NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The overall backlog has dropped again from 7.48 million to 7.46 million, ...

Joint note by the Office for National Statistics and NHS England, February 2025 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes annual public service productivity analysis for all service areas in ...

The NHS is urging around 1.3 million older people who have not yet had the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to get jabbed, as health service chiefs warn it is “not just a winter illness”. Invites ...

There were more patients in hospitals last week than at any other point so far this winter, as the number of norovirus cases in hospital continued to rise. Data published today by the NHS shows that ...

Around 100 frontline NHS staff will be joined by NHS England directors in Liverpool today (11 Feb 2025) to discuss what they want to see from the government’s 10 Year Health Plan. It marks the first ...

NHS patients with sickle cell disease will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking gene-editing treatment that offers the prospect of a cure for the condition. The one-off gene therapy, known as ...

England, making it easier for eligible people to get protected. From this week, every region will be able to offer the vaccine for those at increased risk of getting the infection – after previously ...

Today () NHS England (Midlands) has published the full independent investigation conducted by Theemis into the care and treatment of Valdo Calocane in the months leading up to the events of 13 June ...

In line with the Government Mandate, the 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance sets out a focused, smaller number of national priorities for 2025/26 with an emphasis on improving access ...

The principles for digital technologies help clinicians consider whether use of a digital technology is the most appropriate, effective and least restrictive method of caring for or treating a patient ...

The consultation on the proposed 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme is open until midnight at the end of Friday 28 February 2025. The consultation documents and related materials are published below.

This document shows the proposed changes to the NHS Standard Contract shorter-form General Conditions, and should be read in conjunction with the draft NHS Standard Contract 2025/26: A consultation – ...