With the August bank holiday approaching, and another period of NHS industrial action, residents in the South East are being urged to order any repeat prescriptions in good time and to use the right service for their healthcare needs. The plea comes after The British Medical Association has announced that NHS consultants will strike for […]

This summer the NHS in the South East is asking parents and carers of children, due to start school this September, to check their children’s vaccinations are all up to date ahead of starting school. With only a few weeks to go before children aged 4 will start school for the first time, many parents […]

The public are being asked to use NHS services appropriately as junior doctors begin their fifth round of strikes. From 7am on Friday 11 August until 7am on Tuesday 15 August, junior doctors across England will be on strike, as the NHS enters the ninth month of industrial action across its services. The NHS will […]

NHS England is pleased to announce that Andrea Lewis has been appointed as the South East’s Regional Chief Nurse. Andrea has joined the region from Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust where she was Chief Nurse for over three years. She has taken over the role of Acosia Nyanin who worked in the […]

Care ‘traffic control’ centres to speed up discharge, extended ambulance hours and extra beds are part of wide-ranging plans to prepare for winter across the South East. The robust new measures, announced today by the NHS, will boost capacity and resilience across the region as well as building on the recent improvements in ambulance response […]

The Society of Radiographers has confirmed that its members will be holding 48 hours of strikes at some hospitals Trusts in the South East, from 8am tomorrow (25 July) to 8am on Thursday 27 July.  The Society or Radiographers have a mandate to strike at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Sussex NHS […]

The public are being urged to use NHS services in the South East wisely as the British Medical Association (BMA) Consultants and British Dental Association (BDA) begin 48 hours of industrial action starting at 7am on Thursday (20/7) Senior doctors, who not only see patients but are responsible for supervising junior doctors and other staff, […]

The public across the South East are being asked to think ahead to ensure critical NHS services are available for those most in need, as preparations are made for the next round of industrial action. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced 120 hours of continuous junior doctors’ strike action from 7am on Thursday 13 […]

NHS staff from across the South East will be joining a series of commemorative national events tomorrow (5 July), including a service at Westminster Abbey and a reception at No 10 Downing Street. The activity, which will also see 17 iconic sites and landmarks ‘light up blue’ across the region, marks the NHS turning 75 […]

The NHS has today published the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan setting out the strategy for recruitment, retention and training of NHS staff including doctors, nurses, dentists and other key healthcare staff to address the gaps in the current workforce meeting the needs of a challenging and ageing population. The first ever plan, focuses on […]