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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 […]
London comes together to tackle nurse shortages
The NHS in London is collaborating with partners across the capital to combat shortages in nursing. The CapitalNurse Programme is a project of collective action between directors of nursing and HR directors from service providers, NHS England, Health Education England, NHS Improvement, education providers, Sustainability and Transformation Plans, trade unions and professional organisations who have […]
Bank Holiday health information for Londoners
As we prepare for the August bank holiday, NHS England (London) is sharing important information ahead of the three day weekend, including how Londoners can access health services if they need them. Although not every GP practice will be open on the bank holiday, Londoners have access to a range of services through out of […]
Clinical Pharmacists Programme – second wave announcement
Below are the second wave supported London sites of Clinical Pharmacists in General Practice. Please note that this list is subject to change. The deadline for the third wave of applications is 29th September 2017. Supported site CCG King’s Health Partners and Hurley Clinical Partnership NHS Lambeth CCG, NHS Southwark CCG, NHS Lewisham CCG, […]