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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>NHS England</title> <atom:link href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/> <link>https://www.england.nhs.uk</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:59:31 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <item> <title>Record breast screening level as NHS campaign urges millions more to take up potentially life-saving invites</title> <link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/record-breast-screening-level/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[nowen]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:59:31 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.england.nhs.uk/?p=261647</guid> <description><![CDATA[A record number of women are up to date with their breast screening yet almost a third of invitees did not attend last year, according to NHS figures published today. 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The NHS in England has today launched its first-ever awareness campaign to highlight the benefits of screening and encourage more women to make the most of regular […]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>NHS expands HIV opt-out testing to 30 more A&Es</title> <link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/nhs-expands-hiv-opt-out-testing/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[nowen]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:15:36 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Long term conditions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Patient care]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.england.nhs.uk/?p=261579</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more A&Es will start testing for the infectious disease in hospital emergency departments (ED) via the revolutionary NHS Blood Borne Virus Opt-out […]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Waiting list falls as NHS staff treated record numbers last year</title> <link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/waiting-list-falls-as-nhs-staff-treated-record-numbers-last-year/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[rwootton]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:36:27 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elective care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Urgent and emergency care]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.england.nhs.uk/?p=261421</guid> <description><![CDATA[NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The overall backlog has dropped again from 7.48 million to 7.46 million, while the estimated number of patients waiting is down from 6.28 million to 6.24 million. Monthly figures show that […]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Frontline NHS staff in the North West to have their say on the future of the NHS</title> <link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/frontline-nhs-staff-in-the-north-west-to-have-their-say-on-the-future-of-the-nhs/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[jboshell]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:01:27 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[NHS Improvement]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.england.nhs.uk/?p=261194</guid> <description><![CDATA[Around 100 frontline NHS staff will be joined by NHS England directors in Liverpool today (11 Feb 2025) to discuss what they want to see from the government’s 10 Year Health Plan. It marks the first of a series of events where frontline NHS staff across the breadth of the NHS workforce will come together […]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>More than 1 million older people urged to get respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine</title> <link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/more-than-1-million-older-people-urged-to-get-respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-vaccine/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[rwootton]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:01:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Vaccination]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.england.nhs.uk/?p=261154</guid> <description><![CDATA[The NHS is urging around 1.3 million older people who have not yet had the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to get jabbed, as health service chiefs warn it is “not just a winter illness”. Invites are being sent this week to people not yet vaccinated against RSV who are aged 75-79 or turned 80 after […]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Busiest week for hospitals this winter as norovirus cases continue to rise</title> <link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/busiest-week-for-hospitals-this-winter-as-norovirus-cases-continue-to-rise/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom W]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:40:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Winter news and guidance]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.england.nhs.uk/?p=260919</guid> <description><![CDATA[There were more patients in hospitals last week than at any other point so far this winter, as the number of norovirus cases in hospital continued to rise. Data published today by the NHS shows that 961 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus last week, up 7% on the week before and 69% […]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Independent mental health homicide report into the treatment of Valdo Calocane</title> <link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/independent-mental-health-homicide-report-into-the-treatment-of-valdo-calocane/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[jboshell]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:06:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Mental health]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.england.nhs.uk/?p=260604</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today (5 February 2025) NHS England (Midlands) has published the full independent investigation conducted by Theemis into the care and treatment of Valdo Calocane in the months leading up to the events of 13 June 2023. 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