All new mums in England will receive a more comprehensive mental and physical check-up from their GP in the weeks after they give birth, thanks to new NHS guidance published yesterday.
Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme to individuals aged 54 in England.
The NHS is facing weeks of major disruption at a time when services are already under significant winter pressure, England's top doctor have warned.
Smoking-related hospital admissions in England increased by nearly 5% in 2022-23, compared to the previous year, but remain lower than before the Covid pandemic.
Thanks to the hard work and widespread innovation of NHS staff the waiting list has reduced, new monthly data shows today, alongside faster ambulance response times across the country.
As part of the UK government's world-leading ambition to tackle modern slavery, the Department of Health and Social Care has today published the Review of the risk of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the NHS supply chain. Building on ...
Hundreds of new staff have joined the emergency care workforce ahead of winter - including as paramedics and call handlers - with warnings of significant pressure due to winter viruses over the next few months.
The NHS is setting out how it will increase national uptake of lifesaving vaccinations, ensuring millions more people receive protection against a range of diseases.
More than 750,000 patients have already used the service since its launch in 2022, with one in three GP practices now offering the service.
A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued by the NHS England National Patient Safety Team on identified safety risks with the Euroking maternity information system.
An NHS pledge to roll out a new online GP registration service to 2,000 GP practices by the end of the year has been achieved ahead of schedule.
Thousands fewer staff left the NHS last year, thanks to a major new retention programme which is now being expanded across the country.
Frontline doctors are warning winter virus cases are “creeping up” alongside pressure on emergency departments, with new NHS data showing the number of flu patients in hospital is up more than half in a week.
More than four in five GP practices [81.1%] in England are now giving patients access to their new health records online, thanks to the NHS primary care access recovery plan.
With just two weeks until online bookings for COVID and flu vaccines close, the NHS is urging anyone still eligible for these vaccines to book an appointment and get potentially lifesaving protection ahead of Christmas.
The number of patients in hospital with norovirus last week was almost triple the number during the same period last winter, new NHS figures show today.
Patients with severe inherited blood disorders will be offered stem cell transplants on the NHS that could cure their condition and help avoid life-long blood transfusions.
Babies and toddlers with a rare and fatal genetic condition can now receive a life-saving treatment on the NHS for the first time.
An NHS double-decker bus is touring parts of the country from Monday to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and urge people to visit their GP for potentially life-saving checks if they notice something unusual.
Women are being urged to accept NHS cervical screening invites after new figures show three in ten of those eligible for screening do not take up the potentially life-saving offer.
The NHS will roll out new software from spring next year to deliver better joined-up care for millions of patients, help tackle waiting lists and reduce hospital discharge delays.
One in five children and young people in England aged eight to 25 had a probable mental disorder in 2023, a new survey shows.
The government has published its full response to Lord O'Shaughnessy's independent review into commercial clinical trials in the UK. The response outlines plans to make the UK one of the best places in the world to conduct clinical trials ...
A total of 189 NHS trusts have now introduced new systems, with Hillingdon Hospitals and Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS trusts becoming the latest to go live.
The NHS is to expand the use of a research platform behind the roll-out of new Covid-19 treatments to help drive life-saving advances for other major diseases.
