NHS England ad campaign hopes to change behaviours and relieve service The Help Us Help You campaign by M&C Saatchi, worth up to £28.6m, encourages people to cut down on in-person GP visits The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022
More than 800 undiagnosed HIV and hepatitis cases found with routine A&E testing The health service introduced opt-out HIV screening in April to 33 hospital departments as part of efforts to stop new cases by 2030. The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022
Up to 100,000 nurses to go on strike before Christmas amid warning over urgent operations ‘NHS is facing what may be its hardest ever winter, amid severe staff shortages’ NHS Providers warn The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022
Nurses confirm 76 NHS trusts where they will strike before Christmas - see full list The Royal College of Nursing has announced 76 NHS trusts and services will see up to 100,000 strike walkouts next month during an expected winter of discontent Daily Mirror · Nov 29, 2022
NHS England waiting times for gender dysphoria patients unlawful, court hears Trans claimants want high court to declare that NHSE broke law by failing to meet 18-week target to start treatment The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022
NHS England ‘failing to ensure people with gender dysphoria seen in 18 weeks’ NHS England, which commissions the services for people with gender dysphoria, denies acting unlawfully. The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022
Urgent surgery ‘may be postponed’ by nurses’ strikes, say NHS bosses Trusts may also have to suspend chemotherapy, kidney dialysis and other key elements of healthcare The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022
NHS faces ‘perfect winter storm’ with tenfold rise in hospital flu cases Latest figures also show nearly a third of patients arriving by ambulance at hospitals in England waiting at least half an hour The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022
‘An explosion’: what is behind the rise in girls questioning their gender identity? As the NHS reviews gender referrals, parents, clinicians and young people reveal the social, medical and emotional challenges they face The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022
Three in 10 ambulance patients waiting at least 30 minutes for A&E handover More than 10,000 patients were kept waiting for more than an hour. The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022
Scandal-hit mental health services branded unsafe and ordered to change amid patient abuse allegations The CQC carried out inspections at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Manchester Evening News · Nov 24, 2022
People urged not to call 999 not go to A&E in new NHS campaign People should still call 999 and go to A&E when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk Wales Online · Nov 24, 2022
Public urged: use NHS 111 Online to ease record pressure on A&E as winter looms ‘NHS 111 Online is available to signpost people to the best option for their care needs ahead of winter,’ the NHS national medical director said. The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022
NHS has ‘foot on the gas’ in effort to meet key cancer target, MPs told Dame Cally Palmer, national cancer director at NHS England said the numbers are heading in the right direction but admitted there is a way to go. The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Nov 23, 2022 Mancunian Way - Unhappy Christmas beckons for NHS Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Wednesday, November 23, 2022
The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022 Ministers consider staff body cameras to tackle NHS mental health abuse scandals Exclusive: Ministers warned use of cameras in hospital could breach human righs and patient confidentiality
Manchester Evening News · Nov 23, 2022 Shamed Greater Manchester's mental health trust put on 'highest level of intervention' by NHS EXCLUSIVE: Greater Manchester Mental Health trust is now under the highest level of NHS England scrutiny, the M.E.N. can confirm, following allegations that patients were abused
Manchester Evening News · Nov 23, 2022 Almost 1,000 people in Greater Manchester face Christmas Day being 'trapped' in hospital away from their families - and they don't need to be there The social care crisis means beds will fill up, sick people will be stuck in hospital wards and paramedics will be forced to wait in ambulances as their call log stacks up
Wales Online · Nov 23, 2022 Predatory tactics of gambling firms sees surge in suicide attempts The NHS has had to open two more gambling clinics after a 42% increase in demand for services
The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022 Menopausal women in NHS England workforce to be offered flexible working New national guidance includes measures to support and retain staff and ‘break the stigma’ of menopause
The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022 New national NHS guidance aims to help health staff through menopause NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard said taboos around the subject must be broken.
Wales Online · Nov 20, 2022 NHS England on ‘crisis footing’ with likely rise in waiting lists despite extra funding Additional £3.3 billion will provide only temporary respite says Health Foundation, and services will face 'difficult trade-offs' on issues such as pay and the backlog
The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022 UK health spending ‘to grow less than in austerity era’, analysis reveals The chancellor’s extra billions for healthcare will equate only to a real-term rise of 1.2%
Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022 The seven symptoms of a heart attack that could occur exactly a month before deadly attack With over 800,000 Brits visiting hospital every year due to heart attacks, catching the horrors early helps prevent death. In fact, early treatment increases the survival rate from seven in 10 to nine in 10
The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2022 GPs in England to send suspected cancer patients directly for tests Scheme starting this month is aimed at improving Britain’s poor record on early diagnosis