Voxelotor (Oxbryta®) will be administered in the form of a tablet taken once a day for eligible patients and could help reduce the need for blood transfusions and lead to fewer hospital appointments.

More than 57,000 new and expectant mums have received specialist support for mental health problems over the last year, up a third on 2022, NHS figures show. Every part of England now has a specialist ...

The NHS is determined to make it easier and quicker for patients to see their GP and members of the primary care team. That is why in May 2023, along with the Department of Health and Social Care ...

There is no NHS without the people who work in it, and those people are working incredibly hard to deliver a huge and growing amount for our patients. Improving the working lives of NHS staff is a key ...

The latest surveillance data from UKHSA shows since 1 October 2023 more than 1200 cases of measles have been confirmed in England (1212 as of April 22) – 45.5% (551) of these cases have been in the ...

Across the country, there is a growing army of dedicated community health and wellbeing workers (CHWWs) who are playing a ...

GP teams in the East of England delivered more than 3.5 million appointments for patients last month (March 2024), up by more than a quarter on the same period before the pandemic, latest data shows.

People in the North East and Yorkshire are reminded to plan their healthcare needs ahead of the Early May Day (6 th) and Spring (27 th) bank holidays next month. NHS North East and Yorkshire Regional ...

The AAC – through the Small Business Research Initiative – has awarded £3.2 million to 22 innovations to help make the NHS greener. Nineteen ‘phase 1’ projects were awarded £1.7 million to help them ...

This World Immunisation Week health leaders in the Midlands are urging parents and carers to check their children are up to date with their essential childhood vaccinations, and book any that have ...

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New NHS data published today shows there were around 29.8 million appointments delivered by GPs and their teams in just one month, compared with 24.2 million in March 2019 – an increase of 5.6 million ...