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Shingles vaccine to be offered to hundreds of thousands more immunosuppressed adults

August 27, 2025, NHS News

Around 300,000 more people will become eligible for a potentially lifesaving shingles vaccination from next week, as GP practices roll… Read more

NHS scanning trucks help thousands get potentially life-saving liver cancer checks

August 25, 2025, NHS News

Thousands more people are being referred for potentially life-saving liver cancer checks following the expansion of the NHS’s community liver… Read more

NHS supporting record numbers of people living with dementia

August 24, 2025, NHS News

A record half a million people have received a dementia diagnosis on the NHS, as the health service ramps up… Read more

New hope for bladder cancer patients as breakthrough treatment doubles survival

August 21, 2025, NHS News

More than a thousand patients living with bladder cancer every year can now receive a breakthrough treatment that can double… Read more

NHS marks major milestone with 100,000 people home tested for hepatitis C

August 20, 2025, NHS News

More than 100,000 people in England have now been tested for hepatitis C through the NHS’s confidential home testing service,… Read more

NHS publishes strike impact data following a record June for treatments

August 14, 2025, NHS News

The NHS performed a record number of checks for treatments, cancer checks and other tests for June, as 18-week performance… Read more

NHS’s Chief Nursing Officer encourages more male students to consider a career in nursing

August 14, 2025, NHS News

The NHS’s Chief Nursing Officer for England is encouraging male students getting their exam results today not to be put… Read more

Mums-to-be to skip the GP to get faster first NHS midwife appointments

August 12, 2025, NHS News

Hundreds of thousands of newly pregnant women across England can now self-refer online to get their “all-important” first midwife appointments… Read more

Hundreds of thousands use ‘Amazon-style’ prescription tracker in NHS App

August 9, 2025, NHS News

Nearly 400,000 people have used a new prescription tracking feature in the NHS App in the first ten weeks since… Read more

NHS to fast-track patients with head and neck cancer into cancer vaccine trial

August 8, 2025, NHS News

Patients with advanced head and neck cancers in England will be fast-tracked into a trial of a new cancer vaccine,… Read more