Thousands more breast cancers could be detected earlier in England next year in a major new NHS drive to support more women to attend potentially life-saving breast screening. The NHS in England has today launched its first-ever awareness campaign to highlight the benefits of screening and encourage more women to make the most of regular […]

Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more A&Es will start testing for the infectious disease in hospital emergency departments (ED) via the revolutionary NHS Blood Borne Virus Opt-out […]

NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The overall backlog has dropped again from 7.48 million to 7.46 million, while the estimated number of patients waiting is down from 6.28 million to 6.24 million. Monthly figures show that […]

Around 100 frontline NHS staff will be joined by NHS England directors in Liverpool today (11 Feb 2025) to discuss what they want to see from the government’s 10 Year Health Plan. It marks the first of a series of events where frontline NHS staff across the breadth of the NHS workforce will come together […]

The NHS is urging around 1.3 million older people who have not yet had the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to get jabbed, as health service chiefs warn it is “not just a winter illness”. Invites are being sent this week to people not yet vaccinated against RSV who are aged 75-79 or turned 80 after […]

There were more patients in hospitals last week than at any other point so far this winter, as the number of norovirus cases in hospital continued to rise. Data published today by the NHS shows that 961 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus last week, up 7% on the week before and 69% […]

Today (5 February 2025) NHS England (Midlands) has published the full independent investigation conducted by Theemis into the care and treatment of Valdo Calocane in the months leading up to the events of 13 June 2023. The NHS has taken the decision to publish the report in full in line with the wishes of the families […]

12 new mpox vaccination sites have opened across England, making it easier for eligible people to get protected. From this week, every region will be able to offer the vaccine for those at increased risk of getting the infection – after previously only being available to those eligible in London, Manchester and Brighton. While the […]

NHS patients with sickle cell disease will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking gene-editing treatment that offers the prospect of a cure for the condition. The one-off gene therapy, known as exagamglogene autotemcel (or ‘exa-cel’), has been approved for use on the NHS in England from today (Friday 31 January) by the National Institute […]

The NHS will focus on delivering faster treatment for hundreds of thousands of patients – including for planned surgeries and emergency care – as the number of national targets is almost halved under new guidance to reform services. Published today, NHS England’s planning guidance for the next financial year sees a significant streamlining of priorities […]