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		<title>NHS urges ‘tap the app’ as 1 in 4 miss appointments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nearly 1 in 4 people have missed an NHS appointment because they forgot or arrived too late, according to a new survey. The NHS has launched a new campaign urging people to turn on ‘push alerts’ from the NHS App so they get reminders about appointments and can rearrange any they can’t make, helping to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Patients handed over quicker despite 5-year high in number taken to hospital</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rwootton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ambulance crews and A&#38;E staff have slashed handover delays by more than 7 minutes this winter &#8211; even as they ferried the highest number of patients to hospital in half a decade. Figures out today show that more than 1.2million patients were handed over (1,234,731) to A&#38;Es by ambulances so far this winter. This is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tens of thousands with vitiligo to be offered “life-changing” new cream on NHS to restore skin colour</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom W]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of people living with vitiligo affecting their face are to be offered the first approved medicine on the NHS to restore lost skin colour. The new cream, known as ruxolitinib, will be offered to nearly 100,000 people aged 12 and over who have a form of the condition where white patches typically [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>People searching NHS advice on high blood pressure skyrocketed last year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jboshell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart disease]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The number of people searching for trusted NHS advice on high blood pressure surged in 2025 with hundreds of thousands of extra visits to online information on risk and how to get checked. The NHS webpage on high blood pressure rocketed from 30th place in 2024, to the second most visited health condition on NHS.uk [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Women attending first NHS mammogram hits 10-year high as thousands more cancers found</title>
		<link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/02/women-attending-first-nhs-mammogram-hits-10-year-high-as-thousands-more-cancers-found/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands more women attended NHS breast screening last year and thousands more cancers were diagnosed early in England. New figures today show that in 2024/25, 1.94 million women aged 50 to 70 attended screening within six months of invitation – up nearly 200,000 (193,745) from 1.75 million the previous year. As a result, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NHS facing ‘second surge’ in vomiting virus as cases reach highest level this winter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jboshell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Winter news and guidance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The NHS could be facing a “second surge” in norovirus as the vomiting bug reaches its highest level so far this winter. Figures published today show the average number of patients in hospital with norovirus each day this week rose to over 1,000 for the first time this winter (1,012). The total is a jump [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“NHS talking therapies completely changed my life”: NHS launches major campaign to support millions more people with anxiety</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Millions of adults facing debilitating anxiety conditions are missing out on treatment that could help them recover and get back on with their lives the NHS has said, as it launches a major new mental health campaign. New analysis of NHS data shows that over 670,000 people were treated with NHS talking therapy care last [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thousands recruited for “new era” severe mental illness study</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people living with schizophrenia and severe depression are being recruited by the NHS for a major new study which could unlock a “new era” of personalised treatment for severe mental illness. As part of the world’s largest mental health study, researchers will analyse the DNA of thousands of people alongside detailed questionnaires to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NHS waiting list lowest in almost 3 years as NHS battled busiest winter on record</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom W]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The NHS delivered more elective activity in 2025 than any other year in its history, helping cut the waiting list to its lowest level since February 2023. Staff delivered a historic high of 18.4 million treatments and operations in 2025, up from 18 million in 2024, as the waiting list dropped to 7.29 million. Today’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Early NHS preparation ‘paying off’ amid shorter ambulance handover times</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ambulances handed over patients more than 2 minutes faster last month despite facing their busiest January since before COVID-19. Provisional figures out today show there were 420,324 ambulances handovers with known times in January, the highest number for the month since 2020 and a 5.2% increase compared to 399,415 in January last year. Despite this, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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