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Health and Care Heroes to represent London in NHS Birthday Awards
The NHS in London has today (Friday 18th May) revealed the ten individuals and teams it has chosen as regional champions in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday. The champions – including a paediatrician who has transformed A&E care for children and a ‘virtual surgeon’ pioneering technology use in the operating theatre – will […]
GP appointments will be available across London over the entire May Bank holiday weekend
London is the first region to be able to offer routine GP appointments to all registered patients in the evening, at the weekend and over bank holidays. This is part of the extended access scheme, which aims to improve access to health services in the capital. Improving access to GP services is one of the […]
NHS mental health support for people affected by the London terror attacks
The NHS is promoting a free, confidential mental health service to help people affected by the 2017 London terrorist attacks in Westminster, Finsbury Park, London Bridge and Parsons Green. It is focused on helping people directly affected by the four incidents such as survivors, witnesses, the bereaved, immediate family members and emergency responders, who may […]
The successes and challenges of cancer care in London — kicking off NHS England London’s #CancerWeek
A cancer diagnosis is a life changing event and each year in London, over 47,000 Londoners are identified as having one of the many forms that this condition can take; while in the UK one in two people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. It’s expected that by 2030, 3.4 million people will […]
Stay ‘elfy this Christmas
As we prepare for the Christmas and New Year period, NHS England (London) is sharing important information about how Londoners can access health services if they need them. Although not every GP practice will be open over the holidays, Londoners will be able to book routine GP appointments in the evenings, weekends and over the […]
Extra GP appointments available in the evening and at the weekend for Londoners
Over 9 million Londoners will now be able to book routine GP appointments in the evening, at the weekend and over bank holidays as London becomes the first area to offer everyone improved access to GP services. The scheme, which is funded by NHS England’s GP Forward View, will provide an additional 75,000 appointments each […]
Landmark devolution deal to improve health and care across the capital
Devolution will bring health and care services closer together The NHS in London will be incentivised to sell unused land and buildings, with money reinvested in health and care, community and public services Surplus land will be available to develop more housing A ground-breaking devolution deal that will lead to improvements in health and care […]
London residents set to access diabetes prevention services through the touch of a button
NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK have teamed up with leading providers from the tech sector as the battle against Type 2 diabetes goes digital – with around 5,000 people expected to benefit from the launch of a new pilot project, including over 1,500 here in London. London will host two of the […]
Incident at Parsons Green
Issued Sunday 17 September 10:45AM The receiving hospitals for the incident at Parsons Green are Imperial, Chelsea and Westminster, Guy’s and St Thomas’ and St George’s. There were 30 patients received by London hospitals. London Ambulance took 19 patients to hospitals, and the others self-presented (London Ambulance’s full statement). Receiving Trust Number of patients received Number […]
Response to the Mayor’s King’s Fund STP Report
A spokesperson for NHS England (London) said: “NHS reforms are clearly working in London, because despite continued population growth, emergency hospital admissions last year rose by only 0.4% – much less than across the rest of the country. There is wide agreement about the need for expanded prevention and out-of-hospital care, but new safeguards are […]