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Over one million NHS Covid vaccines administered in one week
The NHS has delivered more than one million Covid vaccines over the last week. Find out if you're eligible for a vaccine.
NHS strike: Junior doctors and consultants to launch historic walkout
NHS strike action is anticipated to disrupt almost all planned care as junior doctors and consultants plan a walkout from tomorrow.
£200m NHS funding announced to reinforce winter resilience
The UK Government has announced £200m NHS funding to safeguard the health service during the historically challenging winter period.
This announcement follows a meeting held...
NHS Retention Direct Support Programme prevents 11,400 deaths
A University of Surrey study has found that the NHS Retention Direct Support Programme (RDSP) has prevented more than 1,400 deaths.
Over 450,000 patients used NHS online GP registration in its first year
Over 425,000 NHS patients have used the new online GP registration service. Find out how to register with a GP online.
NHS launches trials to advance wireless technology in healthcare
NHS England has launched trials to help accelerate the development and uptake of wireless technology in healthcare.
As part of the trials, NHS organisations will...
NHS approves sight-saving ranibizumab drug for premature babies
The NHS has approved the use of ranibizumab – a revolutionary drug that can prevent blindness in premature babies.
Ranibizumab will now be offered as...
Revolutionising the NHS: UK Government injects £21m for AI healthcare technology
The UK Government has announced it will fund £21m to roll out AI healthcare technology across the NHS.
Announced today by the Health and Social...
Patients with learning difficulties face significant challenges in long-term care
New research from the University of Birmingham has found that people with learning difficulties and/or autism face significant challenges upon leaving hospital care.
According to...
NHS virtual wards are helping to free up the UK’s crowded hospitals
NHS virtual wards successfully treated over 100,00 patients last year, helping to free up thousands of hospital beds for the most in-need patients.
The aim...
A new weight-loss drug will soon be available on the NHS
A new weight-loss drug will be available to thousands of patients on the NHS as part of a specialist weight management service.
According to clinical...
Millions of patients to benefit from enhanced community healthcare teams
More people will benefit from quicker care at home following new investment into NHS community healthcare teams.
Almost a quarter of a million people (226,895)...
NICE recommends semaglutide in specialist NHS services
Thousands of people will gain access to semaglutide, a weight-loss drug, as part of their treatment in an NHS specialist weight management service.
Semaglutide can...
NHS programme cuts type 2 diabetes risk by 20%
An NHS behaviour-change programme has successfully reduced type 2 diabetes risk in adults with raised blood sugar in the UK.
According to new research funded...
Over a thousand NHS volunteers sign up to help vulnerable patients
More than a thousand NHS volunteers have signed up to provide a phone service for vulnerable, isolated, or lonely patients in England.
The Check in...
The NHS type 2 diabetes prevention scheme helps thousands of people
A new scheme has aided type 2 diabetes prevention, helping thousands of people avoid the condition through added support and care.
Type 2 diabetes is...
NHS opioid prescriptions cut by 450,000 in four years
GPs and pharmacists have cut opioid prescriptions in England by 450,000 in under four years, according to new data.
Legal opioid treatments are usually only...
New research finds inequalities in access to IVF treatment on the NHS
The privatisation of healthcare services in the UK has created unequal access to IVF treatment, according to research from the Queen Mary University of...
One in five would use a high-street pharmacy for a minor illness
Only one in five people aged 18-40 would use their local pharmacy first for expert advice about a minor illness, according to an NHS...
NHS COVID-19 app saved 10,000 lives in the first year
Experts from the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick have estimated the NHS COVID-19 app prevented around one million cases, 44,000 hospitalisations...