The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated maternity services run by Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as good, following an inspection in November. Maternity services at the Royal Berkshire Hospital were inspected as part of CQC’s national maternity services inspection programme. The programme aims to provide an up-to-date view of the quality of hospital maternity […]

Today marks the launch of the NHS Parliamentary Awards 2024, where South East MPs get to recognise staff who go above and beyond to deliver excellence in healthcare. This year we’ve seen significant demand across NHS services. Despite these pressures, staff across the South East have continued to provide excellent care and have found innovative […]

Disruptions to NHS services in the South East are expected from the weekend as junior doctors get ready to strike again. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that junior doctors will strike from Saturday 24 until Wednesday 28 February. The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) has also announced that their junior doctor members […]

Royal Surrey has received excellent recognition by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with both Royal Surrey County Hospital and their maternity services rated outstanding. This follows a re-inspection of their maternity services in September and the publication of the official report, which retains the rating of outstanding for both the maternity service and Royal Surrey […]

World Cancer Day, which took place earlier this month and was themed ‘Close the Care Gap’, is more than just a day on the calendar for NHS staff in the South East. The theme for this year’s awareness day forms part of the NHS’s long-term plan to improve cancer outcomes and services, with the aim […]

Emergency Departments across the South East saw an increase in attendances in January as winter pressure continued to hit the NHS at the start of 2024. Over 330,000 people attended emergency departments across the region in January which was an increase of 14.6% on the previous year. But although attendances were up, patients being treated […]

At the start of National Apprenticeship Week, the NHS in the South East is celebrating that during the past academic year (2022/23) almost 3,000 people have joined an NHS Apprenticeship Scheme in the region. A medical emergency in the middle of a flight, led air stewardess Lisa Desbruslais, to change career and land a lifesaving […]

New breast screening figures for 2022-23 show that a total of 331,187 women aged 50 to 70 (68%) attended their screening appointments (within six months of invitation) in the South East of England – the highest uptake nationally. The screening programme led to cancers being detected in 3,513 women across the South East in 2022-23, […]

31 January 2024 – An independent report summarising responses to an NHS consultation into the future location of very specialist cancer treatment services for children living in south London and much of south-east England has been published by NHS England and is available to read at: https://www.transformationpartners.nhs.uk/childrenscancercentre/key-information/  NHS England (London and south-east regions) launched a twelve-week consultation on […]

Patients in South East will be able to get treatment for seven common conditions at their high street pharmacy from today without needing to see a GP, as part of a major transformation in the way the NHS delivers care. More than 9 in 10 community pharmacies in the South East (over 1,381 in total) […]