NHS to roll out flu vaccines for children from September
Millions of children in England will be offered a flu vaccine from September, as the NHS steps up its life-saving vaccination programme to protect the country against deadly viruses ahead of winter.
New NHS treatments helping extend survival for babies with rare muscle-wasting disease
Nearly three in four babies born with a rare muscle-wasting disease are now surviving for two years or more thanks to advances in NHS treatment, new data shows. Around 70 children are born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) each year in the UK, a rare genetic condition that causes muscle weakness, progressive loss of movement and paralysis.
Hundreds of nurses join register, thanks to language test changes
Relaxed NMC rules for those who narrowly miss pass score have allowed experienced international nurses out of ‘professional limbo’, says campaigner
New standards for NHS board members to strengthen leadership and governance
The NHS has published a framework and supporting resources today to help senior board members to strengthen board governance, boost leadership and improve patient safety. Resources to support current and aspiring board members within the NHS to further develop their skills and careers will be sent to leaders today, including information on development programmes and peer support networks to develop and share good practice.
NHS sets out plans for winter with new measures to help speed up discharge for patients and improve care
Care ‘traffic control’ centres to speed up discharge, additional ambulance hours and extra beds are part of wide-ranging plans to prepare for winter, the NHS will announce today. The robust new measures, due to be set out at the NHS England board meeting in Birmingham today, will boost capacity and resilience across the NHS as well as building on the recent improvements in ambulance response times and A&E performance.
NHS braced for severe disruption due to first consultant strikes in a decade
The NHS is bracing itself for one of the toughest strikes in its history beginning on Thursday morning, England’s top doctor has warned. Consultant doctors and hospital-based dentists will be taking strike action from 7am on Thursday until 7am on Saturday.
