Today is the 75th birthday of the NHS, founded on 5 July 1948, and born out of a long-held ideal that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth. Here’s just a snapshot of some of the many celebrations that took place today across the region plus a few more still to come: […]

Three east of England NHS workers have been shortlisted from hundreds of NHS staff and volunteers, all competing to be winners in a photography competition, to help celebrate the 75th birthday of the NHS on the 5th of July. Their eye-catching photos can be seen below, capturing moments in any busy, average NHS working day. […]

THE LASTING gifts of the late “bowel babe” Dame Deborah James in talking openly about bowel cancer must continue to grow, says Holly Masters, who was diagnosed with the disease at the age of 23. Holly, from Cambridgeshire, co-chairs the East of England Cancer Alliances’ Patient Partnership Group and works to raise awareness of bowel […]

The east of England’s senior Director responsible for the roll-out of the covid spring booster campaign Ruth Ashmore, has called on people eligible for a covid jab, to book an appointment before the end of June. The NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme’s spring campaign will end this Friday 30 June. This will be the last day […]

Strike action this week will significantly disrupt almost all routine care in the region’s NHS, the east of England’s top doctor has warned today. Dr Edward Morris, regional medical director for the NHS in the east of England, said that industrial action by junior doctors, starting at 7am on Wednesday and ending at 7am on […]

The NHS in the East of England is celebrating the staff and teams who have won regional categories in the 2023 Parliamentary Awards, after being nominated by their local MPs. Winners have been chosen in ten categories, with each now also going forward to the national awards in London on 5 July – the NHS’s […]

The NHS is encouraging people to come forward for their spring booster with just four weeks left before seasonal campaign closes at the end of June. The NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme has provided almost 500,000 people in the East of England with a spring booster to date, which is more than half of those eligible. […]

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 […]