The Community Dental Services CIC (CDS) team in Derbyshire has set up a children’s clothes rail in the waiting area of one of its busy clinics so families attending for dental care can also choose...
Volunteering
Organisations in Plymouth are seeking to tackle health inequalities to build on a decade of progress.
Patient education
The NHS has launched a pill aimed at helping people stop smoking. The daily pill is set to be offered to tens of thousands of smokers each year in England, saving thousands of lives.
Alcohol and tobacco
The General Dental Council (GDC) 's executive director of regulation has said the organisation is prioritising improvements to support the mental health and wellbeing of dental professionals.
GDC
Giving out vapes in A&E can boost patients’ confidence to transition away from smoking, research has revealed.
Alcohol and tobacco
Mike Nesbitt, health minister for Northern Ireland, has welcomed the introduction of the ‘Tobacco and Vapes Bill’.
Alcohol and tobacco
The Oral Health Foundation has called for a government-funded campaign to raise public awareness about mouth cancer. This follows data that has highlighted a widespread lack of knowledge about the...
Oral health and mouth cancer
Almost one-in-six year 11 students in Wales (15.9 per cent) are regularly using vapes, data has revealed.
Alcohol and tobacco
A device and app are being piloted by the NHS to help offer patients the all-clear for suspected throat cancer faster.
Oral health and mouth cancer
The General Dental Council (GDC) has revised its fitness to practise processes to improve timeliness in investigating clinical practise concerns.
GDC
The government has been praised by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and other leading members of the Smokefree Action Coalition for returning the historic ‘Tobacco and Vapes Bill’ to parliament.
Alcohol and tobacco
In recognition of World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week in November 2024, teams of dentists, NHS staff, clinicians, and vets across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West are working...
Antibiotic resistance