The rising cost of support for people with long-term health conditions — set to rise to a staggering £100bn by 2029-30 in cash terms on current projections — has become a huge source of pressure on ...
A study from Imperial College London examined over 26,000 UK Biobank participants, revealing that night owls have higher ...
Background Uncertainty is defined as limited knowledge or lack of predictability about past, present or future events. The ...
The fast food giant used a GP to support appeals against planning decisions in some deprived areas with the worst rates of food related ill health in England. Then it threatened councils with bills ...
To tackle preventable illness caused by consuming harmful products we need policies that reduce their availability, affordability, and visibility, writes Alice Wiseman Using medical professionals to ...
This study examines the impact of geographically limited disasters on health care quality performance scores of Medicare Advantage contracts, finding limited impact on performance scores.
Experts have warned of a “public health crisis” as deaths caused by alcohol soared to a record high in the UK, according to ...
Office for National Statistics data shows there were 1,277 deaths from conditions wholly caused by alcohol in 2023.
The number of deaths across the UK specifically caused by alcohol has reached a record high, according to new figures. It is ...
Learn more about the new safer drugs consumption facility in Glasgow and how nurses working there are leading on harm ...
Over half (53%) of this public spending in the final year of life is spent on healthcare (£11.7bn) – or £18,020 per person who died. Hospital care represents the largest share of healthcare spending, ...
Some 81 of this healthcare spending is spent in hospitals (£9.6bn), with 56 (£6.6bn) of that going on emergency hospital care.