There are currently around 270,000 people living in England with type 1 diabetes. NHS England is encouraging all prescribing trusts to review patients that are eligible for HCL and already using other ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

A clinical and operational improvement guide. This improvement guide supports clinical and operational teams to improve the outpatient care provided to patients. In 2023 the NHS worked with the Royal ...

Pregnant women are again being urged to get vaccinated against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) to prevent babies and young children being admitted to hospital this winter. Across London maternity ...

Improvement guide: sharing learning from across organisations for impactful change. This medical consultant job planning improvement guide is one way in which the NHS will work towards this ambition, ...