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 […]

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 […]

The NHS is reminding people to continue to use 111 online for health advice and to dial 999 in an emergency ahead of the August bank holiday weekend. Local NHS services experienced a surge in demand in June – in part due to the Jubilee bank holiday weekend – with over 8,000 more patients attending […]

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 […]

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 […]

Over 140,000 people, of which more than 18,500 are from the East of England, have volunteered to take part in the world’s largest trial of a blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer, as part of the latest NHS drive to catch the disease when it is easiest to treat. NHS […]

A converted bus in North East Essex providing vital health services to homeless people has won a prestigious national NHS award for its work. The shelter and health enlisting local support SOS bus won the annual NHSParliamentary Award for health equalities, and was nominated by Giles Watling MP. The bus provides a range of services […]

The NHS is calling on people with a weakened immune system to book in or visit a walk-in centre for their COVID-19 vaccines. All individuals aged 12 years and over who are immunosuppressed are advised to receive a Spring booster dose of the vaccine, typically six months after their last dose. COVID-19 is still out […]

More than 170 nurses took part last night in an evening of celebration at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds. The event was held to celebrate International Nurses’ Day and the huge contribution of nurses in the region, and was attended by Catherine Morgan, the chief nurse for the NHS in the east of […]

Great Yarmouth has been selected as one of several places across the East of England to take part in the world’s largest trial of a revolutionary new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear. People in Great Yarmouth aged 50-77 are being asked to look out for a […]