NHS on track for busiest summer on record
Emergency departments experienced their second busiest July ever last month, with new data published today showing 2.1 million attendances.
Emergency departments experienced their second busiest July ever last month, with new data published today showing 2.1 million attendances.
The NHS is facing another period of significant disruption this week, with potentially thousands more appointments and procedures postponed due to the latest round of industrial action by junior doctors.
Nearly three in four babies born with a rare muscle-wasting disease are now surviving for two years or more thanks to advances in NHS treatment, new data shows.
The government is dedicated to improving safety for mothers and their babies to ensure standards of NHS maternity and neonatal care are of the highest quality. This is how we are boosting the quality of care in maternity services in ...
The NHS has published a framework and supporting resources today to help senior board members to strengthen board governance, boost leadership and improve patient safety.
Hundreds of thousands of patients could benefit from a quicker diagnosis for a range of respiratory and heart conditions, through ambitious new NHS plans for fast-tracked tests and checks.
The government is providing £600 million to help with recruitment and retention in social care. The fund will support the social care workforce and boost capacity in social care, in turn supporting the NHS ahead of winter and through into ...
The NHS yesterday launched a major new national campaign to support people with a learning disability, healthcare professionals and carers to spot the early signs of potentially life-threatening constipation.
Care ‘traffic control' centres to speed up discharge, additional ambulance hours and extra beds are part of wide-ranging plans to prepare for winter, the NHS will announce today.
Data on the first consultant strike is here: NHS England » Potential industrial action in the NHS.
Data on the latest junior doctors strike are here: NHS England » Potential industrial action in the NHS.
The NHS is bracing itself for one of the toughest strikes in its history beginning on Thursday morning, England's top doctor has warned.
*Updated 17 July* This fact sheet sets out the latest on the government's New Hospital Programme, following the announcement that five hospitals constructed mostly using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) will be rebuilt by 2030 as part of the New ...
The hottest June on record saw heightened demand for urgent and emergency services, as staff managed more A&E attendances and saw the second highest number of the most serious ambulance incidents (category 1) for any June.
Almost a million more people (900,000) will become eligible for a shingles vaccination from September, the NHS announced yesterday.
The NHS has launched plans to expand pioneering subscription-style drug contracts to develop lifesaving antibiotics of the future.
Major disruption caused by industrial action over the next fortnight will have a serious impact on the NHS, with services expected to face the most challenging period yet, England's top doctor has warned today.
The number of people seeking advice on bites and stings from the NHS website is three times higher than last summer.
All secondary school pupils in England will be offered a free flu vaccine from September for the 2023/24 season, the government has confirmed. Over 3 million pupils in secondary school years 7 to 11 will be offered the vaccine as ...
Yesterday Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum came together to celebrate the work of NHS staff who have gone above and beyond in their field, for the NHS Parliamentary Awards held on the health service's 75th anniversary.
Tens of thousands of children will be able to receive hospital-level care at home thanks to an expansion of virtual wards, chief executive Amanda Pritchard will announce on the 75th anniversary of the NHS.
Premature babies are to be routinely offered a “life-changing” treatment to prevent blindness on the NHS for the first time, the head of the health service yesterday announced.
Great Britain's sporting heroes have come together to mark the 75th birthday of the NHS by sharing their own personal stories of thanks for the much-loved British institution.
Seven new gambling addiction clinics will open this summer as NHS services face record demand, chief executive Amanda Pritchard announced recently (02 July 2023).
Five winners of a photography competition for NHS staff and volunteers to mark 75 years of the health service were yesterday unveiled at the FUJIFILM House of Photography, with images including long-serving nurse, ‘Mother Obe', the NHS COVID-19 vaccination effort and an ambulance battling the Beast from the East among the winning images.