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The 15-minute test can fast-track detecting whether a patient is suffering from a bacterial or viral infection

The 15-minute blood test can quickly distinguish between bacterial and viral infections

Experts believe the 15-minute test could save lives and lead to more appropriate treatment.

Milli Tanner was 19 when she first went to her GP in June 2021 with stomach pains, lower back pain and blood in her stool

Editorial: Electronic implants are helping people see again. Their promise is profound, but so are the risks. Progress must be guided by ethics and accessibility

Resident doctors in England are to strike for five days in November.

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Using spare capacity in the private sector is key to the government’s target of ensuring that 92 per cent of patients in England should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he would do everything he could to ensure NHS patients are ‘treated faster, free at the point of use’.

NHS WINTER CRISIS : Every winter is a challenge for the NHS. But doctors fear this year could be one of the worst yet, as a ‘hugely concerning’ early flu season, a surge in A&E demand and the overhang of a devastating summer put the creaking health service under huge…

The three-year roadmap for the NHS has promised to slash waiting lists and ‘strip out layers of bureaucracy’