The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

The UK public is not confident about NHS cybersecurity at all

British public trusts the NHS to use their data for good, but thinks more could be done to protect it

TechRadar · May 14, 2024

NHS spending rise lags behind Tory funding pledges, IFS finds

Thinktank says extra funding eaten up by higher inflation despite greater demand with service in poor state of repair

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2024

Adapted NHS bowel cancer test developed for blind and partly sighted people

Accessible screening tool piloted by NHS England includes braille instructions and a better guide for stool sample

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024

‘Kinder’ treatment for childhood brain cancer to be offered by NHS in England

Dabrafenib with trametinib can halt growth of some tumours for more than three times as long as standard chemotherapy, study shows

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024

NHS England to review cutting compulsory training for doctors

Exclusive: Study will be aimed at improving medics’ working lives by reducing frequency and repetition of courses

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2024

'Fit and healthy' man, 84, died after surgery following wrong cancer diagnosis

Alan Soane died at Royal London hospital on June 5 last year following complications from surgery

Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2024

Scottish gender clinic pauses prescribing puberty blockers to under-18s

Glasgow-based Sandyford clinic issues update after Cass review found ‘weak evidence’ for use to treat gender incongruence

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024

‘Sunak has failed on the NHS’ says shadow health secretary as waiting list figures remain high – as it happened

Prime minister has ‘missed his own targets to cut ambulance and A&E waits’, says Wes Streeting as England waiting list figures remain near record levels

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024

Trans children in England worse off now than four years ago, says psychologist

Gender specialist says young people ‘paying the biggest price’ in wake of Cass report, with service ‘going backwards’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024

Thursday briefing: Unpicking the landmark Cass report on gender identity services for children

In today’s newsletter: Dr Hilary Cass’s independent review into NHS services for children and young people has finally been released – but its publication is not likely to quell the febrile climate around the subject

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024