Ahead of the Christmas and New Year bank holiday weekends, Londoners are urged to prepare for their healthcare needs early and to take precautions to stay healthy while enjoying the holidays. With some GPs and pharmacies closed or working reduced hours, it is important for people to order or collect any repeat prescriptions in advance. […]
The NHS in London is set to boost mental health support for people in crisis to ease demand and pressure on emergency services this winter, as part of extensive winter plans already underway. Mental health professionals will work within ambulance control centres and accompany paramedics on emergency call outs, to treat people of all ages […]
Hundreds of Londoners are receiving vital protection against Covid-19 and flu this winter at new pop-up vaccination services being stood up across the capital. Scores of pop-up vaccination sites have been mobilised in the capital in recent weeks, as the NHS in London steps up efforts to get more eligible Londoners vaccinated against Covid-19 and […]
The NHS in London has continued to reduce long wait times for planned treatment and see even more patients for diagnostics tests and potentially lifesaving cancer checks, as staff contend with the start of a busy winter. Latest figures show tens of thousands more people received the diagnostic tests and checks they needed in October […]
Two years since the NHS delivered the world’s first Covid jab, kickstarting the most successful vaccination programme ever, health leaders are calling for people who are eligible to get their booster dose ahead of Christmas. The NHS in London has delivered more than 19m Covid vaccines since the largest and fastest vaccination programme in NHS […]
Over 150 people with HIV not receiving treatment have been found by the NHS in London in just six months, following the roll out of routine testing in Emergency Departments (EDs). Routine testing for blood borne viruses (HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C) in all EDs across London started in April earlier this year, as […]
The NHS in London is urging eligible people to get their free flu jab now as cases and hospital admissions rise. New data shows there have been an average of 30 patients a day with flu in London hospitals in recent weeks, more than 10 times the number seen at the beginning of December last […]
British Paralympian, Ade Adepitan is throwing his support behind the NHS polio booster vaccination drive in London, having suffered from the disease when he was 15 months, resulting in him permanently losing the use of his legs. The basketball player and TV presenter is urging parents in London to ensure their children are fully vaccinated […]
The capital’s health service is going green by switching to cleaner energy, reducing environmentally harmful gases and reducing waste. The NHS in London celebrates progress in reducing its carbon footprint as political leaders gather for the second week of COP27. Since 2018 London trusts have reduced use of desflurane, one of the most common but […]
The NHS in London is continuing to find new ways to battle the backlog of people waiting for routine treatment, with teams taking on new methods to give more people the care they need. From ‘Super Saturdays’ to High Intensity Theatre (‘HIT’) lists and new outpatient buildings opening, NHS staff across the capital are pulling […]