The NHS Digital Weight Management Programme is helping patients referred to the service to lose over 8 pounds, new research shows today. A new peer reviewed paper, published today in The Obesity Journal, shows that 63,937 people were…
More than 700,000 eligible individuals have booked an appointment to get their spring Covid-19 vaccine since the National Booking System opened on Monday (15 April). The NHS is encouraging everyone eligible to book a slot to get vaccinated…
Getting diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer at the age of 39 was a real shock. I’m a GP, active mother of two and always been fit and healthy. I don’t have a family history of cancer or any risk factors, so how could it happen to me? As a…
Our NHS is about people – patients, their families and loved ones and of course, the people who work in it. When I speak to colleagues who have chosen to work in the NHS, whatever challenges they face, they always put their patients at the…
NHS cancer checks have topped three million in a year for the first time – more than doubling in the last decade. New analysis shows that there were 3,035,698 urgent cancer referrals for patients in the last year (March 2023- Feb 2024) ,…
The NHS national booking system will open for spring Covid-19 vaccination bookings on Monday (15 April), with those eligible able to book appointments from the following week. People at increased risk from severe illness can get the…
The NHS exceeded its faster diagnosis cancer target for the first time in February amid record demand, according to new figures. Thanks to the hard work of NHS staff, almost four fifths (78.1%) of people received a definitive cancer…
An expansion of same day emergency care services across the country has seen thousands more people every week get the rapid tests and treatment they need to avoid an overnight stay in hospital – with the total up by more than a tenth in…
An NHS spokesperson said: “NHS England is very grateful to Dr Cass and her team for their comprehensive work on this important review over the past four years. “The NHS has made significant progress towards establishing a fundamentally…
Hundreds of thousands more people a month will have the option to refer themselves for key services such as help with incontinence, podiatry, or hearing tests without needing to see a GP, as part of the NHS primary care access recovery…
Thousands of people unknowingly living with hepatitis C are to be identified, diagnosed and cured thanks to major NHS investment in rapid testing technology and an extension of a ground-breaking medicines deal. New liver scanning and…
Commenting on the final weekly sitrep for this winter, Professor Julian Redhead, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care, said: “Today’s figures highlight just how hard staff across the NHS have worked this…
The Data Saves Lives strategy, published summer 2022, set out how NHS data could bring benefits to all parts of health and social care – from care on the frontline to pioneers driving cutting-edge research. As part of delivering the…
New operational figures published today show the success of the NHS MMR catch-up campaign, with tens of thousands more vaccinations delivered in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2023. The most significant…
The NHS has appointed Dr Sue Mann, a consultant and lead for women’s health in City and Hackney, North East London, as its first ever national clinical director for women’s health In her new role, Dr Mann will help implement the Women’s…
Tens of thousands of children and adults living with type 1 diabetes across England are set to receive an ‘artificial pancreas’ in a world-first initiative being rolled out by the NHS. The groundbreaking device continually monitors a…
The NHS is stepping up a national campaign to recruit former members of the Armed Forces who want to join the health service and offer their valuable skills to caring for patients. Running until March 2025, the new NHS Long Term Workforce…
More patients will be able to get through to their GP surgery for an appointment, thanks to upgraded phone technology rolled out across the country. Almost every GP practice in England has upgraded their phone systems – a key part of the…
Almost one hundred thousand cancer patients have now benefitted from early access to the latest and most innovative treatments, thanks to the NHS Cancer Drugs Fund. The NHS is set to hit a major milestone in April with 100,000 cancer…
More than 2.7 million people have already used a new prescription feature in the NHS App since its launch two months ago. The convenient new feature, which was launched in January, allows patients in England to see when their prescriptions…
NHS England will launch a new attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) taskforce alongside government to improve care for people living with the condition. The new taskforce will bring together expertise from across a broad range of…
GP teams delivered over 30 million appointments for patients last month (February 2024), up almost a quarter on the same period pre-pandemic, as part of the NHS primary care access recovery plan. New NHS data published today shows there…
Commenting on the latest weekly winter sit rep figures, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said: “It is encouraging that some winter pressures seem to be easing, but with more than 1,030 people in hospital with flu…
Responding to the findings of the latest British Social Attitudes survey, Chris Hopson, Chief Strategy Officer at NHS England, said: “Whilst these findings reflect the sustained pressure and disruption facing NHS services last Autumn, it…
Every day the NHS sees more than 1.6 million patients in over 10,000 buildings across the country. Estates and facilities teams play a vital role in making sure these buildings run safely and effectively and that they are built to the…
Whether you walk, jog or run the course, volunteer to support or come along to cheer on others, join us and get involved in a parkrun event on 4 May to celebrate our midwives and 11 May to celebrate our nurses. Every year on International…
Visits to the NHS website cancer page rose by 373% following the announcement that the Princess of Wales has been diagnosed with the disease. New figures from NHS England show that in the 24 hours after the princess revealed she was…
A blood test which could help thousands of people receive earlier, more targeted, lung cancer treatments is being trialled by the NHS. The circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) test, which will be offered to 10,000 patients by next March, can…
More than 1 million patients have used a national online service to register with a GP since its launch 18 months ago. The online Register with a GP surgery service, managed by NHS England, allows patients to go online at any time of day…
There are more black and minority ethnic (BME) staff in senior positions in the NHS than at any point in its history, according to an annual report into race equality across the NHS. The NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) for 2023…