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Study shows new RSV vaccine for pregnant women could prevent an estimated 900 babies being admitted to hospitals in London every year.

The Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine, which is being rolled out this week across the capital, could prevent an estimate of around 900 babies being admitted to hospitals in London every year. RSV is highly contagious and while it causes mild, cold-like symptoms in most cases, it can be serious and even life-threatening to babies, […]

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Karen Bonner to become Chief Nurse for London

Karen Bonner, MBE, has been appointed as the Regional Chief Nurse for London, NHS London announced today. Karen has been a nurse for 30 years and has extensive experience working in a number of large complex organisations including Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, Barts Healthcare, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, and Imperial […]

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Update on cyber incident: Clinical impact in south east London – Thursday 1 August

NHS England London has released the latest data update on the clinical impact of the ransomware cyber attack against pathology services provider Synnovis on Monday 3 June. The data for the eighth week after the attack (22-28 July), shows that across the two most affected Trusts, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and […]

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Update on cyber incident: Clinical impact in south east London – Thursday 25 July

NHS England London has released the latest data update on the clinical impact of the ransomware cyber attack against pathology services provider Synnovis on Monday 3 June. The data for the seventh week after the attack (15-21 July) shows that across the two most affected Trusts, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and […]

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NHS London Statement: Global IT Outage

Dr Chris Streather, NHS London Medical Director said: “Some NHS services across London have been disrupted by the global IT outage. The impact is primarily in GP services, however some hospitals are also experiencing disruption. “Patients are advised to continue to attend their appointments as usual unless told otherwise. For urgent, but not life-threatening help and […]

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