Infants and young children are among hundreds of patients set to receive new life-saving drugs for rare blood cancers. Around 200 patients a year will benefit from the 2 new cutting-edge treatments approved by NHS England, offering fresh hope to families when other therapies have failed. Dabrafenib is a tablet that treats histiocytic neoplasms – […]
Women will be able to access the morning-after pill free of charge on the NHS in high-street pharmacies across England from today. In the “biggest change to sexual health services since the 1960s”, the oral emergency contraception pill will be available for free to women from almost 10,000 pharmacies across the country without needing to […]
The NHS performed a record number of checks for treatments, cancer checks and other tests for June, as 18-week performance hit its best level in 3 years. NHS staff pulled out all the stops to treat a record number of patients in any June, with 103,563 – or 2% – more treatments delivered than the […]
Hardworking NHS staff delivered record numbers of treatments as the waiting list fell in May for the first time in 17 years*, new figures reveal today. Monthly NHS data shows the overall waiting list dropped by nearly 30,000 in May to 7.36 million – the lowest total since March 2023 – with 60.9% waiting 18 […]
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool is being rolled out across the NHS that can predict a patient’s risk of falling with 97% accuracy, preventing as many as 2,000 falls and hospital admissions each day. The predictive tool, developed by health tech provider Cera, is now being used in more than 2 million patient home […]
The NHS exceeded its faster diagnosis cancer target for the first time in February amid record demand, according to new figures. Thanks to the hard work of NHS staff, almost four fifths (78.1%) of people received a definitive cancer diagnosis or all clear within four weeks – with almost 200,000 (199,659) patients getting the answer […]
The NHS and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are raising awareness of urinary tract infections (UTIs), as new data shows they have led to more than 800,000 admissions to hospitals across the country over the past five years. While UTIs are a year-round concern, ahead of what is expected to be another busy winter in […]
The NHS has delivered a record number of potentially lifesaving tests and checks with over 25 million carried out in the last year, new data shows. Figures released this week show NHS staff delivered more than 25 million checks (25,377,280 August – July) in a year for patients – two million more compared to the […]
The NHS has today announced its shortlist of nominated staff, carers and volunteers for this year’s NHS Parliamentary Awards, ahead of its milestone 75th birthday. Launched in March, MPs were asked to find and nominate outstanding individuals or teams who have made the biggest improvements to health services in their constituencies across 10 categories. Ahead of […]
An NHS search tool aimed at helping people find local sexual health services attracts a third more visits following a bank holiday, latest figures show. Analysis carried out by NHS England, which runs the NHS website, found page visits to the tool increased to an average of 7,414 in the 24 hours following the summer […]
A new initiative to check for liver cancer in high-risk communities has been rolled out as part of a major NHS drive to catch more cancers earlier and save lives. The roaming trucks performed more than 7,000 fibroscans and identified over 830 people with cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis, a leading cause of liver cancer, in […]