#England

Faccini House Surgery supports patients with NHS App use
Faccini House Surgery supports patients with NHS App use

Since May 2024, Faccini House Surgery in Morden has been hosting regular sessions in its waiting area where Health Navigators volunteers work alongsid...
Dental surgery hosts family oral health corner on weekends
Dental surgery hosts family oral health corner on weekends

A London dental surgery has turned part of its waiting room into a pram-friendly corner on Saturdays, where parents and carers pick up oral health tip...
Shopping-centre health pop-up welcomes London families
Shopping-centre health pop-up welcomes London families

A temporary health stand inside a busy London shopping centre is now offering on-the-spot NHS App onboarding alongside free blood-pressure checks run ...
Vacancy drop reshapes rotas as London trims agency reliance
Vacancy drop reshapes rotas as London trims agency reliance

London trusts are reworking everyday rotas as national NHS vacancy rates ease, with NHS England’s quarterly workforce statistics showing England-wide ...
Ambulance triage redirects calls as London boosts hear-and-treat
Ambulance triage redirects calls as London boosts hear-and-treat

London’s ambulance crews are handling more incidents without hospital transport, as NHS England’s Ambulance Quality Indicators for 2024–25 show hear-a...
Virtual wards trim bed days as London paramedics redirect care
Virtual wards trim bed days as London paramedics redirect care

Hospitals in the capital have expanded “hospital at home” pathways so that clinically stable patients complete treatment on virtual wards instead of s...
Home response teams ease discharge delays for London patients
Home response teams ease discharge delays for London patients

Nurses, therapists and paramedics in urgent community response teams are increasingly stepping into living rooms instead of wards for older London pat...
Online GP requests reshape daily access across London for patients
Online GP requests reshape daily access across London for patients

From 1 October 2025, patients at London GP surgeries have been able to request appointments online throughout core hours rather than relying on early-...
Maternal safety gains tested by midwife capacity in London
Maternal safety gains tested by midwife capacity in London

National data on maternity safety point in two directions for London providers, with MBRRACE-UK’s surveillance of babies born in 2023 reporting an ext...
London NHS vacancies persist as agency cuts reset pay in 2024–25
London NHS vacancies persist as agency cuts reset pay in 2024–25

London’s NHS workforce is operating with persistent vacancies while national moves to curb agency spending start to bite, with over 112,000 posts vaca...
Backlog repairs strain London hospitals as discharge data lands
Backlog repairs strain London hospitals as discharge data lands

London’s acute estate is carrying some of England’s heaviest repair bills, with the latest ERIC release for 2024/25 showing a larger national backlog ...
London NHS dental access edges up as borough gaps persist
London NHS dental access edges up as borough gaps persist

London’s NHS dental access improved only modestly through 2023–25, with 39.3% of adults seen in the two years to March 2024 and 52.9% of children seen...
GP appointments edge higher as rapid response steadies
GP appointments edge higher as rapid response steadies

Primary care access in London strengthened modestly across 2024–25, with GP practices recording 4.2 million appointments in September 2025 and a highe...
Breast screening trails in London as access rules tighten
Breast screening trails in London as access rules tighten

Breast screening coverage in London was 61.6% at 31 March 2024 while the England rate reached 70.0%, and over the same reporting year variation widene...
Pharmacy First broadens reach as London logs 341,000 cases
Pharmacy First broadens reach as London logs 341,000 cases

London’s community pharmacies recorded more than 341,000 pathway consultations for earache, sore throat and sinusitis since February 2024, with NHS En...