watch • 16th December 2020

No Vaccine Access Until 2022 For A Fifth Of The World

Striking through the politicised warnings and potentially hollow gestures, a new study has found that COVID-19 vaccines could remain out of reach until at least 2022 for nearly one-fifth of the global population

Health Policy Watch • 15th December 2020

Death Of ESwatini's Prime Minister Sends Clear Warning Across Africa

Ambrose Dlamini, eSwatini’s Prime Minister, has become the first world leader to die after testing positive for COVID-19. His death sends a clear and chilling message across Africa: the worst days of the pandemic are not behind us

Health Policy Watch • 15th December 2020

COVID’s ‘Disrupted Generation’ To Be Supported By $5m Scheme Led By WHO

As the dust began to settle in June 2009 in the aftermath of the global recession, 81 million young people found themselves out of work, as the youth unemployment rate rose to 13%

Health Policy Watch • 11th December 2020

South Africa Raises Spectre Of “Vaccine Apartheid”

South African officials raised the spectre that the world was heading towards a state of “vaccine apartheid” whereby poor countries would not get rapid and widespread access

Health Policy Watch • 9th December 2020

NCDs Constitute 7 Out Of Top 10 Causes Of Death

The NCD Alliance has called the millions of avoidable deaths due to noncommunicable disease (NCDs) a “collective failure” by world governments, as new WHO data shows NCDs now constitute 7 of the top 10 causes of death globally

Pulse • 7th October 2020

How practice closures declined but remained high in 2019

Practice closures seem to have levelled off after a steep six-year climb, but PCN workloads and uncertainty caused by the pandemic might halt the improvement, finds James Hacker

Pulse • 18th September 2020

AccuRX remote consultation service announces premium charge

AccuRX, the company that had provided free software for GPs to contact patients since the start of the pandemic, has announced it will charge users in 2021 for features introduced to support them during Covid-19

Pulse Today • 14th April 2020

'No evidence' NEWS are useful for Covid-19 assessment in general practice

There is no evidence that National early warning scores (NEWS) are useful when managing Covid-19 in a primary care setting, according to researchers from the University of Oxford

Pulse Today • 9th April 2020

PPE: Suppliers approved by the British Safety Industry Federation

Directory of PPE suppliers approved by the British Safety Industry Federation for meeting safety standards

Pulse Today • 9th April 2020

PPE companies report host of ongoing supply chain issues

Personal protective equipment companies have revealed problems across the supply chain remain unresolved, with limited stocks available to pass on to GPs and other frontline staff who need it as they fight Covid-19

Pulse Today • 8th April 2020

Three in four GPs believe child vaccination should be compulsory

Three quarters of GPs believe it should become compulsory for children to be vaccinated against preventable diseases before they begin school, new research has found

Pulse Today • 7th April 2020

Facemasks could protect vulnerable patients in healthcare settings, finds study

Evidence supports vulnerable people using facemasks for short periods in high-risk situations such as healthcare settings, researchers have found

Pulse Today • 3rd April 2020

GPs can now refer vulnerable patients to coronavirus volunteer service

GPs are now able to refer at-risk or self-isolating individuals to NHS Volunteer Responders, NHS England has announced

Pulse Today • 3rd April 2020

GPs 'should not use breathlessness score over phone to assess Covid-19'

A clinical scoring system being used to assess breathlessness in potential Covid-19 patients ‘is not considered to have the necessary reliability by itself’ and should not be used, the RCGP has warned

Pulse Today • 1st April 2020

Patients reporting loss of taste and smell ‘three times more likely’ to have Covid-19

Losing your sense of taste and smell may be one way to identify coronavirus (Covid-19) infection, early-stage research suggests

Pulse Today • 31st March 2020

GPs to open on bank holidays to 'align with rest of NHS'

GP practices in England will need to stay open over the Easter - and possibly May - bank holidays this year

Pulse • 30th March 2020

Health minister pledges mental health support in response to coronavirus

Mental health support will be offered to people struggling during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak through new NHS online resources and a £5m grant for mental health charities to boost their services

