Before starting my role as NHS England’s South Regional Medical Director I spent my career working as a gynaecologist. I fully support and endorse Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (January 22-28). Cervical cancer treatment has been revolutionised since I started my career and we are now able to save many more lives than in the past. […]

Every day 9 women in the UK are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3 women will lose their lives to the disease. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under 35 but is largely preventable thanks to cervical screening and the HPV vaccination programme. But, statistics show that the number of women aged […]

NHS England is again urging people to take steps to stay well this winter and get their flu vaccination. Almost 320,000 thousand adults and children have already had the vaccine in Kent and Medway. But many people in vulnerable at risk groups have still not been vaccinated. The latest figures released by Public Health England […]

NHS England South, together with the Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), will run a third event in January to support partners improve carer health and wellbeing. Carer leads in clinical commissioning groups, local authorities, the third sector and carer representatives, are invited to join the Caring Together event on Thursday 26 January, which forms […]

With the mercury plunging below freezing NHS England South is again urging people to take steps to stay well this winter to get their flu vaccination jab. The latest vaccination uptake figures released by Public Health England for the period from 1 September until the end of November 2016 show encouraging increases compared with the […]

NHS England is today giving local areas the means to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and/or autism, including developing ways of keeping children closer to their home and families. From today, local partnerships – made up of NHS organisations, local authorities and NHS England commissioners, working closely with people who use […]

Emily Prior, Communications and Engagement Manager for the Transforming Care Programme, blogs about her experience of volunteering for the Cinnamon Trust, and how others should consider doing some volunteering. In November 2015 I finally did something I have been meaning to do for years – I became a volunteer. Volunteering might sound like a selfless thing to do, […]

A nationwide campaign to help parents spot the symptoms of sepsis to protect young children and save lives has been launched today by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The campaign is principally aimed at parents and carers of young children aged 0-4 and will include a new film featuring mother and campaigner Melissa Mead, who lost […]

Pharmacies across Kent and Medway have restricted opening hours over Christmas. Offering advice on common illness and the best medicines to treat them make sure you know which ones are open. While some pharmacies are directed by NHS England to open on Christmas Day, others may open voluntarily, and patients are advised to check by […]

Five hospital trusts from the South Region will benefit from a share of £130m investment in NHS radiotherapy machines in an announcement being made today by NHS England’s chief executive Simon Stevens. The hospitals are: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust University Hospital  Southampton NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Torbay and […]