Tag: #nhs

NHS accelerates rollout of AI triage and clinician notetaking, aims for full NHS App coverage by April 2028

NHS England is fast-tracking AI triage in the NHS App for all users by April 2028 and expanding ambient voice notetaking for clinicians to cut waits and admin.

#nhs, #ai, #healthcare

MHRA grants conditional approval for Wegovy to treat MASH with fibrosis; NHS access awaits NICE review

MHRA conditionally approves Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide) for MASH with fibrosis; NHS availability depends on NICE appraisal and further trial data.

$NVO, #health, #pharmaceuticals, #nhs, #mash

NHS A&E opt-out testing has identified about 1,900 previously undiagnosed HIV cases since 2022

NHS England’s opt‑out A&E blood‑borne virus testing has identified about 1,900 undiagnosed HIV cases since April 2022; independent analysis and funding back the scheme.

#hiv, #nhs, #publichealth, #testing

NHS data shows UK-trained and prioritised applicants filled 98% of 2026 specialty training posts

NHS England: 98% of 2026 specialty training posts went to UK graduates or other priority groups after the new prioritisation law took effect.

#nhs, #medical-training, #prioritisation, #uk-health

UK to spend nearly £30m to expand AI diagnostics in the NHS; £20m to roll out chest X‑ray tools to trusts by 2029

UK to invest almost £30m to expand AI-assisted diagnostics in the NHS, including £20m to roll out AI chest X-ray tools to all English trusts by 2029.

#nhs, #ai, #healthcare, #lungcancer

NHS vacancies in England fall slightly to 97,475 by end of March 2026, but tens of thousands remain unfilled

NHS vacancies in England dipped to 97,475 (6.5%) at March 31, 2026, with nursing and medical gaps narrowing — but the figures carry major caveats.

#nhs, #vacancies, #nursing, #doctors, #england

NHS England screening programme detects 10,678 lung cancers, majority found at early stages

NHS England’s lung screening programme has detected 10,678 cancers, with more than three-quarters found at stage 1 or 2 after community mobile scans.

#lungcancer, #nhs, #screening, #publichealth

NHS England rolls out 60-second pembrolizumab injection to cut treatment chair time

NHS England is introducing a subcutaneous form of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) that can be given in about a minute, reducing clinic time for roughly 14,000 patients.

#nhs, #pembrolizumab, #cancer, #immunotherapy

NHS England sets national maternal safety standards requiring early clot checks and faster treatment by 2027

NHS England requires all maternity services to use early VTE assessments and faster treatment, plus standards for epilepsy, mental health and hemorrhage by March 2027.

#maternity, #nhs, #maternalhealth, #vte

NHS England marks 20 years of bowel screening after almost 7 million screened in 2024/25

NHS England says almost 7 million people were screened for bowel cancer in 2024/25 as it marks 20 years and 70,000 cancers detected.

#bowelcancer, #nhs, #screening, #publichealth