The head of the NHS Commissioning Board has hit out at GPs for being ‘out playing golf’ rather than treating patients, as he called for a ‘profound cultural change’ across the NHS.

Exclusive The Labour Party will support the proposed industrial action by GPs over pensions so long as measures are taken to prevent it damaging patient care, Pulse can reveal.

Zinc supplements shorten the duration of cold symptoms in adults, but not children, according to a meta-analysis of evidence.

Intrauterine devices are a ‘highly effective’ method of emergency contraception, concludes an analysis of recent evidence by a group of international researchers.

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