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Countries across Europe should be braced for a huge rise in the number of individuals “in the grip of severe mental illness” in the coming months as the impact of the coronavirus...

Health & Protection editor David Sawers talks to independent consultant Elliott Hurst about some of the industry highs and lows of 2020 - and looks ahead to what might lie in store...

The proportion of adults who are worried about financial matters as a result of the coronavirus pandemic is falling – but there are fears that the number of people developing long-term serious...

Around one in seven people in Britain are now unable to access the NHS for dental treatment – and there are growing fears that record numbers of mouth cancer cases are going...

Patients who pay privately for cardiac surgery are 20% less likely to die or develop major complications such as reintervention or stroke than those whose care is state/taxpayer-funded, researchers say. Academic from...

Major NHS hospitals in London are beginning to cancel operations as trusts struggle to redeploy staff to deal with the coronavirus crisis, a leaked report suggests. Hospitals in the capital are also...

Coronavirus was the leading cause of death in England and Wales during November, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that during November, when the UK went back into lockdown...

As Christmas fast approaches and as government ministers rush to find ways of enabling as many people across the UK to enjoy as “normal” a break as possible, mental health experts are...

Nearly one in three adults in Britain say they are determined to keep up healthy lifestyle habits they have developed during the coronavirus pandemic, research suggests. Thirty per cent of people polled...

Patients are facing a “double whammy” of delays, GPs have warned, as many struggle to meet demand for appointments and waiting times for vital cancer tests continue to mount up. Almost two...