The Chief Nursing Officer for England and the London Regional Medical Director Dr Vin Diwakar urged the over 65s to take advantage of NHS England’s biggest ever flu vaccination programme. Older people across London are being offered the most effective vaccine in the world as part of the programme which is providing a record 8.5million […]

Regional Medical Director for NHS England (London Region) Dr Vin Diwakar said: We welcome this report which will make a useful contribution to the way that London’s NHS and our partners in local councils, the Mayor and Public Health England are working together. Our partnership has achieved many of the aims that were set out […]

On this Bank Holiday, Londoners will have access to a range of healthcare services through extended access GP appointments or urgent treatment centres. Those with more urgent medical issues can also call NHS 111 to speak with a fully trained adviser, 24 hours a day, who can connect them to a nurse, emergency dentist or […]

NHS England and NHS Improvement will join forces with the Florence Nightingale Foundation to celebrate NHS70, and ensure the very best talents in nursing and midwifery are given the chance to shape the future of the service. As part of the NHS 70th birthday celebrations, NHS England has committed funding for 70 London nurses to […]

This report details the learning during the implementation of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) services in London as part of the CSA Transformation Programme 2015-2018. The CSA Transformation Programme set out to pilot three approaches to supporting children and young people after experiencing CSA. These three models were the Children and Young People’s Haven Service (CYP […]

Doctors and nurses will be able to reduce unnecessary patient tests and improve safety through better working between hospitals and GPs and social care in London. New partnerships will be introduced giving health and care staff better and faster access to vital information about the person in their care, so they can determine the right […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]