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.
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
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.
A new online tech community has been launched by NHS Digital, aimed at supporting those working to integrate systems with national healthcare services.
Over seven million new sign-ups to the NHS App in 2022 as registered users top 30 million. New features added last year will enable users to receive notifications from their GPs and view and manage their hospital appointments, with healthcare information now at their fingertips.
There are an estimated 13,200 visits to the website page during Christmas Day and Boxing Day - equivalent to one view every 13 seconds.
Plans to create a single source of healthcare data in England to enhance patient safety have moved a step closer.
Around a quarter of adults in England were obese in 2021, according to the latest Health Survey for England.
New statistics on the percentage of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 in England in 2020 have been published today by NHS Digital.
New statistics on the health and care of people with learning disabilities have been published by NHS Digital today.
Of the 589,454 births in England in 2020, 13,065 involved babies born with at least one congenital anomaly.
NHS maternity statistics for the financial year 2021-22.
One in four 17 to 19 year olds in England had a probable mental disorder in 2022 - an increase from one in six in 2021.
New annual figures on cervical screening show 3.50m individuals aged 25 to 64 were tested in 2021-22, up 15.5% on 2020-21.
The number of people in contact with NHS mental health services in England (including those referred and those seen) has increased by 16.2% in the last year.
Information about GP appointments at individual practice level is among new statistics being published today.
The NHS website is the UK's biggest health website, with an average of 23 million visits each week.
Eight suppliers have successfully bid to join a new framework designed to increase innovation and choice in the primary care IT market.
The prevalence of reception-aged children living with obesity1 in England during 2021-22 was over twice as high in the most deprived areas (13.6%)2 than in the least deprived areas (6.2%)3.
The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act in England decreased by 5.7 per cent from 2020-21 to 2021-22, a new report by NHS Digital shows.
Diagnoses of new malignant cancers in England decreased from 327,174 in 2019 to 288,753 in 2020, new figures from NHS Digital show.
Local authorities spent 22.0 billion on adult social care in 2021-22, statistics published today by NHS Digital show.
Statistics relating to the costs of providing, maintaining and servicing the NHS estate has been published by NHS Digital today.
A leading cyber expert at the NHS has set out his top security tips for health and social care workers ahead of Cyber Security Awareness Month.
The number of people accessing talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression through the NHS increased by 21.5% from 2020-21 to 2021-22, a new report shows.
