Junior doctors across England are expected to take further strike action from 7am on Wednesday 20 December until 7am on Saturday 23 December, causing widespread disruption to planned operations and emergency care, just days before the start of the festive season. This comes amid record demand across the country for emergency care, recent rises of […]
NEWS RELEASE There were nearly four million general practice (GP) appointments offered across the East of England in October 2023, according to latest figures published by NHS England. This is an increase of more than a quarter of a million more appointments made available in comparison with the same time last year. Furthermore, during the […]
Time is running out for anyone who still hasn’t had their covid booster and flu vaccinations this winter. There is less than two weeks left for those eligible to book online to receive potentially lifesaving protection, ahead of the festive season. Anyone eligible for the jabs has until14 December to book using either the NHS […]
Over the coming weeks, around 2,500 residents in Peterborough who enrolled on the NHS-Galleri (GRAIL) trial in 2021 will be returning to a mobile clinic at Morrisons, on Lincoln Road, Walton, Peterborough for the last of their three appointments for the trial. Participants will be asked to give a blood sample to help the NHS see if […]
Record numbers receive both vaccines together amid rise in Covid cases The lifesaving NHS winter vaccination programme has delivered more than 1 million Covid and 1.37 million flu vaccines to people most at risk across the East of England in just six weeks. Of those, a record 442,000 people have taken the option to […]
Over 32,000 residents in the East of England have now come forward for free Targeted Lung Health Checks (TLHCs), with 92,000 people having received an invitation and more invites on the way, health professionals are encouraging people to book their appointments. The lung health checks are being offered to those living in areas where there […]
Consultants, junior doctors, and dental trainees will take further strike action from 0700 on Monday 2 October until 0700 on Thursday 5 October. During this strike they will take joint action and provide Christmas Day cover meaning that emergency care will continue to be available during the strikes. This generally involves on-call teams covering wards, […]
From tomorrow, Tuesday 19 September, consultants will begin their latest strike action and then be joined by junior doctors on Wednesday 20 September. This will mean that from 7AM on Wednesday 20 September, Christmas day levels of staffing will be offered by both consultants and junior doctors, while still providing emergency care. Both groups will […]
As the NHS starts to roll out its winter vaccinations campaign, residents in care homes and people who are housebound will be the first to be offered their covid and flu vaccinations, protecting those at greatest risk this winter. This vaccination campaign was brought forward after experts identified the emergence of a new covid variant. […]
With the second consultants’ two-day strike due to start early on Thursday 24 August, NHS services in the east of England are expecting yet more disruption. The warning around this latest industrial action was raised today by the region’s Chief Operating Officer, who highlighted the situation would be worsened by the high numbers of staff […]