Professor Sir Stephen Powis, NHS National Medical Director, said: “This transformative gene therapy is the first of its kind for haemophilia B patients on the NHS and has the potential to significantly improve the lives of hundreds of people by helping to reduce symptoms such as painful bleeds. “It is a one-time therapy that could […]

With just days left of this year’s spring covid vaccine programme, the NHS is urging anyone eligible to get their jab by this Sunday [30 June 2024]. More than 4 million people have now received their spring booster jab since the campaign began in April. The NHS has made it easier than ever before for […]

GP teams delivered more than 30 million appointments for patients last month (May 2024), up by more than a fifth on the same period before the pandemic.   NHS data published today shows there were around 30.5 million appointments delivered by GPs and their teams in just one month, compared with an estimated 25.3 million in […]

Visits to heat exhaustion advice on the NHS website have more than doubled in the past 48 hours as temperatures surge in England. The warm weather comes at the same time as the NHS is facing major disruption with junior doctors launching industrial action from 7am tomorrow for five days. (7am Thursday 27 June until […]

The NHS will face major disruption this week as junior doctors launch five days of industrial action, with services already under increasing pressure, England’s top doctor has warned today. With Yellow Heat Health Alerts for many parts of the country, the NHS is urging the public to use services as they normally would if they […]

NHS England continues to work with Synnovis and the National Crime Agency to respond to the criminal ransomware attack on Synnovis systems. Synnovis has now confirmed through an initial analysis that the data published by a cyber crime group has been stolen from some of their systems. We understand people may be concerned by this, […]

Millions of women are being urged to come forward for cervical screening as figures show a third of eligible under 50s didn’t take up the potentially lifesaving offer. The latest figures show that as of December last year, 65.8% of the 11 million eligible women aged 25-49 took up their cervical screening invitation and were screened within […]

On 3 June, Synnovis, a pathology laboratory which processes blood tests on behalf of a number of NHS organisations, primarily in South East London, was the victim of a cyber attack. NHS England has been made aware that a cyber criminal group published data last night which they are claiming belongs to Synnovis and was […]

The number of hay fever sufferers searching for NHS advice has more than doubled in the past week as temperatures rise across England. The NHS website has received an average of 11,736 visits a day since Monday compared to a daily average of 4,749 visits at the weekend – an increase of 147%. Visits to […]

Over 4 million people have now received their spring covid booster from the NHS just 10 weeks after bookings officially opened as part of the latest vaccination campaign. Around 7 million people are eligible for a spring covid jab this year, including those aged 75 and over, those with a weakened immune system and older […]