Healthcare Management Magazine | Prevention

Latest prevention

NHS hospitals trial 15-minute blood test for life-threatening conditions in children

By Liz Wells 27 October 2025

A 15-minute blood test, which can fast-track the diagnosis of children with potentially life-threatening conditions, is being trialled by the NHS this winter.

REGULATION

Regulator makes record illicit weight loss medicine seizure

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Officers from the Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have made a record seizure at an illicit weight loss medicine production facility.

PREVENTION

Stopping non-essential wood burning could save NHS over £54m annually

By Liz Wells 24 October 2025

Stopping non-essential wood burning in UK homes could help save the NHS millions of pounds and prevent thousands of deaths, new research reveals.

PREVENTION

Unemployment insurance benefit could help thousands back to work, says think-tank

By Lee Peart 23 October 2025

A new unemployment insurance benefit, which is part of the Government’s welfare reform agenda, offers a vital opportunity to reorient the system toward early intervention and recovery, says The Hea...

NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

Thousands living with Parkinson's undiagnosed, report suggests

By Liz Wells 23 October 2025

Thousands of people in the UK are living with undiagnosed Parkinson’s, new research reveals.

SOCIAL PRESCRIBING

Socialising prescribing could reverse frailty in older people

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

Socialising could help to reverse frailty in older people, new research reveals.

WELSH GOVERNMENT

Prevention has 'power to radically improve' Wales' health

By Liz Wells 22 October 2025

More focus on prevention and public health is needed to improve people’s long-term health in Wales, according to Mental Health and Wellbeing Minister Sarah Murphy.

PREVENTION

Campaign launches to prevent botched aesthetic treatments

By Lee Peart 21 October 2025

A national campaign has been launched to prevent botched aesthetic treatments.

PREVENTION

Menopause care access 'not equitable', study finds

By Lee Peart 21 October 2025

Women’s access to menopause care is shaped by ethnicity, socioeconomic status and cultural norms, a study has found.

PREVENTION

Scotland's drug-checking pilot moves forward

By Liz Wells 20 October 2025

The University of Dundee has agreed to host Scotland’s first national testing and research laboratory for drug-checking, boosting efforts to cut drug-related harm and save lives.