Department of Health and Social Care

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

The NHS Healthy Start card allows families to buy food and milk for children. (Photo: AdobeStock)

Parents warned over popular baby food that has ‘more sugar than Coca-Cola’

Calorie counts to feature on menus from today to tackle obesity

Pregnant women getting Covid-19 vaccine

New campaign calls on pregnant women to get Covid-19 vaccine to reduce risk to b...

These NHS prescription rule changes could leave millions of people worse off

Health leaders issue warning over Covid booster appointment no-shows

From 7December UK holidaymakers must take a pre-departure Covid test (Photo: Getty Images)

Pre-departure Covid tests to return for UK travellers in rule crackdown

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to resident Kathleen during a visit to Westport Care Home in east London on September 7, 2021. - Breaking an election pledge not to raise taxes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced hefty new funding to fix a social care crisis and a pandemic surge in hospital waiting lists. (Photo by Paul EDWARDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

These are the new rules on the social care cap in England

All care home workers in England are legally required to have been fully vaccinated by 11 November (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands of care home staff to lose jobs as Covid jab policy kicks in

All care home workers in England are legally required to have been fully vaccinated by 11 November (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands of care home staff to lose jobs as Covid jab policy kicks in

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter

Mandatory requirements would mean only those who are fully vaccinated against Covid, unless medically exempt, could be deployed to deliver health and care services (Photo: Shutterstock)

Consultation on mandatory Covid vaccination for health and care staff begins

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Cowboy’ Covid travel test providers to be struck off Gov.uk list over misleadin...

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK

Covid test should be capped at £40 to save aviation sector, claims Conservative ...

Three-quarters of adults in the UK have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Three-quarters of adults have received both doses of Covid vaccine - how to book...