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One bipartisan solution can revolutionize how Medicaid patients get primary care
One bipartisan solution can revolutionize how Medicaid patients get primary care

The Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act would allow states to contract directly with direct primary care (DPC) practices, providing Medicaid enrollees with reliable, relationship-based primary care and reducing health care costs. Read more

The Hill - Dec 28
Patients set to benefit from new tech that can diagnose complex eye conditions and could slash waiting lists
Patients set to benefit from new tech that can diagnose complex eye conditions and could slash waiting lists

The 'revolutionary' diagnostic tool, which can identify conditions such as cataracts, can be performed remotely meaning that patients receive consistently high-quality care. Read more

Mail Online - Dec 28
Dental patients urged to claim up to $6,000 from $1.2m data breach before January 28 cutoff
Dental patients urged to claim up to $6,000 from $1.2m data breach before January 28 cutoff

DENTAL patients have a few weeks left to submit a claim of up to $6,000 from an over $1.2 million lawsuit. The lawsuit comes after a dental practice agreed to settle allegations that it failed to protect consumers' information in a data breach. SUIT EXPLAINED First Choice Dental, a dental practic... Read more

The Sun - Dec 26
The pharmacy services patients need to know as winter pressures squeeze GPs and hospitals
The pharmacy services patients need to know as winter pressures squeeze GPs and hospitals

Pharmacy First was launched in 2024 with the aim of easing pressure on GP appointments Read more

Birmingham Live - Dec 25
'I'm an end-of-life carer - patients always have one last wish at Christmas'
'I'm an end-of-life carer - patients always have one last wish at Christmas'

Staff at Sue Ryder have spoken about the reality of being an end-of-life carer at Christmas time, opening up about the challenges they face and how they bring festive joy to their patients Read more

Mirror - Dec 24
Motor neurone disease patients in England die waiting for home adaptations, campaigners say
Motor neurone disease patients in England die waiting for home adaptations, campaigners say

Charity finds grants for crucial alterations take average 375 days, with many MND patients dying in this timePeople with motor neurone disease (MND) are dying waiting for grants to make their homes fit to live in due to a huge backlogs in applications, campaigners have said.The MND Association ha... Read more

Theguardiantheguardian - Dec 24
Patients urged to use pharmacy services as winter pressures squeeze GPs and hospitals
Patients urged to use pharmacy services as winter pressures squeeze GPs and hospitals

Pharmacy First was launched in 2024 with the aim of easing pressure on GP appointments Read more

Birmingham Live - Dec 23
This ‘troubling’ colorectal cancer complication is highest in patients under 50 years old: study
This ‘troubling’ colorectal cancer complication is highest in patients under 50 years old: study

The American Cancer Society projected for 2025 that there would be over 154,000 new cases of colorectal cancer and 52,900 deaths. Read more

New York Post - Dec 22
Warning over 'bed-blockers' as NHS teeters on brink of flunami and strike meltdown with up to a THIRD of beds at jam-packed hospitals taken up by patients fit enough to go home... so how busy is YOUR local?
Warning over 'bed-blockers' as NHS teeters on brink of flunami and strike meltdown with up to a THIRD of beds at jam-packed hospitals taken up by patients fit enough to go home... so how busy is YOUR local?

A quarter of beds in NHS hospitals are currently occupied by people who should've already gone home, Daily Mail analysis of official NHS figures reveals. Read more

Mail Online - Dec 22
Simple fruit granola intervention shows promising cardio-renal signals in CKD patients
Simple fruit granola intervention shows promising cardio-renal signals in CKD patients

A single-arm intervention study in Japanese adults with moderate chronic kidney disease found that replacing breakfast with fruit granola for two months lowered systolic blood pressure, reduced LDL-related lipid markers, and decreased a urinary marker of tubular injury. Renal function remained st... Read more

Medical News - Dec 21