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2 Aug 2026

Tens of thousands of young people get vital protection from MenB in just a fortnight

Tens of thousands of young people have received the first of a life-saving double dose of the meningitis B vaccine…

Vaccination

1 Aug 2026

NHS inviting 500,000 men to join major prostate cancer research programme

The NHS will begin contacting half a million men from this week inviting them to join a major research programme…

Cancer

27 Jul 2026

Hundreds of thousands of women access free morning-after pill at NHS pharmacies in first 5 months

Hundreds of thousands of women have accessed the morning-after pill at high street pharmacies in the first 5 months since…

Community health servicesPharmacy

22 Jul 2026

Thousands with MS to get “life-changing” drug on NHS to help them walk more freely

Thousands of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England are to be offered a new ‘signal booster’ therapy on the…

Long term conditionsSpecialised commissioning

17 Jul 2026

Landmark NHS approval of cancer drugs offers new hope for children and adults with rare blood cancers

Infants and young children are among hundreds of patients set to receive new life-saving drugs for rare blood cancers. Around…

CancerSpecialised commissioning

16 Jul 2026

Cancer patients rate NHS care highly as record numbers checked and treated

Tens of thousands of cancer patients have rated the care they received from the NHS as nearly 9 out of 10, as NHS teams see and…

Cancer

13 Jul 2026

NHS aims to prevent one in four sepsis deaths

The NHS will aim to prevent thousands of deaths from sepsis by 2035 as part of a series of measures…

CancerMental healthSepsis

12 Jul 2026

Young people urged to book lifesaving meningitis jab at high street pharmacies

Hundreds of thousands of students heading to university this autumn are being urged by the NHS to book a potentially…

Children and young peopleVaccination

10 Jul 2026

NHS urges people in their 50s to return bowel screening kits as 100 cancers found a week

The NHS is urging millions of people in their 50s to complete lifesaving bowel cancer screening tests, as new figures…

CancerOlder people