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Published on February 5, 2026 - 15:48 GMT

Early NHS preparation ‘paying off’ amid shorter ambulance handover times

Ambulances handed over patients more than 2 minutes faster last month despite facing their busiest January since before COVID-19. Provisional figures out today show there were 420,324 ambulances handovers with known times in January, the highest number for …

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Published on January 29, 2026 - 09:45 GMT

NHS services tackling winter head on

Ambulances unloaded patients three minutes faster last week, even as A&Es saw more ambulance handovers than any point last winter. Figures released today show there were 94,551 ambulance handovers last week – higher than the busiest week last year (94, …

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Published on January 26, 2026 - 15:06 GMT

NHS to detect and prevent thousands more bowel cancers with more sensitive screening

Thousands of cases of bowel cancer will be diagnosed earlier or even prevented in England, as part of major NHS plans to increase the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening to save more lives. NHS England today announced it is to lower the threshold for a …

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Published on January 23, 2026 - 21:41 GMT

Hospitals still under pressure with another cold snap and norovirus rise

The NHS is facing continuing winter pressures as the country approaches another cold snap, and as rising pressures are pushing hospitals to their busiest levels for this time of year since before COVID-19. Figures released today show more general and acute …

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Published on January 20, 2026 - 00:01 GMT

NHS staff to train teachers, school nurses, and GPs to spot eating disorders

Teachers, school nurses, and GPs will be offered NHS support to spot the early signs of eating disorders, so no child is left to ‘suffer in silence’. The NHS has overhauled eating disorder services in response to rising demand with the number of children …

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Published on January 16, 2026 - 18:00 GMT

NHS to offer thousands of men life-extending prostate cancer drug

Thousands of men with prostate cancer will be offered a life-extending drug on the NHS within weeks. For the first time patients whose prostate cancer has not spread will be able to receive the drug in England, known as abiraterone, as the health service …

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Published on January 15, 2026 - 15:28 GMT

Second biggest drop in NHS waiting list in 15 years amid record number of patients

November saw the second biggest drop in the waiting list for 15 years outside of the early days of the pandemic, as new data today shows staff faced record demand in 2025. The waiting list fell by more than 86,000 in November to 7.31 million – and the …

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Published on January 8, 2026 - 10:02 GMT

Bounce back in winter viruses as NHS top doctor warns ‘the worst is far from over’

Christmas and New Year gatherings may have caused a bounce back in winter viruses, as the health service also grapples with a vicious cold snap. Figures published today show that the number of patients in hospital beds with flu has risen by 9% on the …

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Published on January 5, 2026 - 22:30 GMT

Menopause and prostate conditions prioritised for NHS’s new online hospital

Menopause and prostate problems will be among the priorities for the NHS’s revolutionary new online hospital when it launches next year. The NHS has selected nine common conditions which will be the first to be treated by the NHS Online service, providing …

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Published on January 5, 2026 - 18:41 GMT

NHS helped thousands of patients get home for Christmas despite doctors strike

The NHS safely discharged thousands of patients home to their families over the Christmas week (w/e 28 December), despite five days of strike action by resident doctors. In a letter to the health service, Sir Jim Mackey has praised staff for pulling out …

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Published on January 2, 2026 - 15:05 GMT

Hundreds of thousands of young children now to be protected against chickenpox

Hundreds of thousands of families with young children will be offered protection against chickenpox as part of their routine childhood vaccinations from today. The NHS’s vaccination programme is being expanded to include chickenpox (also known as varicella …

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Published on January 2, 2026 - 10:17 GMT

NHS far from complacent despite drop in flu admissions

The number of people in hospital with flu dropped off during Christmas week (w/e 28 December), but England’s top doctor has warned that the NHS is ‘far from complacent’ during the cold snap. Amber and yellow cold health alerts for England have been issued …

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Published on December 31, 2025 - 14:03 GMT

NHS in ‘calmer waters but not out of danger’ yet as winter viruses still circulating

Flu cases have begun to steady but hospital cases still surpassed 3,000 in the week before Christmas, a slight fall on the week before, according to new figures published today. Thanks in part to NHS staff ramping up vaccination efforts with half a million …

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Published on December 30, 2025 - 17:00 GMT

NHS diabetes prevention scheme helps one million people

Nearly one million people in England have started a specialist NHS scheme which can prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes, according to new analysis. The NHS’s Healthier You Programme is a clinically proven weight management and lifestyle change …

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Published on December 30, 2025 - 02:37 GMT

NHS former chief executive among health service honours

The former Chief Executive of NHS England and a clinician who set up a service for refugee doctors are among those recognised on the New Years Honours list, released today (Monday 29 December). Around three dozen NHS staff including nurses, surgeons, and …

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Published on December 24, 2025 - 00:01 GMT

Record numbers using NHS App to manage health

Record numbers of people are using the NHS App to manage their health, according to the latest statistics. The NHS has released a Spotify Wrapped-style end-of-year update which shows the NHS App now has more than 39 million registered users. A total of 67. …

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Published on December 19, 2025 - 17:35 GMT

Hospitals on high alert amid strikes and winter viruses

Hospitals in England are “on high alert” this week, amid industrial action and a continuing stream of winter viruses. Flu cases in hospital reached 3,140 by the end of last week – the highest ever for this time of year and up 18% on the week before. While …

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Published on December 11, 2025 - 17:46 GMT

NHS facing ‘worst case scenario’ December amid ‘super flu’ surge

Flu hospitalisations have surged by more than half in just one week, plunging the NHS into a “worst case scenario” situation for December, new figures reveal today. An average of 2,660 patients per day were in a hospital bed with flu last week – the …

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Published on December 11, 2025 - 15:01 GMT

Risk associated with adult breathing circuits lacking a patent exhalation route

A national patient safety alert has been issued by the NHS England National Patient Safety team – in collaboration with the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine – about the risk of harm from incorrectly assembled breathing circuits lacking a proper …

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Published on December 8, 2025 - 00:01 GMT

NHS maternity signal system will spot and stop emerging safety concerns

Mothers and babies in England will receive safer care thanks to the roll out of a first-of-its-kind safety signal system across NHS maternity services. The sophisticated new tool rapidly analyses data being routinely recorded by maternity teams on wards to …

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