A 19-month-old baby girl called Teddi has become the first child in the UK to receive a life-saving gene therapy treatment for the fatal disorder, metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD).
The NHS is urging the public to continue to call 999 in a life-threatening emergency and go to NHS 111 online for non-urgent needs as the health service experiences record levels of industrial action.
Patients received faster ambulance response times last month, despite new figures showing it was the busiest January on record for the most serious 999 call-outs, as winter pressures and industrial action continue to impact the NHS.
The Electronic Prescription Service is now the default method for prescribing and dispensing prescriptions in primary care in England, with almost one billion prescription items dispensed electronically in the last 12 months.
More than 86 million Covid vaccination appointments have been arranged using the NHS's national online booking system since its launch two years ago.
Hundreds of thousands more patients will benefit from NHS treatment by next year thanks to dozens of new surgical spaces, the NHS announced today.
The NHS is urging those yet to get a covid booster to book one of the hundreds of thousands of appointments still available next week before the offer ends.
Cancer impacts on the lives of everyone, either directly or through a family member or friend. The government is fully focused on fighting cancer on all fronts - prevention, diagnosis, treatment, research and funding - to deliver the best possible ...
An NHS double-decker bus will be touring the country from Monday, to help raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and to encourage people to visit their GP for potentially lifesaving checks if they have a symptom.
NHS England and NHS Digital yesterday legally merged in the first step towards creating a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all.
NHS Medical Director Professor Sir Stephen Powis responded to the NHS performance figures published today
The NHS will be able to prescribe cannabidiol to patients with a rare, seizure-causing genetic disorder in England from yesterday after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued final guidance recommending its use.
Latest figures show there were an estimated 2.6 million visits a day to the health website last year, with chickenpox and monkeypox among those seeing big increases
To help mark the NHS's 75th anniversary, The Repair Shop is looking for unique NHS items to restore.
Patients are set to receive an enhanced NHS 111 offer including increased access to specialist paediatric advice for children and direct access to urgent mental health support, as part of a blueprint set out today to help recover urgent and emergency care services.
The NHS and the government will publish a new blueprint today to help recover urgent and emergency care services, reduce waiting times, and improve patient experience.
The NHS has this week launched a major drive to reduce hundreds of thousands of missed hospital appointments every month, to help boost the recovery of elective services.
Ambulance waits outside A&E reduced despite thousands more people being taken to hospital last week and continued pressures across the NHS, new figures show today.
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.
NHS Digital's security awareness toolkit, Keep I.T. Confidential, has been updated with additional cyber security resources to help support clinical settings and social care organisations to improve security culture within their workplace.
The NHS has issued a call for anyone eligible for cervical screening to come forward for a potentially life-saving appointment, with nearly a third, around 4.6 million, not taking up their latest test.
Hospitals remain under significant pressure with bed occupancy at the second highest level recorded this winter last week, new figures show today.
There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather and icy conditions between 9am on Wednesday 18 January and 9am on Monday 23 January in parts of England.
On 10 November 2022, DHSC posted a tweet about nurses' pay, after the Royal College of Nursing announced the result of its ballot on strike action. The tweet included a graphical representation of increases in nurses' pay over the past ...
The NHS 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.
