Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network (TV SCN) today published the results of a Thames Valley-wide audit of patients diagnosed with cancer after going to hospital following an emergency presentation. The audit also reviewed the entire patient journey for a selected number of these patients. This significant research project was commissioned by the Thames Valley Strategic Clinical […]

Today we celebrate Young Carers Awareness Day (YCAD) – a day to remember the huge amount of care provided by 700,000 incredible young people across the UK. Thousands of young people have the huge responsibility of caring for a loved one, often helping out in practical ways by directly supporting a sibling for example, or […]

Before starting my role as NHS England’s South Regional Medical Director I spent my career working as a gynaecologist. I fully support and endorse Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (January 22-28). Cervical cancer treatment has been revolutionised since I started my career and we are now able to save many more lives than in the past. […]

Every day 9 women in the UK are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3 women will lose their lives to the disease. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under 35 but is largely preventable thanks to cervical screening and the HPV vaccination programme. But, statistics show that the number of women aged […]

NHS England is again urging people to take steps to stay well this winter and get their flu vaccination. Almost 320,000 thousand adults and children have already had the vaccine in Kent and Medway. But many people in vulnerable at risk groups have still not been vaccinated. The latest figures released by Public Health England […]

NHS England South, together with the Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), will run a third event in January to support partners improve carer health and wellbeing. Carer leads in clinical commissioning groups, local authorities, the third sector and carer representatives, are invited to join the Caring Together event on Thursday 26 January, which forms […]

With the mercury plunging below freezing NHS England South is again urging people to take steps to stay well this winter to get their flu vaccination jab. The latest vaccination uptake figures released by Public Health England for the period from 1 September until the end of November 2016 show encouraging increases compared with the […]

NHS England is today giving local areas the means to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and/or autism, including developing ways of keeping children closer to their home and families. From today, local partnerships – made up of NHS organisations, local authorities and NHS England commissioners, working closely with people who use […]

Emily Prior, Communications and Engagement Manager for the Transforming Care Programme, blogs about her experience of volunteering for the Cinnamon Trust, and how others should consider doing some volunteering. In November 2015 I finally did something I have been meaning to do for years – I became a volunteer. Volunteering might sound like a selfless thing to do, […]

A nationwide campaign to help parents spot the symptoms of sepsis to protect young children and save lives has been launched today by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The campaign is principally aimed at parents and carers of young children aged 0-4 and will include a new film featuring mother and campaigner Melissa Mead, who lost […]