Visits to the hay fever advice on the NHS website have more than doubled in the past week as the country is set for the hottest day of the year ahead of the bank holiday weekend. There have been 19,562 visits to the hay fever page on nhs.uk in the past 72 hours (Monday to Wednesday), […]

A new daily pill for endometriosis has been approved for use on the NHS and could help over a thousand women in England every year manage the symptoms of the debilitating condition. The once-a-day pill, linzagolix, will soon be available for NHS patients in England who have had previous treatment for endometriosis, following approval by the National […]

Thousands of patients will benefit from a new cancer jab for more than a dozen types of the disease, with the NHS the first in Europe to offer the new injection. The health service is rolling out an injectable form of immunotherapy, nivolumab, which means patients can receive their fortnightly or monthly treatment in 5 […]

GPs are providing millions more appointments to people in England and better access through upgraded technology, the NHS has said today. New figures, published today, show that there were 31.4 million GP appointments in March – up 6.1% on the same period a year earlier with the figure a fifth (19.8%) higher than pre-pandemic. At […]

Hundreds of people brought up in care are being supported into careers in the NHS, as part of a new scheme. Care leavers are offered work experience, shadowing, and training opportunities to develop their skills, as well as CV writing tips and interview practice to help them step on the NHS career ladder. The NHS […]

Millions of patients can now register with a new GP at the touch of a button via the NHS App and online as part of a major health service drive to make care more convenient and free up staff time. New figures show the number of practices where patients can join online has more than doubled in the […]

The NHS’s top cancer doctor has urged the public to check for changes in their body and cancer symptoms, as a new survey found people were nearly twice as likely to check the weather forecast or their bank balance regularly than check themselves for potential signs of cancer. A new NHS survey of 2,000 Brits […]

Patients with advanced skin cancer in England are set to be fast-tracked into trials of a new cancer vaccine, following the expansion of a world-leading NHS programme. The needle-free injection, which is given for up to 2 years, works by boosting the immune system’s response and helping it recognise, attack and ‘remember’ cancer cells, to […]

Women with advanced breast cancer could soon have access to a new targeted treatment on the NHS, following a decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The tablet capivasertib, used alongside fulvestrant, has been approved for patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer that has progressed after earlier endocrine treatment. It […]

The NHS has delivered more than 3.1 million additional appointments since July 2024 and hit the ambitious faster diagnosis standard for cancer, new figures show today. Monthly performance data shows that there were more than 3.1 million additional appointments delivered in the seven months from July 2024 (3,106,424 elective operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostic tests […]

The number of hospital beds taken up by seasonal viruses this winter was more than the equivalent of the population of Malta, according to new NHS data. Almost 600,000 beds were taken up by patients with COVID, flu, RSV or norovirus this winter (594,937 from 25 November 2024 – 30 March 2025), as NHS services […]

The first spring Covid-19 vaccines are being delivered by NHS staff from today (Tuesday 1 April) with more than half a million appointments booked in the last week. Since last Tuesday (25 March), 563,154 Covid-19 spring booster jabs have been booked since the national booking system opened, with the NHS’s top doctor encouraging the most […]

Searches for NHS advice on norovirus topped one million this winter as NHS staff managed a quad-demic of viruses, according to new NHS data. There have been 1,021,436 visits to the norovirus advice in the past 16 weeks (2 December to 23 March) – making it the most visited condition on the NHS website this […]

Norovirus cases in hospitals are the highest they’ve ever been at the start of spring, according to new NHS data. In the week ending 23 March, there were 903 hospital patients with norovirus – nearly two-thirds (62.3%) higher than the previous record for cases at this time of year. (Week ending 24 March 2024.) While […]

The NHS national booking system has today opened for 7.5 million eligible people to book in their spring COVID-19 vaccination. The online booking system opens today (Tuesday 25 March), for people to get a date in their diary for appointments starting from Tuesday 1 April. Those eligible for this year’s spring COVID-19 vaccine include adults […]

The worst of the winter pressures are over for the NHS according to England’s top doctor, after norovirus cases in hospitals dropped for the 4th week in a row. In the week ending 16 March, there were 899 hospital patients with norovirus – down from the winter peak of 1,160 seen in mid-February. Cases remain […]

NHS England has today announced the incoming team who will help lead the organisation’s transition into the Department of Health and Social Care. The team – called the NHS Transformation Executive Team – will replace the current NHS England Executive Group and will support ongoing business priorities, statutory functions and day to day delivery. Except […]

1 in 7 NHS staff (14.38%) experienced physical violence from patients, their relatives or other members of the public in 2024, according to the latest annual NHS staff survey. The report reveals attacks on staff has increased since 2023 (13.88%) – though numbers are below the record levels seen between 2020 to 2022 during and […]

NHS staff have more than halved the average wait for tests and checks since the height of the pandemic as the waiting list continues to fall, new data shows today. Patients were waiting an average of 17 days for tests and checks in January – 43 days less than at the height of the pandemic […]

Thousands of NHS patients in England with multiple sclerosis (MS) are set to benefit from a life-changing ‘take at home’ tablet, as the NHS becomes the first healthcare system in Europe to roll it out widely to patients with active disease. The tablet, cladribine, requires just 20 days of treatment spread over four years, providing […]