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EURneffy®, the UK's first needle-free adrenaline nasal spray, became available on prescription for people with serious allergies on 24 October 2025, offering an alternative to adrenaline…
NHS England opened the 2025 winter flu and COVID-19 vaccination programme on 1 October, with booked appointments and walk-in sessions across England for everyone eligible.
From 1 October 2025 people aged 65 and over and others in listed groups can book flu vaccination appointments, while the Covid-19 autumn booster is offered to a narrower set of eligible groups.
Government vaccination campaigns urging people to protect themselves against winter viruses launch from 22 September, beginning with pregnant women, NHS England has announced.
The UK Sepsis Trust and HealthHero have launched a digital sepsis assessment tool for public use, available through the charity's website from 12 September 2025, ahead of World Sepsis Day.
The NHS autumn flu vaccination programme opened on 1 September 2025 for pregnant women and children in the listed school and clinical risk groups, with further groups eligible from 1 October.
Eligible people in England could book flu and COVID-19 vaccine appointments from 1 September 2025, the first time winter vaccine booking has opened in advance, NHS England has said.
South Central Ambulance Service reports a 61% rise in NHS 111 calls for urgent repeat prescriptions, now around 16,000 a year, and asks patients to order medication ahead of bank holidays.
The Met Office says temperatures across England and Wales could reach the mid-30s Celsius, with some areas seeing a fourth summer heatwave, and the UK Health Security Agency has issued Heat Health…
The UK Health Security Agency has issued heat-health alerts for all of England, with the North West under a yellow warning and five regions upgraded to amber from 9am on Tuesday 12 August to 6pm on…
The UK Health Security Agency and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have told the public to stop using four non-sterile alcohol-free wipe products found to be contaminated with…
NHS 24, Police Scotland and the Scottish Government have launched a joint spiking awareness campaign, with updated 111 guidance and new NHS recording of suspected cases at A&E.
The MHRA issued notices to sellers of four non-sterile alcohol-free wipe products in July 2025, leading to their withdrawal from sale, but some may remain in UK first aid kits and homes.
The UK Health Security Agency has issued an Amber Heat Health Alert for the whole of England as temperatures are forecast to exceed 30°C in many areas, with up to 34°C possible in eastern England on…
The UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office issued the first yellow heat-health alert of 2025 for four regions of England, running from 9pm on 12 June to 8am on 15 June.
London Ambulance Service has urged Londoners to call 999 only in life-threatening emergencies over the May Day bank holiday, after taking around 6,000 calls a day during the warm spell.
The NHS spring Covid-19 vaccination programme began in England on 1 April 2025, with 563,154 booster appointments booked since the national booking system opened on 25 March and around 7.5 million…
NHS England opened its national booking system on 25 March 2025 for 7.5 million eligible people to book spring COVID-19 vaccinations, with appointments running from 1 April to 17 June 2025.
The MHRA has issued a Class 2 medicines recall for Boots Paracetamol 500mg Tablets 16s, batch 241005, after the blister foil was mislabelled as aspirin, affecting 119,964 packs.
NHS England reports a record average of 1,160 patients a day in English hospitals with norovirus last week, more than double the figure for the same period last year.