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 […]

The offer to have a COVID-19 spring booster will end this week after which time it will only be offered to those at increased risk. People who are eligible for the booster have until Friday 30 June to get boosted. This includes those aged 75 and over, children aged five and over with weakened immune […]

From 1 July 2023, for the South East region, NHS Frimley ICB will employ and host the pharmacy, optometry, dental commissioning and complaints teams who will work on behalf of the six ICBs in the South East Region – i.e., Berkshire West, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire (BOB), Frimley, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Kent & Medway, […]

There are double celebrations in the South East of England as NHS staff from the region have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List and shortlisted as part of a national photography competition. Two regional consultants from NHS Trusts in Surrey and Frimley, a GP from Slough and a Chief Nurse from a Trust […]

The NHS in the South East has today (12 June) announced its finalists for this year’s NHS Parliamentary Awards, ahead of its milestone 75th birthday. The finalists, who are now through to the national judging stage, have been chosen across ten categories. Anne Eden, Regional Director of NHS England in the South East region, said: […]

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.   Planned by the British Medical Association, Junior Doctors will be striking for 72 hours, from 7am on Wednesday 14 June […]

The NHS is encouraging people to come forward for their spring booster ahead of the seasonal campaign coming to a close at the end of this month. The NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme in the South East has provided more than 700,000 people with a spring booster to date, which is more than half of all […]

Over 607,000 people in the South East have taken up the offer of a Covid-19 spring vaccination, with others being encouraged to come forward between now and the end of June.  Approximately 1.1 million people across the region are eligible for the vaccine, including those aged 75 and over, with a weakened immune system or […]

NHS South East’s Medical Director has reminded people not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions if they are due ahead of the late May Bank Holiday Weekend. Every bank holiday the NHS 111 phone service sees huge increases in people contacting it about repeat prescriptions and the first two Bank Holidays in […]

The NHS in the South East is encouraging people to order their repeat prescription ahead of The Coronation of King Charles III this weekend and the Bank Holiday to ensure they receive essential medication in time. NHS 111 phone service sees huge increases in people making contact about repeat prescriptions over holiday weekends. GP practices […]