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 […]

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: […]