NHS England’s top medical director for cardiovascular disease in the South East is urging people to maintain a healthy heart and to know the early signs of a heart attack. Click here  for a short video. The message from Dr Shahed Ahmad comes as the NHS launches a new lifesaving campaign across England to encourage […]

A new NHS campaign has launched today to raise awareness of sexual assault referral centres (SARCs), as new data reveals nearly a quarter of people who were surveyed in the South East say they have been a victim of sexual assault or abuse. The awareness campaign, which has launched at the start of Sexual Assault […]

TV presenter and in-recovery cancer patient Julia Bradbury has joined forces with NHS clinicians and others to encourage people to come forward with symptoms they’re concerned about.  The plea comes as today marks World Cancer Day. Despite a record number of people across the South East of England coming forward for cancer tests towards the […]

A nine-year-old boy has spoken about how he will get the Covid-19 jab when invited by the NHS to help protect his daddy who has a weakened immune system. Arthur, from Oxfordshire, wants to join his mummy in doing all he can to help keep his daddy, Rupert, as safe as possible from the virus […]

Record numbers of people are coming forward for cancer tests, with referrals in November being  higher than previous years, according to the latest data, the NHS said today. The figures show that 38,840 people were checked for cancer in November – three times as many compared to the beginning of the pandemic in April 2020, […]

People living in the South East of England are being urged to Grab A Jab this week with a record number of walk-ins available across the region. Approximately 200 of the 325 local vaccination sites in the South East are now listed on the Grab A Jab website for people to conveniently grab their life-saving […]

Today, the NHS will launch a new landmark campaign using the iconic Beatles song ‘Help!” to get people in the South East and across the country to take better care of their mental health. Backed by some of the UK’s biggest artists, the campaign will encourage people struggling with their mental health to seek support. ‘Help!’, […]

With over 180,000 booster jab appointments available over the coming days (12-16 Jan), NHS England’s top doctor in the South East is encouraging people to get boosted without delay. The message comes as staff and volunteers on the NHS Covid Vaccination Programme continue to work tirelessly to protect the country against the Omicron variant of […]

Over 80% of adults in the South East have now received their covid-19 booster jab thanks to the incredible work of NHS staff and volunteers who have continued to pull out all the stops to get jabs into arms.   Vaccinations have been taking place across the region at various locations including soup kitchens, racecourses, football stadiums and local high […]

Since celebrating its best day ever less than a week ago, the NHS in the South East vaccinated 163,909 people against Covid-19 setting a new regional record. The latest landmark was achieved on Tuesday 21 December, and 93 per cent of the jabs administered were boosters – 152,947. Previously the best day ever was Saturday 18 December when 154,738 Covid-19 vaccinations were […]