The first ever drug for an aggressive form of eye cancer is being fast-tracked to hundreds of patients by the NHS across England. One patient receiving the treatment described the rollout as “the best ...

You have the right to make a complaint about any aspect of NHS care, treatment or service, and this is written into the NHS Constitution on GOV.UK. The NHS encourages feedback because it’s used to ...

This follows the initial licence for treatment of patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) in 2020. Following entry into a commercial agreement with Bayer ...

The average NHS referral-to-treatment wait time in urology is 14.9 weeks but 18,312 people wait 52 weeks or more, according to the Nuffield Trust’s analysis of NHS England data in May 2024.

NHS bosses have been ordered to prioritise emergency treatment for the sickest patients this winter rather than worry about targets. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called an urgent meeting with ...

The government’s renewed pledge to end the hospital treatment backlog in England by 2029 will require a “monumental increase ... 2 Healthcare leaders welcomed the focus on the NHS as a priority but ...

The government’s renewed pledge to end the hospital treatment backlog in England by 2029 will require a “monumental increase ... 2 Healthcare leaders welcomed the focus on the NHS as a priority but ...

If your practice is in favour of complementary medicine there are a number of ways you can get alternative treatment on the NHS. The NHS has part-funded some surgeries to employ alternative ...

The longer-running target that 92% of patients should receive treatment within 18 weeks of referral has not been met since September 2015. NHS England announced in October 2023 that up to 400,000 ...

As hospitals scramble to prepare for another winter crisis, the NHS waiting list now stands at 7.54 million, down slightly from 7.57m in September. The latest data for October showed that the ...

“I don’t expect special treatment because I work for the NHS – but I wasn’t expecting to do that.” He added: “I don’t regret it but I miss having that financial backing that I had.