SKIN cancer experts are warning people to stay safe in the East of England sunshine this bank holiday, as urgent skin cancer referrals reach a new high of around 7,000 a month across the region. May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and around 32 cases of malignant melanoma are diagnosed in the region every week […]

Five hospitals across the East of England have set out new commitments to improve breast cancer care after working with patients, their friends and families as part of a national programme. NHS specialist teams and patients at Luton and Dunstable, Bedford, Ipswich, Colchester and Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals have worked together with leading charity Breast Cancer Now, as […]

The NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme in the East of England has vaccinated more than 300,000 of the most at-risk people in England with a spring covid jab, since the programme launched last month. As of Thursday 11 May, the NHS in East of England has vaccinated over 300,000 people during this booster campaign, including more […]

Cancer teams across the east of England are leading the way in transforming patient care through better sharing of expertise when they meet to plan crucial next steps for their patients. More than 100 cancer specialists who already take part in multidisciplinary team meetings have signed up to join a ground-breaking learning programme, created in […]

People in deprived areas are now more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer at an earlier stage, thanks to the success of NHS targeted lung health checks which have been introduced to a number of locations across the east of England and nationally. For the first time ever, new data shows more than a […]

People in the east of England – and those visiting the area this bank holiday weekend – are being encouraged to prepare ahead of time and use the NHS wisely to help reduce the anticipated pressures on the region’s health services, due to high demand and the planned industrial action by nurses. The NHS often […]

College students from beauticians to bricklayers have been putting down their towels and trowels to learn the vital signs of cancer as part of a key awareness campaign in Hertfordshire. The teenage trainees at Hertford Regional College were shown how to check their bodies for symptoms and encouraged to talk more among their friends and […]

Health leaders in the east of England are encouraging everyone to think ahead of the bank holiday weekends during May by ordering repeat prescriptions early and stocking up on medication for any existing health conditions. Bank holidays typically see a large increase in calls to the NHS 111 phone service from people needing urgent repeat […]

Tune in to warnings about bowel cancer, whatever your age – that’s the stark message from two people who have experienced the disease in the East of England; one diagnosed in her early 20s, the other in his 60s. Actor Holly Masters, from Cambridgeshire, was told she had bowel cancer at the age of just […]

There are more than 70,000 chances to grab a jab this week across the east of England region as the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme opens up its spring offer to all those eligible. More than 80,000 people in the region have already booked an appointment and the first of these will begin receiving their vaccinations from today. […]