Health and Wellness

A&E demand hit a record high in July as the NHS faced a “summer surge”, while elective performance reached its best level against the 18-week target in nearly five years. A&E saw a record 2.5 million attendances last month amid two heatwaves, with the three busiest months ever all recorded between May and July. Despite

Over 100,000 people in England have accessed potentially life-saving treatment for hepatitis C in the last decade as part of a groundbreaking NHS programme, new figures show. NHS data shows that since the roll-out of pioneering antiviral drugs in 2015, over 100,000 people have been diagnosed and treated for Hep C, with England on track

Tens of thousands of young people have received the first of a life-saving double dose of the meningitis B vaccine within just 2 weeks of the NHS launching its biggest ever catch-up campaign for the virus. Since the programme began on 20 July, 89,261* first doses of the vaccine have been given to young people,

The NHS will begin contacting half a million men from this week inviting them to join a major research programme to improve early detection and treatment of prostate cancer. Men who have had or are living with prostate cancer will receive letters and text messages explaining how they can register to take part in what

Hundreds of thousands of women have accessed the morning-after pill at high street pharmacies in the first 5 months since the NHS made it available free-of-charge. New NHS figures show that almost 305,000 doses of the emergency contraceptive pill were supplied at pharmacies between October 2025 and March 2026 without women needing to book a