NHS England

Councillors are calling for more funding to help people with mental health problems in Milton Keynes

Council demands more mental health funding as figures reveal tragic suicide rate

The number of complaints against GP and dental practices has risen since the Covid pandemic

Rise in complaints against GP and dental practices post Covid pandemic

Figures show patients did not attend 31,070 outpatient appointments at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in 2022-23

Tens of thousands of missed outpatient appointments at MK hospital

Harriet Moxon with her five-year-old daughter Eve. Photo by Charlotte Ridgeon (Harriet's twin sister).

Mum says she's lucky to be alive after being hit by a car on holiday

A nurse prepares a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Covid and flu jabs to be brought forward over emergence of new variant

More than 35,000 incidents of sexual misconduct or sexual violence were recorded in NHS England in the five years between 2017 and 2022.

35,000+ incidents of sexual violence recorded in NHS England 2017-2022

The backlog of long waiting lists has been cleared at Milton Keynes University Hospital

Backlog of long waits cleared at Milton Keynes University Hospital

There has been a significant rise in the number of NHS 111 calls in Milton Keynes

Significant rise in NHS 111 calls in Milton Keynes

MK Hospital

Number of Covid patients in hospital nationally is down - but not in MK

Around 76 patients a day were taking up hospital beds in October due to discharge delays

Nearly 80 beds were taken up ‘bedblockers’ at MK Hospital every day last month

Covid cases are on the rise with Milton Keynes Hospital currently caring for 60 patients

Milton Keynes Hospital currently caring for 60 Covid-19 patients

It is becoming increasingly difficult to see a GP in Milton Keynes

One in five people can't get appointment to see or speak to their GP in Milton K...

How difficult is it to get an appointment to see your GP?

GP Patient Survey 2022: the easiest doctors’ surgeries to book an appointment at...

Evergreen service manager Jenny Sookraj and Madie, one of the service users involved in helping shape the new unit, visit the site.

New £17m inpatient unit to open for Milton Keynes and Bedfordshire children suff...

Record numbers of C-Sections were carried out in Milton Keynes last year

Record number of of C-sections in Milton Keynes last year

Last month the Government said it will be producing a dementia strategy this year to improve diagnosis and treatment for dementia

Fewer than two-thirds of suspected dementia cases in Milton Keynes get formal di...

Gazprom. Photo: RADAR

Milton Keynes Council spent more than £1,500 on 2017 contract with Russian-owned...

"Alarming" drop in people keeping up to date with potentially life-saving checks

Thousands of Milton Keynes women miss "vital" breast cancer screenings due to Co...

Figures show attendances were below the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic – in December 2019, there were 14,091 visits to A&E at Milton Keynes University Hospital

Drop in visits to A&E at Milton Keynes University Hospital last month

The number of care workers has dropped in Milton Keynes

Mandatory Covid vaccine rule has resulted in fewer workers in Milton Keynes care...

Hospital

Rise in the number of Covid patients in Milton Keynes hospital compared to last ...

Patients with Covid have to be kept away from others

Almost a third of Covid patients in Milton Keynes hospital were admitted due to ...

A smear test is analysed

Tens of thousands of women in Milton Keynes missed smear tests due to the Covid ...

Palforzia, an oral drug, appears to reduce the risk of harm when a peanut allergy sufferer comes into contact with the foodstuff (image: Shutterstock)

NHS England to offer new treatment to help tackle peanut allergies

The Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold

Fewer patients visited A&E at Milton Keynes University Hospital last month – but attendances were higher than over the same period last year

Near 45% rise in visits to Milton Keynes A&E last month compared to last year

Fewer patients treated in hospital with Covid-19

Drop in the number of patients treated for Covid in Milton Keynes Hospital

Sajid Javid is urging people to ‘play their part’ and get their Covid-19 booster jab (Photo: Getty Images)

‘About 10’ people in hospital with Omicron as Sajid Javid makes booster plea

Caroline Nicolls receives an injection of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine administered by nurse Amy Nash, at the Madejski Stadium, Reading (Getty Images)

This is who is eligible for their booster as millions able to book jab from Mond...

Sajid Javid has called on the public to get their booster dose before Christmas (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Top-up’ immunity and get booster jab before Christmas parties, Brits urged

The NHS booking service for booster jabs should be updated by 13 December (Photo: Getty Images)

Bookings for booster jabs to open for all ‘no later than December 13’

Care homes fall behind in booster roll-out, according to new figures

Care homes across Milton Keynes fall behind in booster jab roll-out, new figures...

The JCVI has not yet advised on whether second jabs will be made available to healthy teenagers (image: Shutterstock)

Children younger than 12 could be given Covid jabs next year

'Record breaking' number of Covid-19 booster jabs given in a week by NHS England...

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 50% in the last four weeks

Milton Keynes Hospital now caring for 45 Covid patients as numbers creep up

The deadline for all care workers to have Covid jabs is November 11

One in 11 care home staff in Milton Keynes have not received a single dose of th...

E-cigarettes could be given to smokers for free on the NHS as part of new plans to help people quit (TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images))

Smokers could be given e-cigarettes for free on the NHS

Nation urged to get Covid booster jab ‘to protect freedom and Christmas’ - what ...

A patients' survey has revealed the hardest GP surgeries are hard to book an appointment in MK

GP patient survey: the hardest doctors’ surgeries to book an appointment in Milt...

Face-to-face GP appointments are still well below pre-pandemic levels

Milton Keynes one of the best places in the country to get face-to-face GP appoi...

Already understaffed care home providers face losing thousands of unvaccinated workers when the rules change in a few weeks' time

Milton Keynes care homes could lose 165 staff due to mandatory vaccine rule chan...

Booster jab invites will be sent out to more than a million people in England from next week (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jab invites to be sent out to more than a million people in Englan...

Figures also show that 30 new Covid patients were admitted to Milton Keynes University Hospital in the week to August 29 - up from 21 in the previous seven days.

Milton Keynes Hospital caring for 27 Covid-19 patients

Sodium chloride is measured to be added to a phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine concentrate ready for administration at Guy’s Hospital in central London

The new anti-cholesterol drug being offered on the NHS to prevent heart attacks ...

Festival-goers will be able to get a vaccine as easily as a burger or a beer (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid jabs on line-up as ‘vaccine tent’ opens at Reading and Leeds festivals

Life-saving blood test for pregnant women to be available across NHS in England ...