The NHS will automatically test patients for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C unless they opt out at 90 hospitals.

Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more ...

A trial for blood tests to diagnose dementia has accepted their first participants, according to Alzheimer's Society. Aiming ...

An Abingdon patient is among the first to have received a blood test for dementia on the NHS, in a new trial rolled out in an Oxford hospital.

People aged 16 and over who receive blood tests in A&E at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital are now ...

The finger-prick test, which provides results within 10 minutes, provides users with a full cholesterol profile, BMI score, ...

Four in five cases of disease are diagnosed when patients have scans for unrelated conditions or in emergency departments, ...

It is the highest number on record and an increase from the 4.4 million reported last year. The charity also estimates that an additional 1.3 million people have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, while ...

North Cumbria Integrated Care encourages people to get their blood pressure checked to keep an eye on their heart health.

A SIMPLE blood test that could catch dementia before major symptoms start has begun trials in NHS clinics. More than 3,000 Brits worried about their brain health will be enrolled in the nationwide ...