The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

NHS hiring bans in cancer units shortsighted and dangerous, doctors warn

Exclusive: RCR says recruitment freezes in treatment centres doubled in 2025 and could undermine government’s care plans

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6

NHS winter planning ‘paying off’ as flu hospital admissions fall 25% – officials

The number of hospital admissions for norovirus in England had also fallen for the first time this year, according to the latest figures.

Evening Standard · Feb 5

Cancer drugs among nearly 400 medicines at risk of shortage in UK

Exclusive: Drugs to treat stroke and schizophrenia patients could be hit if suppliers no longer see them as commercially viable

The Independent UK · Feb 3

NHS medical negligence persisting in England ‘despite 24 years of warnings’

MPs on influential committee excoriate health department and NHS England for errors costing £3.6bn a year

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30

Government and NHS fail to take ‘any meaningful steps’ to tackle spiralling medical negligence costs

The government and NHS England have been sharply criticised by MPs for their failure to take "any meaningful steps" to slash the rising costs of clinical negligence in England, despite two decades of warnings.

The Independent UK · Jan 30

Great Ormond Street surgeon harmed 94 children, review finds

Report into actions of Yaser Jabbar from 2017 to 2022 says 36 of the patients suffered severe harm under his care

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

Calls for heart disease clinics to be rolled out NHS-wide to address ethnic disparity in treatment

Pilot of rapid access valve assessment clinics in England indicates success in closing healthcare inequality gap

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28

Home birth service played ‘Russian roulette’ with lives, father says

Pippa Gillibrand died aged 12 days after delays in delivery, an inquest heard.

Evening Standard · Jan 27

New NHS AI Scan and Robotic Biopsy Tech Could Catch Tiny Lung Cancers Earlier

England's National Health Service trials of a new artificial intelligence and robotics technology for lung cancer detection is set to go underway.

International Business Times UK · Jan 27

NHS England to trial AI and robotic tools to detect and diagnose lung cancer

Pilot comes at same time as pledge to offer all smokers and ex-smokers lung cancer screening by 2030

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27