Shifting more care out of hospital and into the community is one of the improvements outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan and will help ensure we meet the changing health needs of the country over the coming decade.
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Community Dental Service guidance to complete the amended waiting list data collection from August 2025
There have been longstanding concerns about the lack of data at national level to understand waiting times for assessment and treatment for vulnerable adults and children in Community Dental Service settings. This guidance supports the amended Community Dental Service waiting list data collection which will be launched in August 2025 for use by NHS England,…
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Women will be able to access the morning-after pill free of charge on the NHS in high-street pharmacies across England from today. In the “biggest change to sexual health services since the 1960s”, the oral emergency contraception pill will be available for free to women from almost 10,000 pharmacies across the country without needing to […]