The NHS is encouraging people to come forward for their COVID booster before the offer, part of the biggest and most successful programme in health history, ends next month. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that, thanks to the success of the programme, the seasonal booster dose should end when the […]

An estimated 300,000 people unaware they have raised blood pressure NHS England South East has launched a new public awareness campaign about the dangers of high blood pressure and untreated Hypertension. Over 300,000 people in the region are understood to have elevated blood pressure, completely unbeknown to them. Dr Mohit Sharma, consultant in public health […]

NHS bosses in the South East are urging anyone eligible for cervical screening to come forward as 28.3 per cent are not up to date. Across the region, over 1.7 million people have come forward for their cervical screening over the past 3.5 years (71.7%), which is higher than the national average. However, 685,365, between […]

The NHS’s lead for the flu programme in the South East of England is encouraging eligible people to get their free NHS vaccine, as over 400 people remain in hospital with the infection and a further 22 patients in critical care. The message from Caroline Reid – the region’s Director of Commissioning and Senior Responsible […]

The NHS in the South East is asking patients to seek urgent care if they need it during industrial action this week and continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to rearrange. Patients should use services wisely by going to NHS 111 online as the first port of call for health needs and continuing to call 999 […]

The NHS in the South East is asking patients to seek emergency care if they need to during industrial action and take simple steps to help ensure care is available to patients who need it most. This includes using services wisely by going to NHS 111 online as the first port of call for health needs and […]

A 64-year-old woman who was hospitalised after testing positive for flu and pneumonia, only days after Christmas Day, is urging people not to put off having their flu jab if eligible. Her message comes at a time when flu cases in hospital jumped up by almost a half (47%) last week, as staff in NHS […]

As pressures on NHS services continue to grow across the South East please help us help you this New Year by choosing the right NHS service over the Bank Holiday weekend. Dr Alison Taylor, Medical Director for System Improvement and Professional Standards in the South East, said: “All areas of the NHS are under pressure […]

People across the South East are being urged to continue to use the NHS 111 online service (www.111.nhs.uk), for urgent health problems that do not need an emergency response. It comes as latest data shows that more and more people are using the NHS 111 service to get advice. Between March 2020 and September 2022, […]

Following a surge in serious cases of flu among under-fives across the South East, parents are being urged to make sure that their children are vaccinated if they are eligible for the flu vaccine. Across England, hospitalisations in young children are over 44% higher than the last pre-pandemic year (2019/20), with around 650 children under five […]