Health and Wellness

Commenting on today’s new Cancer Registration Statistics, England 2024 data, which show a thousand people per day were diagnosed with cancer by the health service. Professor Peter Johnson, NHS National Clinical Director for Cancer, said: “These new figures show the health service is moving in the right direction with NHS staff working hard to diagnose

The NHS is rolling out an innovative early warning system for doctors and nurses in emergency departments (ED), to help spot and treat deteriorating child patients, faster. The National Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) will be introduced in emergency departments from this winter, giving staff a clear, consistent way to track signs that a child’s

Hospitals are bracing for an increase in patients with firework-related burns and injuries next week, after admissions jumped 42% last November, with some children suffering life-changing injuries.  There were 85 firework-related hospital admissions in England in November 2025, up from 60 in November the year before. Across the whole of 2025, admissions reached 161, compared

Dr Jeremy Isaacs, National Clinical Director for Dementia, NHS England, said: “It is fantastic news that the NHS has hit its target for diagnosing more than two thirds of people with dementia for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic – and 50,000 more people than the last time this target was hit. “Getting

Millions of people across England can now get an alert on their smartwatch or mobile when their prescription is ready to be collected. The new alerts are being introduced following the success of the ‘Amazon-style’ prescription tracking feature in the NHS App, which has been used by nearly 2.9 million people since its launch last