Covid infections ‘set to rise again in coming weeks’ ahead of winter flu season UKHSA urges people to get booster jabs and take steps to prevent spread of virus The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022
NHS waiting list for routine hospital treatment hits new record high of 6.8 million ‘This crisis has been years in the making’ warns Nigel Edwards, chief executive of the Nuffield Trust think tank The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022
Thérèse Coffey considers paying care homes in England to free hospital beds New health secretary examining proposals for care homes to look after patients whose discharge is prevented by lack of social care The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022
UK's COVID alert level downgraded – the move makes sense for now but things can always change The COVID alert level for the UK was recently downgraded by the government from “3” to “2”. This move was based on advice ministers received from the four UK chief medical officers, the NHS England national medical director and the UK Health Security Agency. The Conversation · Sep 6, 2022
Covid booster to be given to millions from Monday as new jab targets Omicron An additional four million people will be able to book their booster jabs from Wednesday for appointments from the next week, NHS England said. The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022
1.6m care home residents, staff and housebound first in line for Covid booster - OLD An additional four million people will be able to book their booster jabs from Wednesday for appointments from the next week, NHS England said. The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022
St John Ambulance calls for London volunteers to boost cardiac arrest survival rates The charity is urging Londoners to become ‘community advocates’ for their area Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2022
Ambulance waits ‘number one winter priority’ for NHS – Barclay The Health Secretary also suggested he wanted to ‘stimulate a conversation’ about bureaucracy within the health service. The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022
NHS hospitals to spend millions on crippling energy costs this winter Trusts will have to make up inflation gap by cutting staff – leading to longer waiting times, warns NHS Confederation The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022
NHS calls for volunteers as it relaunches Covid booster programme The booster programme will target those clinically at risk from the virus and people aged 50 and over, NHS England said. The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022
New variant-busting Covid-19 vaccine to be rolled out to 26 million over-50s by December NHS England has confirmed that there are no plans to give a fourth jab to people under the age of 50. Chronicle Live · Aug 28, 2022
Variant-busting Covid vaccine to be given to 26 million over-50s by December There are no plans to give the fourth jab to under 50s, NHS England has confirmed Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022
Family fear 'another whitewash' from review into North East Ambulance Service 'cover-ups' David and Tracey Beadle are concerned about how independent an "independent review" into North East Ambulance Service will be Chronicle Live · Aug 26, 2022
How was your last trip to A&E? NHS patients asked about emergency care, ringing 999 or 111 and the NHS app in new survey A new survey of NHS care is hoping to find out more about how patients experience urgent and emergency care. Chronicle Live · Aug 26, 2022
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022 How innovation can help the health service How to heal the NHS: As hospitals lurch from pandemic to summer crisis, Rebecca Thomas looks at the ideas medical experts say could help our health service operate more effectively and efficiently
The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022 Health Secretary Steve Barclay confronted by angry woman about ambulance delays Mr Barclay’s press interviews outside Moorfields Eye Hospital in central London were interrupted by a member of the public.
The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022 NHS forced to publish hidden trolley wait data by UK regulator Exclusive: NHS publishes data showing almost 1 million 12-hour trolley waits in 2021-22
The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022 NHS chiefs give hospitals deadline to stop ambulance delays Exclusive: Letters reveal one ambulance service has been warning over delays since at least 2015
Chronicle Live · Aug 23, 2022 NHS scans could happen in the Metrocentre as health bosses consider how to tackle backlogs You could soon be able to get an MRI or X-ray in the Metrocentre.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022 Police call monitoring could deny help to people in mental health crisis Emergency services use SIM programme that embeds officers in clinical teams to manage patients who make repeat calls
Daily Mirror · Aug 20, 2022 Dialysis patients forced to choose eating or surviving as energy bills rise by £787 Energy costs for their machines are set to skyrocket - and they face a double whammy of worry because NHS reimbursement is so patchy
Wales Online · Aug 20, 2022 NHS England nurses to wear 'pioneering' reality-style goggles to maximise time with patients The smart glasses aim to give medics more time for clinical duties.
The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022 NHS to roll out variant-busting Covid booster jab from September NHS England said people will be offered the next-generation bivalent vaccine where appropriate and subject to sufficient supply.
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022 NHS fails on mental health care targets as waiting list rises to 1.2 million ‘We are now seeing the cumulative result of years of underfunding combined with overwhelming demand for mental health’ warns charity Mind
Wales Online · Aug 16, 2022 Thousands to be sent at-home bowel cancer test kits in England People will be automatically sent the test in the post, which involves them collecting a sample of their poo and returning it in pre-paid packaging