On 1 June, GP practices across Yorkshire and the Humber will be celebrating the first anniversary of the parkrun practice initiative. More than 900 general practices across England have now signed up to be a ‘parkrun practice’; linking with their local parkrun events to promote the health and wellbeing of patients and staff. parkrun are […]

Almost 100,000 additional general practice appointments will be available right across the country over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with patients across the North East and Yorkshire set to benefit from local plans for convenient care, the NHS has confirmed. As part of its Long Term Plan for the health service, the NHS is making […]

A new digital portal is being introduced by the NHS and councils in the North of England which allows health and social care staff to see how many vacancies there are in local care homes, saving hours of time phoning around to check availability and helping people to get the right care or return home […]

An NHS programme has seen GP practices free up more than half a million hours of time for patients across England in the last year. The Time for Care programme sees surgeries across the country adopt new ways of working like letting patients book appointments sooner, cutting paperwork and offering faster access to different specialist […]

North Yorkshire GP practice part of successful NHS England pilot Programme to be extended for three years and rolled out further An NHS programme has seen GP practices free up more than half a million hours of time for patients in the last year. The Time for Care programme sees surgeries across the country adopt […]

NHS staff continue to pull out all the stops with flu and norovirus continuing to circulate as expected in January Flu and norovirus major contributing factor to pressure on NHS during winter Warning to heed norovirus advice and get the free flu jab if eligible With the second half of January bringing with it Yorkshire […]

NHS staff pulling out all the stops as flu and norovirus circulate Flu and norovirus major contributing factor to winter NHS pressure Warning to heed norovirus advice and get the free flu jab if eligible As the first real cold snap of the winter season hits the North East and North Cumbria, the NHS is […]