NHS productivity has grown by 2.4% in the first four months of this financial year (April to July 2025) compared to the same period last year, outperforming its productivity target of 2%.

The Medium Term Planning Framework – delivering change together 2026/27 to 2028/29 is an ambitious plan. Over the next three years it aims to return the NHS to much better health – with waiting times ...

An innovative 15-minute blood test which can fast-track the diagnosis of children with potentially life-threatening conditions is being trialled by the NHS this winter. The hi-tech blood test can ...

The NHS is setting up NHS Online – in a reform to the way healthcare is delivered in England. The new model of care will digitally connect patients to expert clinicians anywhere in England. The first ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform health and social care services, but can providers adopt AI at the pace and scale needed to make a real change. This report explores how ...

The government has put a neighbourhood health service at the heart of its vision for the NHS – but what does that mean for staff and patients? This explainer summarises some of the features that often ...

Parents will be able to get their children protected against flu this half term, as the NHS ramps up its winter vaccine campaign. England’s most senior nurse has warned parents that flu can spread ...

Millions of people are using online consultation requests to contact their GP practice. Figures show 6.5 million online consultation requests were submitted to GPs in September 2025, up half compared ...

This year’s Ask Your Pharmacist Week runs between 3 and 10 November. This year’s theme is Ask Your Pharmacist: NHS Services Close to Home – raising awareness of the NHS Blood Pressure Check, Pharmacy ...

Data released from NHS England shows that cases of mouth cancer in England have reached the highest levels on record, prompting experts to call for greater public awareness of early symptoms.

Since the start of the pandemic The Food Foundation has been conducting surveys to monitor levels of food insecurity in the UK. The aim of this project has been to understand the scale of the problem, ...

The government’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, and the former National Medical Director at NHS England, Professor Stephen Powis, led the Medical Training Review to understand ...