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 […]

An Essex mum who underwent surgery for breast cancer earlier this year has taken part in a top photoshoot to support a national awareness campaign by the NHS and major supermarket chain, Morrisons.

Thousands of NHS appointments and procedures are to be postponed across the region, as junior doctors plan their next strike at the end of this week. Junior doctors across the east of England will take begin their industrial action from 7am on Friday 11 August until 7am on Tuesday 15 August. This represents the ninth […]

Consultant doctors and hospital-based dentists will start their strike action between 7AM on Thursday 20 July through to 7AM on Saturday 22 July. This will be the first-time consultants have taken industrial action in over ten years, with widespread disruption expected across the NHS in the region. Adam Cayley, Chief Operating Officer for the NHS […]

Industrial action over the next fortnight will have a serious impact on the NHS here in the east of England, with services expected to face the most challenging period yet, warned a senior NHS executive in the east of England today. To ensure care continues to be available for those in life-threatening situations, NHS staff […]