Exeter Medical School • 12th September 2019

Young Researcher Award for diabetes and pregnancy specialist

Dr Rachel Freathy has been awarded the 15th Joseph Hoet Award

Exeter Medical School • 11th September 2019

'What happens when you get sick in space?' [Documentary]

Astronaut Dr Mike Barratt explains the basics of space medicine

Exeter Medical School • 11th September 2019

Genetics Society awards for two Exeter Academics

Two academics at the University of Exeter are set to receive prestigious awards from the Genetics Society

Exeter Medical School • 7th August 2019

Astronaut joins Exeter as Professor

Dr Mike Barratt has orbited our planet 202 times, travelling 5.3 million miles in 307 hours

Exeter Medical School • 11th July 2019

Standing frame intervention improves life for people with MS, research shows

A new study has shown that people in the advanced stage of multiple sclerosis (MS) experience significant improvements in movement and balance thanks to a specialised standing frame

Exeter Medical School • 5th July 2019

Students tackle infectious diseases and extreme heat at Glastonbury Festival

Staff and students from the University of Exeter Medical School treated nearly 5,000 patients at Glastonbury Festival, including a case of mumps

Exeter Medical School • 26th June 2019

Volcanoes, nanoparticles and wireless chargers: women in science showcase reseach

The Soapbox Science event returns for its fifth year, with its most diverse series of presentations yet

Exeter Medical School • 10th June 2019

Undergraduate success at European Immunology Congress

A University of Exeter Medical School undergraduate’s poster has been celebrated at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress in Lisbon

Exeter Medical School • 31st May 2019

Undergraduate Conference wins Event of the Year award

The award was given based on great practice in publicity, financing and execution

Exeter Medical School • 30th May 2019

Medical School lands in UK top 10 in Complete University Guide

The University of Exeter medical School is entered the top 10 Universities for Medicine of 34 in the UK

Exeter Medical School • 17th May 2019

Policy makers must attend to menstrual stigma to improve wellbeing, study finds

Researchers have found that addressing attitudes to menstruation may be necessary to improve well-being in low and middle-income countries, far more than simply better access to sanitary products

Exeter Medical School • 16th May 2019

Leaders in machine learning and dementia research gather in Exeter

Experts in machine learning and dementia research convening at the University of Exeter identified that machine learning can be used to predict incorrect initial diagnoses

Exeter Medical School • 14th May 2019

'Aphantasia at Pixar' [Documentary]

Pixar President Ed Catmull explains how world-leading artists work with no visual imagination in this short documentary-style video

Exeter Medical School • 10th May 2019

Medical School academic wins award for Research Inspired Teaching

A Senior Lecturer has won the University of Exeter Teaching Award following her nomination by students

Exeter Medical School • 10th May 2019

Science on tap: Pint of Science Festival comes to Exeter this May

Leading experts in science from the University of Exeter will bring their research from the lab to the pub for the UK’s largest festival of public science talks

Exeter Medical School • 18th April 2019

World’s largest gathering for people with no ‘mind’s eye’ takes place in Exeter

The first ever conference for people with Aphantasia – no visual imagination – took place in Exeter!

Exeter Medical School • 21st March 2019

RAMM hosts dementia-friendly museum tours

Exeter’s popular museum is opening its doors with a series of bespoke dementia-friendly events!

Exeter Medical School • 11th March 2019

Brain Awareness Week will highlight everyday impact of neuroscience

The University of Exeter invites members of the public to learn more about the human brain as part of Brain Awareness Week

Exeter Medical School • 8th March 2019

International research prize awarded to Exeter neuroscientist

A University of Exeter researcher has been awarded the Cavanagh Prize, selected as the top nominee from candidates across Europe

Exeter Medical School • 7th March 2019

School children use University labs to bring supervillain to justice

Pupils from schools across the South West will use scientific techniques commonly seen in TV crime dramas to help solve a mystery