As temperatures reach below freezing, NHS England is today advising the public on ways of staying well this winter, as the number of people being admitted to A&E is likely to increase significantly due to the cold weather. NHS England warned that heart attacks increase almost immediately after a cold snap and that accounts for […]
Issued at 8.50am on Monday 11 December 2017 There is a 90 percent probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 9am on Monday 11 December and 9am on Thursday 14 December in parts of England. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more […]
Issued at 8:25am on Thursday 7 December 2017 There is a 90 per cent probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 8.00am on Thursday 7 December and 6.00am on Wednesday 13 December in parts of England. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out […]
Issued at 8:29am on Wednesday 6 December 2017 There is a 90 per cent probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 9.00am on Thursday 7 December and 8.00am on Tuesday 12 December in parts of England. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out […]
Issued at 9:03am on Monday 4 December 2017 There is an 70 per cent probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 8.00am on Thursday 7 December and 8.00am on Sunday 10 December parts of England. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about […]
Issued at 9.00am Saturday 2 December 2017 Temperatures or weather conditions are not expected to exceed Cold Weather Alert threshold criteria in any region from 9.00am Saturday 2 December 2017 until further notice. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about staying well this […]
Over one million referrals to NHS talking therapies for depression and anxiety were made last year according to new, official data. Of the 1.4 million new referrals for talking therapies as part of NHS England’s Increasing Access to Talking Therapies (IAPT) programme, 965,000 people began treatment, a 32,000 rise on patient numbers from the year […]
A consultation has been launched to simplify and standardise the process for getting research projects up and running in the NHS. Cuts to bureaucracy and faster access to new and innovative treatments, are at the heart of 12 actions also agreed by the NHS England Board to support research and its application in the NHS. […]
NHS England has today set out plans to implement exacting new standards that will ensure patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) receive the best possible care. Hospitals that do not currently fulfil these standards, which have been developed by specialists and patients, must either show that they have a programme to do so and meet […]
NHS England has today agreed plans to save hundreds of millions of pounds each year by recommending low value treatments, including fish oil, herbal remedies and homeopathy no longer be provided on the NHS, and launching a consultation on curbs to prescriptions for some ‘over the counter’ products such as paracetamol. GPs issued 1.1 billion […]