The Latest Breaking News from NHS

Kate, Princess of Wales, 'delighted' as baby behaviour trial expanded across NHS

The Alarm Distress Baby Scale initiative is funded by Kate’s Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025

Women paying up to £11,000 for a hysterectomy amid NHS delays

Claims private sector taking advantage of long waits as cost of procedure rises sharply

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025

Challenge the orthodoxy and get Boris Johnson’s 40 new hospitals built

Letters: Infrastructure spending means investment in people, writes Netti Pearson, while Ann Eastman suggests corporate opportunities for the NHS and Brandi Leach calls on UK billionaires to be philanthropists

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025

Norovirus grips NHS as beds continue to be taken up by medically fit people

An average of 41% of patients ready to leave hospital last week were discharged each day, according to data from NHS England.

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

Norovirus: Winter vomiting bug cases surge to five-year January high

Norovirus cases in hospitals are 80 per cent higher than the same period last year, adding to hospital pressure across the country

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

Government challenged over pledge on supervised toothbrushing

A new study suggests there is wide variation in the provision of supervised toothbrushing across the country.

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

Child mental health admissions to acute wards in England rise 65% in a decade

Hospital wards struggle to cope with rising cases of self-harm and eating disorders, the study warns

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025

‘Significant rise’ in children admitted to acute wards for mental health issues

Research looked at all admissions for five to 18-year-olds to general acute medical wards in England from 2012 to 2022.

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

A&E will be swamped by half of England’s population every year unless NHS reformed, warns top doctor

NHS national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said the NHS ‘must go for broke’ to move care into communities if it wants to avoid overcrowded A&Es in the next decade

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

‘A&Es will treat equivalent of half the population each year without reform’

Sir Stephen Powis has urged people to engage with the national conversation about the future of the health service.

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025