Six innovative NHS control centres, which aim to ease pressures in healthcare this winter, are now live across the east of England. The care control centres were just one of the measures announced as part of NHS winter planning in October alongside falls response teams, new hubs dedicated to serious respiratory infections and additional bed […]

People from ethnic minority groups in the east of England are being urged to get their flu and Covid vaccinations in a series of videos produced by local pharmacists in languages commonly spoken in the region. In 13 different languages including Urdu, Polish and Arabic, the pharmacists explain the benefits of the vaccinations, and how […]

The NHS has launched its annual nationwide drive to recruit more nurses, with hundreds of vacancies across the east of England. East of England’s Chief Nurse today called on anyone looking for a lifechanging career to consider becoming a nurse, as new figures show that more than six in ten people are considering a career […]

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. […]

An NHS East of England initiative to encourage patients to be more active while in hospital and care settings has won a prestigious national award at the annual Health Service Journal Patient Safety Awards. The Winter (De)-Conditioning Games was rolled out across health and care services across the east of England from October 2021, and […]

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 […]

The NHS Covid autumn booster vaccination programme is off to a flying start in the east of England with more than a quarter of a million delivered in just over a fortnight. NHS leaders are urging people to get vaccinated without delay ahead of a potential ‘twindemic’ of Covid-19 and flu this winter. Across the east […]

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 […]

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 […]