The number of people visiting the burns advice page on the NHS website increases by a quarter (27%) during the weekend of Bonfire Night. Figures from NHS England show that the burns and scalds advice page receives an average of 8,208 visits during the firework-fuelled weekend – equivalent to one visit every 21 seconds. The increase in […]
The burns and scalds page is viewed once every 16 seconds as the nation gets cooking. Visits to the NHS website’s advice on burns and scalds nearly doubles on Pancake Day, latest figures show. The number of page views for help with burns injuries jumps from a daily average of 3,200 to 5,300 on Pancake […]
Anne (not her real name), from London, is in her 50s. She tested HIV positive at her local emergency department in April 2021 following an opt out test. She shares her story. “If I became sick or ill, I’d take paracetamol, ride it out, I was always fine. However, this one night my approach wasn’t […]
More than 800 people living with HIV and Hepatitis not receiving treatment have been found by the NHS in just six months following the rollout of routine testing in A&E. In April 2022, the NHS made £20 million available over three years to implement routine HIV opt out testing within 33 hospital Emergency Departments, in […]
The NHS is calling on the public to heed advice and stay at home if they have norovirus to avoid passing it on, as hospitals in England have been forced to close more than 1,100 hospital beds over the last week. Top medics are concerned about the spread of the winter vomiting bug this year […]
NHS England will today consider guidance to GPs about a ban on gluten free pizzas, cakes and biscuits and set out plans to curb other low priority items such as silk garments and bath oils in moves that could save almost £70 million a year. NHS England has already ordered an end to the routine […]
NHS England has today agreed plans to save hundreds of millions of pounds each year by recommending low value treatments, including fish oil, herbal remedies and homeopathy no longer be provided on the NHS, and launching a consultation on curbs to prescriptions for some ‘over the counter’ products such as paracetamol. GPs issued 1.1 billion […]
NHS England has published a series of Quick Guides around urgent care. They include Quick Guide: Unscheduled Dental Care developed to provide practical tips showing how to help relieve pressure on frontline services. Dentist Yasmin Allen explains its value: When is the worst time to have an urgent dental problem? At the weekend or at […]
NHS England’s National Clinical lead for Primary Care explains how we can all help ourselves to Stay Well This Winter: The Indian summer and mild November days have given way to wild and windy storms. With the rain and biting cold gales comes a wish to curl up with the winter viruses and counting off […]
An NHS111 call handler has been praised for her work as part of International Women’s Day. Noor Rahim, who works at LCW in north-west London – one of the country’s busiest NHS111 call centres – has been publicly thanked for her prompt action in helping a woman who was in agonising pain. Noor quickly realised […]