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A significant milestone for patients with severe life-threatening asthma has been reached following a stipulation by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) that NHS funding for the asthma medicine Xolair® (omalizumab) must now be made available to eligible patients.

NICE has determined that people with severe allergic asthma, who are on continuous or frequent oral...

The twinning of two hospitals, thousands of miles apart is to bring mutual benefit to the staff and patients of both organisations.

Derriford Hospital and the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD) have been helping to support the rehabilitation of Masanga Hospital in the Tonkolili district of Sierra Leone since 2008.

Students are able to get a real insight into...

A strategy to achieve world class performance in organ donation and transplantation, ‘Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 - a UK Strategy’ is launched today (Thursday 11 July) with the backing of the four UK health ministers. It sets the agenda for increasing organ donation and transplantation rates to world class standards over the next seven years and builds on success in increasing...

With summer finally here and hot weather expected for the next month, a doctor from Devon has reminded people to take care and look out for elderly and vulnerable friends and neighbours.

The Met Office has predicted a heatwave for most of the country for the rest of July and possibly into August.

Dr Prue Mitchell, a GP from Exmouth and clinical lead for cancer for the Eastern...