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		<title>March was busiest month ever for A&amp;Es amid meningitis outbreak</title>
		<link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/04/march-was-busiest-month-ever-for-aes-amid-meningitis-outbreak/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A&#38;E waiting times have fallen to a five-year low, despite the NHS seeing record numbers of patients in March as the health service experienced a ‘prolonged winter’. There were a record breaking 2.43 million total A&#38;E attendances in March – 16,000 more than the previous record high in May 2024. Despite the bumper demand, almost [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Public reminded to access care as normal this weekend as NHS staff ‘weather the storm’ of doctors’ strike</title>
		<link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/04/public-reminded-to-access-care-as-normal-this-weekend-as-nhs-staff-weather-the-storm-of-doctors-strike/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jboshell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The NHS is urging patients to seek medical care as normal as resident doctors continue strike action over the weekend. The latest round of industrial action is set to end at 6:59am on Monday 13 April and NHS staff have been working tirelessly to ensure as many services as possible are able to run during [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NHS urges public not to delay seeking medical help, ahead of ‘difficult’ strike</title>
		<link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/04/nhs-urges-public-not-to-delay-seeking-medical-help-ahead-of-difficult-strike/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jboshell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The NHS is urging patients across England not to put off coming forward for the care they need during this week’s resident doctor strikes. Industrial action begins at 7am on Tuesday 7 April and runs for six days until 6:59am on Monday 13 April, with hospital teams across the country working to minimise disruption for patients. In addition to prioritising urgent [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Millions of older people to get vaccine against serious lung infection</title>
		<link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/04/millions-of-older-people-to-get-vaccine-against-serious-lung-infection/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rwootton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaccination]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Millions of older people can now get protection against a virus which causes serious lung infections like bronchitis and pneumonia – preventing potentially thousands of hospital admissions a year. All adults aged 80 and over, and people living in a care home for older adults, are now eligible for the NHS respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Over a million people could be offered Wegovy to cut heart attack and stroke risk on the NHS</title>
		<link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/04/million-people-offered-wegovy-cut-heart-attack-stroke-risk/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom W]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new life-changing treatment option – GLP-1 drug semaglutide known as Wegovy – is set to be available on the NHS within months, with 1.2 million people with cardiovascular disease eligible to receive the treatment to help prevent heart attacks and strokes over the next few years. People with heart and circulatory disease who are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Record GP access figures</title>
		<link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/03/record-gp-access-figures/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rwootton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dr Amanda Doyle, National Director for Primary Care and Community Services at NHS England, said: “GP teams are working harder than ever, delivering more than 1.5 million appointments for patients every working day over the last year – the highest number on record. “In part, this is due to practices now offering patients the choice [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Two thirds of consultants want to work for new NHS online hospital</title>
		<link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/03/two-thirds-of-consultants-want-to-work-for-new-nhs-online-hospital/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jboshell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Almost two thirds of NHS consultants are keen to work for the NHS’s online hospital when the revolutionary service launches next year, a new poll has revealed. Six in ten consultants (60%) said they would be interested in working for NHS Online alongside their current NHS roles – many more than will be needed to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New medical training chair to bring system from “dial up” to modern era</title>
		<link>https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/03/new-medical-training-chair-bring-system-modern-era/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom W]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new chair of a major review into medical training has pledged to bring the “dial up” system into the modern era. Professor Dame Jane Dacre has been appointed by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care to implement the Medical Education and Training Review, delivering change to UK’s creaking medical training [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3-year high in attacks on NHS staff</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom W]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Almost 1 in 7 NHS staff (14.47%) were physically attacked by a patient or the public last year – the highest rate for 3 years – according to the latest NHS staff survey. The shocking statistics also found a record percentage of staff say they were subjected to unwanted sexual behaviour by the same group [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NHS waiting list continues to fall despite record winter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom W]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Winter news and guidance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The NHS has faced its busiest winter on record while bringing waiting lists to their lowest for almost 3 years. New figures out today show the number people attending A&#38;E between November and February topped 9 million (9,110 591) this winter for the first time in NHS history – along with almost 130,000 more patients [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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