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<p>Teachers, school nurses, and GPs will be offered NHS support to spot the early signs of eating disorders, so no child is left to ‘suffer in silence’. The NHS has overhauled eating disorder services in response to rising demand with the number of children and young people treated rising two fifths since the pandemic (from […]</p>
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<h2><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/nhs-to-offer-thousands-of-men-life-extending-prostate-cancer-drug/">NHS to offer thousands of men life-extending prostate cancer drug</a></h2>
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<p>Thousands of men with prostate cancer will be offered a life-extending drug on the NHS within weeks. For the first time patients whose prostate cancer has not spread will be able to receive the drug in England, known as abiraterone, as the health service widens access to the treatment. Around 2,000 men diagnosed with prostate […]</p>
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<h2><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/nhs-backs-ai-notetaking-free-up-more-face-to-face-care/">NHS backs AI notetaking to free up more face-to-face care</a></h2>
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15 January 2026 </time>
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<p>New AI notetaking tools being backed by the NHS could help doctors spend up to a quarter more time with their patients. NHS organisations across England are being urged to take advantage of a new national registry of 19 suppliers for the technology, which captures clinician–patient conversations and uses AI to accurately generate real-time transcriptions […]</p>
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<h2><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/second-biggest-drop-nhs-waiting-list-15-years-record-number-patients/">Second biggest drop in NHS waiting list in 15 years amid record number of patients</a></h2>
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15 January 2026 </time>
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<p>November saw the second biggest drop in the waiting list for 15 years outside of the early days of the pandemic, as new data today shows staff faced record demand in 2025. The waiting list fell by more than 86,000 in November to 7.31 million – and the milestone comes a year since the publication […]</p>
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<h2><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/bounce-back-in-winter-viruses-as-nhs-top-doctor-warns-the-worst-is-far-from-over/">Bounce back in winter viruses as NHS top doctor warns ‘the worst is far from over’</a></h2>
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8 January 2026 </time>
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<p>Christmas and New Year gatherings may have caused a bounce back in winter viruses, as the health service also grapples with a vicious cold snap. Figures published today show that the number of patients in hospital beds with flu has risen by 9% on the previous week (2,924), following two weeks where that number had fallen. […]</p>
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<h2><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/menopause-and-prostate-conditions-prioritised-for-nhss-new-online-hospital/">Menopause and prostate conditions prioritised for NHS’s new online hospital</a></h2>
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5 January 2026 </time>
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<p>Menopause and prostate problems will be among the priorities for the NHS’s revolutionary new online hospital when it launches next year. The NHS has selected nine common conditions which will be the first to be treated by the NHS Online service, providing faster access to specialist care. Launched by the Prime Minister in September 2025, […]</p>
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<h2><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/nhs-helped-thousands-of-patients-get-home-for-christmas-despite-doctors-strike/">NHS helped thousands of patients get home for Christmas despite doctors strike</a></h2>
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5 January 2026 </time>
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<p>The NHS safely discharged thousands of patients home to their families over the Christmas week (w/e 28 December), despite five days of strike action by resident doctors. In a letter to the health service, Sir Jim Mackey has praised staff for pulling out all the stops to achieve its target of having less than 80% of hospital […]</p>
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<h2><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/nhs-far-from-complacent-despite-drop-in-flu-admissions/">NHS far from complacent despite drop in flu admissions</a></h2>
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<p>The number of people in hospital with flu dropped off during Christmas week (w/e 28 December), but England’s top doctor has warned that the NHS is ‘far from complacent’ during the cold snap. Amber and yellow cold health alerts for England have been issued by UKHSA as temperatures have fallen in recent days to drop below […]</p>
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<h2><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/hundreds-of-thousands-of-young-children-now-to-be-protected-against-chickenpox/">Hundreds of thousands of young children now to be protected against chickenpox</a></h2>
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<p>Hundreds of thousands of families with young children will be offered protection against chickenpox as part of their routine childhood vaccinations from today. The NHS’s vaccination programme is being expanded to include chickenpox (also known as varicella) for the first time to help shield young children from getting seriously ill. From now on, GP practices will start to offer children a […]</p>
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<p>Flu cases have begun to steady but hospital cases still surpassed 3,000 in the week before Christmas, a slight fall on the week before, according to new figures published today. Thanks in part to NHS staff ramping up vaccination efforts with half a million more people protected against flu compared to the same period last […]</p>
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<h2><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/12/nhs-diabetes-prevention-scheme-helps-one-million-people/">NHS diabetes prevention scheme helps one million people</a></h2>
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<p>Nearly one million people in England have started a specialist NHS scheme which can prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes, according to new analysis. The NHS’s Healthier You Programme is a clinically proven weight management and lifestyle change initiative, and was one of the world’s first diabetes prevention schemes when it was launched in 2016. […]</p>
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