Thousands of NHS patients in England with multiple sclerosis (MS) are set to benefit from a life-changing ‘take at home’ tablet, as the NHS becomes the first healthcare system in Europe to roll it out widely to patients with active disease.

The number of people being referred for specialist NHS support following rape or sexual assault has increased by nearly 18% in the last 2 years, NHS data suggests. NHS sexual assault referral centres – which provide free, specialist support to anyone across England who has been raped, sexually assaulted or abused – received over 26,000 […]

The NHS will face major disruption this week as junior doctors launch five days of industrial action, with services already under increasing pressure, England’s top doctor has warned today. With Yellow Heat Health Alerts for many parts of the country, the NHS is urging the public to use services as they normally would if they […]

Over 100 frontline NHS staff were joined by senior NHS leaders in London last week (20th Feb 2025) to share what they want to see in the Government’s 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS. It was one of a series of regional events where frontline NHS …

Jan 16, 2025 · Last week was the busiest yet for the NHS this winter, amid sky-high virus rates which have left hospitals ‘jampacked’ with patients. New data published today shows that more hospital beds were occupied last week (w/e 12 Jan) than at any point so far this winter (97,636), with 96% of adult general and acute hospital […]

Dec 12, 2024 · Flu hit hospitals in England even harder last week, as a ‘tidal wave’ of infections led to a 70% increase in hospital cases across just 7 days. The NHS is encouraging eligible people to get vaccinated without delay if they haven’t done so already to avoid “festive flu” with an average of 1,861 patients with […]

Nov 21, 2023 · The NHS will roll out new software from spring next year to deliver better joined-up care for millions of patients, help tackle waiting lists and reduce hospital discharge delays. The software will bring together existing NHS data, making it easier for staff to access key information to provide improved and more timely patient care. The […]

Local NHS systems will start identifying eligible people living with type 1 diabetes who health chiefs believe could benefit from the Hybrid Closed Loop system- sometimes called an artificial pancreas – from today.

NEWS2 has been endorsed by NHS England and NHS Improvement – for use in acute and ambulance settings. NEWS2 has seen widespread uptake across the NHS in England – at present 100% of ambulance trusts and 76% of acute trusts are using NEWS2, with other early warning scores in place in other areas.

Nov 4, 2024 · Tens of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner as new data found that the average time between onset of first symptoms and a 999 call being made was nearly an hour and a half. New analysis of NHS data shows that for 2023-24, of 41,327 patients with a […]