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NHS sets out plans for winter with new measures to help speed up discharge for patients and improve care
Published: 2 August 2023
Care ‘traffic control’ centres to speed up discharge, additional ambulance hours and extra beds are part of wide-ranging plans to prepare for winter, the NHS...
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NHS shingles vaccine will be offered to almost one million more people
Published: 19 July 2023
Almost a million more people (900,000) will become eligible for a shingles vaccination from September, the NHS announced today. Anyone who is severely immunosuppressed and...
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Significant A&E demand continues for NHS amid increasing strike pressure
Published: 19 July 2023
The hottest June on record saw heightened demand for urgent and emergency services, as staff managed more A&E attendances and saw the second highest number...
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Record recruitment and reform to boost patient care under first NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
Published: 30 June 2023
Record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan...
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Emergency care continues to face record demand as more people than ever before checked for cancer last year
Published: 12 June 2023
A&Es across the country experienced the busiest May on record with NHS urgent and emergency care staff remaining under significant pressure, new data published today...
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NHS plan to improve workforce experience
Published: 12 June 2023
The NHS should draw up talent management plans to reduce staff turnover, increase recruitment and improve diversity in leadership positions, as part of the NHS’s...
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NHS cuts longest waits and speeds-up response times
Published: 16 May 2023
The head of the NHS in England has hailed the ‘great strides’ the health service is making, as new figures show major improvements across long...
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NHS progress on waiting list despite busiest winter on record
Published: 17 April 2023
The number of people waiting longest for elective treatment has dropped for the third month in a row as services dealt with the busiest winter...
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NHS launches spring covid jab campaign for five million most vulnerable people
Published: 5 April 2023
The NHS will kick off the next phase of its world-renowned covid vaccination programme on Monday with a spring campaign to protect the most vulnerable,...
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NHS weekly winter operational update for the week ending 19 March 2023
Published: 27 March 2023
Commenting on this morning’s updated weekly sitrep figures, NHS England’s chief strategy officer, Chris Hopson, said: “Three years since the NHS treated the first Covid patient...
