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Peterborough volunteers return to help NHS trial new cancer screening test

Hundreds of volunteers from Peterborough will be invited to return to a mobile clinic over the coming weeks for their second appointment as part of the NHS-Galleri trial. Participants will be asked to give another blood sample to help investigate whether a multi-cancer blood screening test can help to detect cancer early before symptoms appear. […]

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Over one million people in East of England have autumn Covid booster

Over one million people in the East of England have come forward to have their autumn Covid booster vaccination – less than six weeks after the start of the latest vaccination programme. NHS vaccination sites were busy jabbing people over the weekend when this major milestone was achieved. And nearly 800,000 people have had their […]

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Edward Morris announced as new medical director for NHS East of England

NHS England in the East of England has appointed Dr Edward Morris as regional medical director. Eddie is president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and joins the region from Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where he is currently a consultant gynaecologist. He is also an honorary senior lecturer at […]

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Millions across country now able to book their autumn booster

From today (7 September 2022), around four million people in England most vulnerable to Covid-19 will start to be invited to book in their autumn booster vaccine as the NHS’ National Booking Service launches appointments for Autumn boosters. The National Booking Service goes live this morning with frontline health and care workers, immunosuppressed people, and people aged […]

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An Independent investigation into the care and treatment of Mr M

An investigation report has been published today, prompted by the death of a woman in Essex in 2020. The purpose of the investigation was to help the NHS and partners understand if there are lessons that could be learned and improvements in service delivery that could prevent something similar happening in the future. The report […]

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NHS’s longest waiting times virtually eliminated across east of England

NHS staff across the East of England are being praised for virtually eliminating the longest waits for scans, checks, surgical procedures, and other routine treatment. The NHS Elective Recovery Plan, published earlier this year, set out how the health service would address the backlogs that have inevitably built up during Covid. The first step in […]

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NHS in the east of England cuts longest waiting times by more than 90%

The number of patients waiting more than two years for treatment has reduced significantly since January thanks to the hard work and dedication of NHS staff across the east of England. NHS staff have been working to address the backlogs in planned treatment which accumulated during the Covid pandemic, and as a result have reduced […]

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