As the NHS launches the biggest recruitment drive in its 70 year history in the south east, new research has shown the special place that its staff hold in the hearts of people in the region. Doctors and nurses top the poll as the most trusted and respected professions for people in the south east, […]

Statement by Dr Nigel Acheson, Regional Medical Director, NHS South:  “The findings of this terrible report are clearly very serious and need very careful consideration. “Although professional clinical standards are significantly higher now than they were 20 year ago when concerns emerged about Gosport War Memorial Hospital, all the organisations involved need to look long […]

The lasting effects of over exposure to the sun are being driven home this month (June), as part of NHS England’s Cover Up, Mate campaign. It’s a skin cancer prevention initiative, which targets people who work outside, including farmers, gardeners, and men in particular. Victor Vernier, (MBE) was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2002 after spending […]

More than 85,000 people are expected to take part in a special parkrun UK event on Saturday 9 June 2018 to celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday. Backed by double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes, parkrun for the NHS is the first event of its type. Staff from all parts of the NHS, from doctors […]

It’s never too early or too late to reduce your risk of skin cancer. That’s the message from health experts this bank holiday weekend. NHS England is urging men who spend a lot of time outdoors to ‘Cover Up, Mate’ and slap on the sun cream when exposed to UV rays. For the last three […]

Health and care professionals will be able to reduce unnecessary patient tests and improve safety through better working between hospitals and GPs and social care across Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. New partnerships will be introduced giving health and care staff better and faster access to vital information about the person in their […]

The NHS in the South has today (Friday 18th May) revealed the ten individuals and teams it has chosen as regional champions in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday. The champions – including dedicated Nurses, Domestic Assistants, GP’s, Health and Social Care projects and the Armed Forces Community Health and Wellbeing team […]

Below are the opening hours of Pharmacies across the South East on Monday 28 May 2018. Berkshire Bournemouth and Poole Buckinghamshire Dorset Hampshire Isle Of Wight Kent  Oxfordshire Portsmouth Southampton Surrey Sussex

People across the south east are being reminded to stock up on their medicines before the Easter bank holidays. The advice comes during a major public health campaign urging people to visit a pharmacist first for minor illness, instead of a GP or A&E. The NHS is encouraging more people to use their pharmacy first in […]

On the eve of World Cancer Day, Southampton’s Professor Alan Jackson will talk at the United Nations in Austria about how the work of doctors and others who work in cancer treatment would be improved if they had a clearer grasp of nutrition and the steps cancer patients can take to improve their health. Prof […]