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• Trial of drone blood deliveries

  The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay think flying drones will cut delivery times between hospitals by more than an hour and speed up pathology results

• Record number of bowel cancer tests thanks to Dame Deborah

  Referrals reached record levels, with over 170,500 people referred for checks – up 30,000 compared to the same period last year

• Tens of thousands living with undiagnosed dementia

  NHS data shows fewer than 73,000 consultations have actually taken place. Charities warn this means people are not being offered the support or medication they need

• England’s Health Secretary orders overseas NHS recruitment

  Steve Barclay says civil servants will “work at pace” on plans which focus on recruitment from countries like India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines

• UK job vacancies reach record high

  The Recruitment & Employment Confederation says the government must work with industry to create a sustainable labour market

• Pharmacists warn drug shortages are putting patients at risk

  Since June, the Government has issued a number of "medicine supply notifications”. Earlier in the year shortages of hormone replacement therapy led to an outcry.

• Majority of Northern Ireland dentists not taking on new patients

  Some practices said they would take on new children but the waiting list is over 12 months. The Department of Health says dentistry has been significantly impacted by the pandemic

• Phone app helping to keep heart patients out of hospital

  The app detects when there’s a problem and the patient then has a video consultation, reducing the need to attend a hospital

• Government says its committed to training in care sector

  The Workforce Development Fund is set to continue for another year – in 2023 – and part of the offer is training for 100,000 people to get a Care Certificate qualification

• Unpaid carers in Wales urged to register for £500 payments

  According to Wales’s Deputy Minister for Social Services, carers who don’t get paid can put their names down between this coming Monday, and September the 2nd

• Scientists discover that leaning to the right can help pills work faster

  ive scientists connected to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine said their new tests showed people resting on their right hand side could absorb the drugs in pills up to 83% faster than in other positions

• Report: NHS trusts offering staff hardship grants in cost of living crisis

  According to investigations by The Guardian, workers are also being given low-cost meals, help with school uniforms, and access to food banks

• Knebworth children become dementia champions

  Year 5 children from Knebworth Primary School visited Care UK’s Knebworth, home on London Road, to take part in a host of activities learning how the brain works

• Government sets up care recruitment task force

  The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a taskforce to bring in more staff from overseas into both social care and health in time for what it said would be a “challenging winter”

• Concerns over children's mental health care

  Since 2019, at least 20 patients aged 18 or under have died in NHS or privately-run units, according to a BBC investigation.

• Nuffield Trust warns about funding and staffing crisis

  Things may be worse than they seem due to “unpaid carers and family members” picking up much of the slack

• Foster carers may quit because of cost of living

  Information and advice service FosterWiki revealed that, of just over a thousand respondents to its survey, 89 per cent had cut back on essentials like food

• Family carers marginalised in the pandemic

  The University of Stirling Management School research found carers felt “powerless, voiceless and choice-less” during the first six months of the pandemic

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