Duncan Burton, Chief Nurse for the NHS in the South East, explains what he does and demonstrates how fulfilling the nursing profession can be.  Why I wanted to become a nurse I wanted to be a nurse since the age of 15, because I wanted to help people and make a difference. Both my parents […]

Hundreds of lives will be spared every year in England thanks to a more sensitive cervical screening test rolled out as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. NHS experts said that there is “potential” to eliminate cervical cancer completely thanks to the change in primary test within the NHS Cervical Cancer Screening Programme, combined […]

Marion Lynch, Deputy Medical Director at NHS England and NHS Improvement South East and Leadership Consultant at NHS Leadership Academy, shares her story. Why I wanted to become a nurse You could say I come from a nursing dynasty. Five of my aunties were nurses working across the world. I saw the difference they made […]

Katie Watkins talks about her unique role as a Integrated Digital Midwife at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.  Why I wanted to become a midwife Midwifery wasn’t on my radar at all when I left college. I wanted to work in London for any large corporate company and in order to do so I decided […]

Over 114,000 patients have already benefitted from referrals to highly-skilled pharmacists New ‘pharmacy first’ referral service taken up by over 10,600 pharmacies since October 2019, to relieve pressure on GPs and A+E departments Delivers on Long Term Plan aim of helping more people stay healthy in their communities Over one hundred thousand patients with minor […]

The NHS across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West has launched a new mum & baby app – a definitive personal guide for pregnancy, birth and beyond. The app was originally developed by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and their charity CW+ with Imagineear, and has evolved with new content led by North West London Local Maternity […]

The NHS is calling on the public to heed advice and stay at home if they have norovirus to avoid passing it on, as hospitals in England have been forced to close more than 1,100 hospital beds over the last week. Top medics are concerned about the spread of the winter vomiting bug this year […]

As outbreaks of norovirus (commonly known as the winter vomiting bug) see a sharp increase right across the South East, Public Health England (PHE) is urging people to take simple steps to help stop the spread of the contagious bug. Levels of norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea, are expected to rise in the winter […]

Duncan Burton, Chief Nurse for the NHS in the South East supports the call for the NHS’ frontline workers to protect themselves and their patients this year by taking up their free flu jab. Duncan is supporting this year’s drive to ensure that as many NHS staff in the South East as possible get vaccinated […]

More than  6,000 people diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes across the South East have received life-changing diabetes monitors through the NHS Long Term Plan. The innovative device, which is the size of a £2 coin and worn on the arm, means people with Type 1 do not have to carry out multiple painful finger-prick checks […]