Due to changes within the team this newsfeed will cease to operate from the 1st August 2026. However we are still producing our Latest Health News bulletin which links you to the latest health news – you can also search by topic, including quality and improvement news to identify areas of interest . We also … Continue reading Changes to newsfeed from 1st August 2026
Posted: July 16, 2026, 10:26 am
Demos Drawing on three major waves of NHS reform since 2000, this report explores why ambitious reform agendas often fall short in implementation. It argues that while the language of reform has evolved towards more relational, locally empowered public services, entrenched systems of central control, fragmented accountability and short-term incentives continue to hold back meaningful … Continue reading Reform failure: lessons from the history of health service reforms – and how not to repeat them
Posted: July 15, 2026, 8:47 am
Specialist Pharmacy Service SPS procurement has developed an implementation checklist to support trusts with planning and mobilising new frameworks for medicines not identified as key molecules. Implementing medicines frameworks
Posted: July 15, 2026, 8:46 am
NHS England – 8th July 2026 These national standards establish a consistent, high-quality framework for the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred portering across NHS organisations in England. National standards for healthcare portering services
Posted: July 13, 2026, 9:46 am
Department of Health and Social Care This report sets out progress made during the 2025 to 2026 financial year, following the New Hospital Programme reset and publication of the New Hospital Programme: plan for implementation in January 2025. It includes information on scheme progress, programme achievements, future delivery priorities, funding, the methodology used for reporting … Continue reading New Hospital Programme annual report: 2025 to 2026
Posted: July 10, 2026, 7:44 am
UCL Partners This report explores what non-clinical AI means for the workforce, from changing roles and skills to the governance, training and support staff need to use AI safely and effectively. Commissioned by NHS England, the report was developed by the three London Health Innovation Networks, UCL Partners, Health Innovation Network South London and Imperial … Continue reading Beyond productivity: AI and NHS workforce implications
Posted: July 10, 2026, 7:40 am
NHS Employers This guidance offers a support framework with actionable steps for staff affected by physical violence and psychological trauma within NHS settings. Post-incident support framework
Posted: July 10, 2026, 7:39 am
Bliss This report reveals inequity related to ethnicity and socioeconomic deprivation is present throughout the whole of a baby’s neonatal journey. It brings presents evidence that shows how minoritised ethnicity and social deprivation contribute to a double-disadvantage: babies are more likely to be admitted to neonatal care and more likely to have worse outcomes – … Continue reading Equity for every baby: tackling inequalities in neonatal care linked to ethnicity and socioeconomic deprivation
Posted: July 10, 2026, 7:38 am
Department of Health and Social Care This plan sets out how capital investment over the next decade will improve and modernise health care infrastructure, in line with the ambitions set out in the 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future. It outlines how capital investment will enable the three shifts of hospital … Continue reading 10 year capital plan for health and social care
Posted: July 10, 2026, 7:34 am
Department of Health and Social Care The 10 Year Health Plan committed to developing a new set of staff standards which will outline minimum standards for employment across a range of areas, aimed at improving staff experience. The standards set out the actions employers must take to deliver them and what staff can expect at … Continue reading NHS staff standards: detailed requirements for employers
Posted: July 10, 2026, 7:33 am
NHS Improvement News and Alerts
Nearly 4 million women will be offered HPV self-testing kits if they have not attended cervical screening appointments following invitations from the NHS in England. The NHS is starting to roll out the new self-testing kits from today to encourage more women to complete their potentially lifesaving screening to detect human papillomavirus (HPV), which can […]
Posted: August 24, 2026, 11:01 pm
The NHS is urging millions of people to book their flu jab from today as the health service starts winter preparations earlier than ever. From today, the national booking system is open so eligible people, including pregnant women and children, can pre-book their flu vaccinations when vaccinations start on 1 September. The NHS wants to […]
Posted: August 17, 2026, 11:18 am
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 […]
Posted: August 13, 2026, 9:11 am
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 […]
Posted: August 10, 2026, 11:01 pm
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, […]
Posted: August 2, 2026, 11:01 pm
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 […]
Posted: August 1, 2026, 5:00 am
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 […]
Posted: July 27, 2026, 11:01 pm
Thousands of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England are to be offered a new ‘signal booster’ therapy on the NHS to help them walk more easily and live more independently. Fampridine is the first medicine designed to improve walking in adults with MS and will now be routinely available on the NHS from today, […]
Posted: July 22, 2026, 11:01 pm
Infants and young children are among hundreds of patients set to receive new life-saving drugs for rare blood cancers. Around 200 patients a year will benefit from the 2 new cutting-edge treatments approved by NHS England, offering fresh hope to families when other therapies have failed. Dabrafenib is a tablet that treats histiocytic neoplasms – […]
Posted: July 17, 2026, 9:00 am
Tens of thousands of cancer patients have rated the care they received from the NHS as nearly 9 out of 10, as NHS teams see and treat record numbers of people for the disease. The latest patient experience figures come as NHS cancer checks have reached nearly 3.4 million in a year – more than doubling in the last decade. The number of patients receiving cancer […]
Posted: July 16, 2026, 11:45 am
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