The change is being introduced in 2027 to tackle health risks.

Yvette Cooper has been gifted the health and care portfolio. With an overflowing in-tray and commitments to drastically ...

Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson has welcomed news there will be a full rollout of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) screening after previously describing it as a “postcode lottery”. Nelson began ...

The existing newborn heel-prick screening programme in Northern Ireland tests for conditions including sickle cell disease, ...

THOUSANDS of people on mental health benefits are having payments renewed for years without a medical check-up. Personal ...

Volunteer search and rescue teams warn a new UK law could force closures, raising fears of slower emergency responses and ...

The UK squandered £10bn on personal protective equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic, a public inquiry has said, as it hit ...

The Government has unveiled a sweeping cross-department action plan ...

The rate will be cut from 5% to 0% in October. On Monday, the new prime minister pledged to provide "breathing space" for ...

Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has said news of a full national rollout for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) screening is “a ...

ANDY Burnham is set to hold his first Cabinet meeting with his newly appointed top team after ruthlessly purging Starmerites ...

Britain is 'medicalising childhood', with diagnoses the gateway to support and funding instead of tackling the underlying ...