UK Government Launches 111 a Non-Emergency Health Services Number

United Kingdom (UK) Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has launched a new three-digit number – 111 – that will make it easier for patients to access non-emergency NHS healthcare wherever they are, 24 hours a day. The new service, launched in...

National Health Service to Provide More Care for Patients At Home

Measures to shape National Health Service (NHS) services around individual patients were set out today by Health Secretary Andy Burnham. More dialysis at home and chemotherapy in the community will mean patients can benefit from more convenient services...

All U.K. Cancer Survivors to have a Personalized Assessment And Care Plan

All cancer survivors in Britain will receive the personalised care they need to lead as healthy and active a life as possible under plans published today in the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative vision. The joint vision between the Department of...

New Legal Rights for Britain’s NHS Patients

Patients in Britain will have legal rights to maximum waiting times for elective procedures and urgent cancer referrals and to an NHS Health Check every five years for those aged 40-74, if proposals published today are taken forward. The proposals, set...