Visits to the heat exhaustion section of the NHS website have more than tripled in the past week – averaging one visit every six seconds. Figures released by NHS England, which runs the NHS website, show there were 109,096 visits to the health advice page on heat exhaustion and heatstroke in the last seven days […]

A haematologist, psychiatrist and radiographer are among dozens of frontline NHS staff recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List. As the NHS approaches its milestone 75th birthday next month, the 2023 Birthday Honours have been awarded to a wide range of NHS doctors, nurses and other staff who have made a significant contribution to healthcare. […]

Retired doctors will have an option to “keep caring” and re-join the NHS to carry out outpatient appointments in a new initiative to help reduce waiting lists. From autumn, newly-retired doctors will be able to sign up to a new digital platform where they will be able to offer their availability to trusts across England […]

Thousands more children and young people who are severely obese will receive intensive support from the NHS, with 10 new specialist clinics set to open across England. The new services will launch this year, bringing the total to 30 clinics that are able to provide expert help to children and their families which can prevent […]

The most senior doctor in the NHS has asked the public to use its services wisely and play their part over the coming days by being sensible in the hot weather as a three-day junior doctor walkout is set to begin. NHS medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: “The NHS is facing significant disruption […]

The number of hay fever sufferers seeking advice from the NHS website has more than tripled – reaching 122,650 visits last week. Analysis by NHS England, which runs the NHS website, found weekly visits to the hay fever page have increased by 252% in the past five weeks from 34,878 visits during the first week of […]

Strike action across England this week will significantly disrupt almost all routine care in the NHS, England’s top doctor has warned today. Professor Sir Stephen Powis said that industrial action by junior doctors, starting at 7am on Wednesday, meant thousands of routine procedures had already been postponed by trusts, as the NHS prioritises emergency and […]

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 […]

Rough sleepers in towns with high rates of homelessness are to benefit from specialist NHS mental health care across the country. A total of 14 new outreach teams are starting work to increase the total across the country to 37, exceeding the NHS Long Term Plan target of 20 by 2023/24. Around 100 people a […]

Double the number of patients are receiving potentially lifesaving NHS cancer checks in England now than they were a decade ago, new analysis shows today. As the NHS approaches its 75th milestone birthday, the latest figures show an astounding increase in demand for cancer services with 114,108 more people checked for cancer in the last month […]