In a huge push to improve the lives of tens of thousands of postgraduate doctors, NHS England is pledging to enhance choice and flexibility with rotas, while reducing payroll errors and the financial burden of course fees. Postgraduate doctors in training, who make up more than 50,000 NHS staff, move between trusts at least twice […]
Almost one hundred thousand cancer patients have now benefitted from early access to the latest and most innovative treatments, thanks to the NHS Cancer Drugs Fund. The NHS is set to hit a major milestone in April with 100,000 cancer patients benefitting from faster access to more than 100 drugs (in over 250 indications) through the […]
Whether you walk, jog or run the course, volunteer to support or come along to cheer on others, join us and get involved in a parkrun event on 4 May to celebrate our midwives and 11 May to celebrate our nurses. Every year on International Day of the Midwife (5 May) and International Nurses Day […]
Frontline NHS staff are facing record levels of discrimination from the public, the result of a national staff survey reveals. One in 12 NHS staff that responded to the poll said they faced discrimination while treating patients at work – the highest percentage since the question was first asked in 2019. NHS trusts are putting […]
Investing in population health management and proactive care is the most efficient way of creating the most value from every pound we spend on health. In Warrington, through the Warrington Innovation Network Primary Care Network, we had the ambition to proactively manage our hypertensive patients while better equipping them to make meaningful and impactful lifestyle […]
Cancer patients living with a rare disease which attacks the body’s own organs following a life-saving stem cell transplant are set to benefit from a pioneering new medicine on the NHS. Belumosudil (Rezurock ®) is an innovative treatment for chronic graft versus host disease, which develops in around a third of patients who have undergone […]
Hundreds of NHS patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease are set to benefit from a portable drug infusion that is gradually released around-the-clock to help better control their symptoms. The treatment, called foslevodopa–foscarbidopa, will now offer an additional option for certain patients experiencing movement-related symptoms and whose condition is no longer responding to their oral medicines. […]
Thousands of women are being urged to attend NHS breast screening appointments as new figures today show that, despite a slight increase in uptake in the last year, over a third of women still did not take up the potentially lifesaving offer. In 2022-23, a total of 1.93 million women aged 50 to 70 (64.6%) […]
When I was asked in 2019 to help roll out the targeted lung health checks it was an exciting moment. As a general practitioner, I relished this fantastic opportunity to support the move to proactive care and prevent long term or terminal ill health. My team and I, working in a place-based partnership, were able […]
The NHS will roll out a new centralised approach to buying energy which could help slash its energy bill nationally by up to £100 million a year, as part of a major drive to find further efficiencies and improve care. From January, the NHS will use its buying power to purchase energy nationally, driving down […]