The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

Some 16 million GP appointments went unattended in 2025

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The Independent UK · Mar 2

Doctors urge NHS app users to make sure they switch on alert feature

The NHS app has more than 40 million registered users

The Independent UK · Mar 1

The Guardian view on maternity care failures: NHS England must do better by mothers and babies

Editorial: The themes of an interim report are painfully familiar. Its authors must explain why previous reforms have failed

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26

Women and the middle classes dominate take-up of weight loss jabs

Analysis of private prescriptions for drugs like Mounjaro show that almost 80% are for women

Evening Standard · Feb 18

New research reveals who’s really taking weight loss jabs

Analysis of private prescriptions for drugs like Mounjaro show that almost 80 per cent are for women

The Independent UK · Feb 18

Thousands of mental health patients could receive better treatment thanks to major study

The research, which is being supported by 10 NHS trusts, could “transform” the understanding of severe mental illness, officials said

The Independent UK · Feb 14

Fact check: GP numbers and the dangers of sunbeds

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Feb 13

Teenager asked by NHS staff to tell his deaf mother her father was dying, damning report finds

The ombudsman has raised its concerns about access to BSL interpreters with NHS England

The Independent UK · Feb 12

What the latest NHS hospital figures for England show

A record 71,517 people waited more than 12 hours in A&Es in January from a decision to admit to actually being admitted.

Evening Standard · Feb 12

Long waits in A&E rise sharply but overall NHS waiting list continues to fall

An estimated 7.29 million NHS treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of December, relating to 6.17 million patients.

Evening Standard · Feb 12