Ahead of the summer bank holiday on Monday 25 August, people in the North East and Yorkshire are reminded to plan their medicine needs, use the NHS App to order repeat prescriptions and visit NHS111 online first if medical advice is needed. Dr Faisel Baig, GP and Medical Director for Primary Care at NHS North East and […]
The newly launched 10 Year Health Plan for England marks a major shift in focus — from treating illness to helping people stay healthy. In the North East and Yorkshire, services are working together to detect conditions earlier, tackle the root causes of poor health, and support people to live longer, healthier lives. By focusing […]
Commenting as resident doctors’ industrial action continues across the NHS, Dr Hamish McLure, Regional Medical Director for NHS England in the North East and Yorkshire, said: “A huge thank you to NHS staff who are once again going above and beyond to keep services running safely during this latest period of industrial action. We know […]
The recently published 10 Year Health Plan for England sets out a bold ambition to shift the NHS from analogue to digital – creating a more seamless, accessible and efficient healthcare system. Across the North East and Yorkshire, that transformation is underway, with services already using technology to improve care for patients. From artificial intelligence […]
Fit for the Future – the newly published 10 Year Health Plan for England – seizes the opportunities provided by new technologies, medicines and innovations to deliver better care for all patients. It makes three big ‘shifts’ to get the NHS back on its feet and make it fit for the future: from hospital to […]
As latest figures for England show around 3 in 4 patients find it easy to contact a GP – up more than 10% since last summer, a West Yorkshire GP has explained how the availability of online appointment booking, in addition to his practice’s switchboard, has improved access and equality of service for patients. Dr […]
Pharmacists and patients in the North East and Yorkshire have welcomed the benefits of Pharmacy First, which includes enabling people to receive treatment from high street pharmacies for seven common conditions, minor illnesses, and urgent medicine supply, without needing to see a GP. Since January last year, patients in England have been able to get […]
Blog This week is Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week. An estimated 6.3 million people live with prediabetes. If left untreated it can develop into Type 2 diabetes which can lead to serious health complications. There are programmes to help those identified as at risk of Type 2 diabetes, such as the Healthier You: the NHS […]
Almost 900,000 tests, checks and scans have been delivered in NHS community diagnostic centres (CDCs) across the North East and Yorkshire in the past 12 months alone, NHS figures show. In total, the region’s CDCs have carried out 1.6 million diagnostic procedures since the introduction of the national initiative. Located in community settings such as […]
Doctors are urging those eligible for a spring Covid-19 vaccine to come forward, as new figures published show four in 10 eligible people (41.6%) have now received their jabs in the North East and Yorkshire region. Weekly vaccination data shows NHS teams have now delivered half a million (498,490) jabs in the region since the […]
International Nurses Day on Monday 12 May is an opportunity to celebrate the incredible work nurses do every day in communities across the North East and Yorkshire, the region’s Chief Nurse says. David Purdue (pictured) says the annual event is an opportunity to celebrate the unique and vital contribution of nursing professionals. “Today, we thank […]