New ‘one stop shops’ designed to speed-up cancer diagnosis and help save lives are being rolled out across the country. Rapid diagnostic and assessment centres are being piloted in ten areas as part of NHS England’s drive to catch cancer early and speed up diagnosis for people with cancer. Each of the centres will operate […]
Patients with a chronic lung condition are set to benefit from a “life-changing” procedure that uses tiny balloons to inflate and compress blockages in the blood vessels, as it will now be routinely available on the NHS. NHS England is funding a pioneering procedure, called balloon pulmonary angioplasty, for patients who suffer from Chronic Thromboembolic […]
Hundreds of military veterans are set to benefit from a nationwide scheme to tackle the most complex mental health needs of ex-armed forces personnel, launched today (Sunday 1 April) by NHS England. The Veterans’ Mental Health Complex Treatment Service has been designed after veterans and their families from across England were invited to tell the […]
Forecast Issued on Saturday, 31 March 2018 at 08:07 There is a 70% probability of severe cold weather, icy conditions and snow between 0000 on Sunday 01 Apr and 0900 on Tuesday 03 Apr in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Please […]
New laws will allow hundreds of advanced paramedics to prescribe drugs, improving care for patients, speeding up access to treatment and preventing unnecessary visits to hospitals and GP practices. Patients already rely on paramedics to administer live-saving treatment when they become critically ill or are involved in a serious accident. The new laws, which come […]
TV doctors Rosemary Leonard, Ellie Cannon and Sara Kayat will return to the classroom to promote careers in the NHS and encourage young people to take up science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects. As part of plans to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday, the media medics and other high-profile speakers have volunteered their time […]
Six organisations responsible for health care in England have today published a new report outlining the experience of black and minority ethnic (BME) working for the health service. The latest publication from the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) programme, is the first to look at fairness at work for BME people in the six national […]
Issued at 09.36am on Tuesday 29 March 2018 There is a 70% probability of severe cold weather, icy conditions and some snow between 12.00am on Sunday 1 April and 3.00pm on Tuesday 3 April in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find […]
Taking place on Thursday 29 March 2018, NHS England, Skipton House, London, at 10.45am. View a live stream of the Board meeting Take a look at the Board papers
NHS England and NHS Improvement are today announcing some key steps that we are taking to bring our organisations closer together. We have one NHS: commissioners and providers in each part of the country are serving the same people, and we need to use the resources that Parliament gives the NHS to greater benefit for […]