Dr Amanda Doyle, NHS National Director for Primary Care and Community Services said: “As some practices continue collective action, it is vital that patients continue to come forward for care in the usual ways – practices remain open and services are still running. “We will be monitoring the impacts of this action to ensure practices […]

NHS staff working in A&E departments are in the middle of their busiest summer ever with a total of 4.6 million attendances over the last 2 months – higher than any other June and July, new figures show today. The latest performance data shows that the 3 busiest ever months for A&E staff have been […]

The NHS is asking the public to still come forward as usual for care during collective action by GP services which starts today (Thursday 1 August). GP services across England will begin collective action on Thursday 1 August for an indefinite period of time, and while there may be some disruption to services practices will […]

GP teams delivered more than 28.7 million appointments in June 2024 – up one fifth on the same period pre-pandemic, new figures published today show. Excluding vaccinations, this means practices are delivering a fifth more appointments than in June 2019, when 22.8 million appointments took place. NHS services have provided 372.3 million appointments, which is […]

GP teams delivered more than 30 million appointments for patients last month (May 2024), up by more than a fifth on the same period before the pandemic.   NHS data published today shows there were around 30.5 million appointments delivered by GPs and their teams in just one month, compared with an estimated 25.3 million in […]

The NHS will face major disruption this week as junior doctors launch five days of industrial action, with services already under increasing pressure, England’s top doctor has warned today. With Yellow Heat Health Alerts for many parts of the country, the NHS is urging the public to use services as they normally would if they […]

GP teams delivered more than 30 million appointments for patients last month (April 2024), up by almost a quarter on the same period before the pandemic. NHS data published today shows there were around 30.5 million appointments delivered by GPs and their teams in just one month, compared with 24.5 million in April 2019 – […]

In a huge push to improve the lives of tens of thousands of postgraduate doctors, NHS England is pledging to enhance choice and flexibility with rotas, while reducing payroll errors and the financial burden of course fees. Postgraduate doctors in training, who make up more than 50,000 NHS staff, move between trusts at least twice […]

GP teams delivered almost 30 million appointments for patients last month (March 2024), up almost a quarter on the same period before the pandemic, new data shows today. New NHS data published today shows there were around 29.8 million appointments delivered by GPs and their teams in just one month, compared with 24.2 million in […]

The NHS Digital Weight Management Programme is helping patients referred to the service to lose over 8 pounds, new research shows today.   A new peer reviewed paper, published today in The Obesity Journal, shows that 63,937 people were referred to the scheme in its first year with 50% taking up the offer and enrolling onto the […]