Hospitals in England have been hit by a storm of norovirus infections as the number of beds taken up by patients with the virus reached a record high last week.   An average 1,160 patients a day were ...

Thousands more breast cancers could be detected earlier in England next year in a major new NHS drive to support more women to attend potentially life-saving breast screening. The NHS in England has ...

A record number of women are up to date with their breast screening yet almost a third of invitees did not attend last year, according to NHS figures published today. The NHS England annual data shows ...

Hundreds of children with severe epilepsy will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking new treatment on the NHS that could significantly reduce their seizures, providing new hope for them and their ...

Two of England’s leading doctors are to oversee a significant review into postgraduate training for newly qualified medics. National Medical Director Professor Sir Stephen Powis and Chief Medical ...

Find out how we’re improving the quality of life for people with long term conditions and their carers. Our Declaration sets out the importance of person centred care for people with long term ...

Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more ...

The NHS is urging around 1.3 million older people who have not yet had the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to get jabbed, as health service chiefs warn it is “not just a winter illness”. Invites ...

The High Intensity Use (HIU) programme typically supports individuals aged 18 and over who attend an Emergency Department (ED) more than expected. We define this as attending ED more than five times a ...

Imagine being able to get a faster diagnosis of a condition based on your unique situation, be given personalised treatments based on what would be most effective for you and experience fewer, if any, ...

Joint note by the Office for National Statistics and NHS England, February 2025. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes annual public service productivity analysis for all service areas in ...

1. There is an urgent need to transform the health and care system. We need to move to a neighbourhood health service that will deliver more care at home or closer to home, improve people’s access, ...