Eligible Londoners have until 14 December to book flu and Covid vaccinations online  Winter holiday season increases transmission risk as people come together with loved ones and their communities   Cold and wet weather gives flu and covid viruses more opportunity to spread as people congregate indoors and turn to public transport  Cold weather, stress and […]

With darker night’s drawing in and Christmas lights illuminating Oxford Street, now is the time for people to get their winter vaccinations to protect themselves and their families from Covid and flu.   Today the NHS announces that 100 per cent of all London’s 1,300 care homes, which are home to nearly 27,000 people have now been […]

Life-saving package drops onto hundreds of thousands of London doormats Bowel cancer screening kits are being sent to hundreds of thousands of people across London in a drive to save more lives. Nearly half a million eligible people in London are being sent the home testing kits in the next few months, which can detect […]

A million people across the capital have now received their flu vaccinations, just weeks since eligible people across London were invited to book their vaccinations to help keep them well this winter. In all, nearly 4.7 million people across the capital are eligible for winter flu jabs this year and, with the one million milestone […]

More London patients benefitting from hospital-level care at home New figures out today show that London has around 1,800 ‘virtual ward’ beds, which means more people than ever are being cared for in their own home or other out-of-hospital settings. Virtual wards enable patients to get the hospital-level care they need at home, safely and […]

Millions of eligible people across London can now book life-saving autumn Covid and flu vaccines online as the NHS steps up its winter vaccination programmes early in response to the risk of the new Covid variant.  Vulnerable people, including those in care homes and the housebound started receiving their jabs earlier in the month. Now […]

London NHS braces itself for further disruption as junior doctors and consultants continue strike action    The NHS in London is bracing for further disruption this week, as a further strike by junior doctors and consultants gets under way from today until Thursday (5 Oct). This action is just the second time that junior doctors and […]

Public invited to share their views on the proposed future location of specialist cancer services for children NHS England (London and South East regions) has launched a public consultation on the proposed future location of very specialist cancer treatment services for children living in south London and much of south east England. The consultation will […]

Junior doctors and consultants take action together in escalation of NHS strike action  The NHS faces more disruption this week, with consultants beginning strike action tomorrow (19 September) and being joined by junior doctors on Wednesday (20 September).  On Wednesday, junior doctors and consultants will provide Christmas Day levels of staffing, which means only emergency […]

More than 32,000 children across London at risk of catching measles as new school term gets underway Nine in ten unvaccinated classmates susceptible MMR uptake lowest in a decade Measles cases rising in London With millions of children across the country going back to school this week, the NHS is urging parents to check that […]