More than 150,000 people have had their personal information handled by England’s Test and Trace scheme since it was hurriedly launched on May 28 – 36 days ago. However, the government has failed to ...

Announced during the coronavirus daily briefing on May 27, the NHS Test & Trace service is now up and running in England. "This new system will help us keep this virus under control while carefully ...

The cost-effectiveness of a controversial test promoted as a multicancer early detection (MCED) tool from a single blood sample has been scrutinised in an investigation by the BMJ. The investigation ...

The screening—known as a liquid biopsy—is being rolled out to around 15,000 patients with suspected lung cancer, NHS England has announced. There are also plans to expand it to advanced breast cancer ...

Hundreds of potential kidney donors of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage in the UK can now get a simple blood test to help reduce the risk of kidney failure. The test is part of national ...

The money spent on NHS Test and Trace would have paid for a 15% pay rise for every NHS worker from now until 2058. Our verdict This is incorrect. Based on the most recent government figures, the £37 ...

The test can also pinpoint which organ or tissue in the body has cancer - helping give patients the right scans A “HOLY grail” blood test can pick up cancer cases with 84 per cent accuracy – even ...

“Is NHS Test and Trace actually achieving anything?” Boris Johnson wrote in autumn 2020. The former prime minister made the comment in handwritten notes on a report from the Cabinet Office’s Covid ...

The NHS research uses a Galleri test which looks for the earliest signs of cancer London: National Health Service (NHS) announced in a press release that a clinical trial has shown promising results ...

Health Secretary Matt Hancock during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by PA Video/PA Images via Getty Images) Personal identifiable information collected ...

A new NHS test is set to curb transfusion side-effects for thousands with inherited blood disorders, NHS England announced. A new genetic blood-matching test for thousands living with sickle-cell ...

The government is launching the second wave of its NHS Test Beds Programme, with seven projects across the country sharing more than £7m in funding to trial technology in clinical settings. The money ...