Archived government news
April 2024
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for December 2023 Thursday, 18 April 2024
Official Statistics: Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patie… Thursday, 11 April 2024
National Statistics: Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for con… Thursday, 11 April 2024
Official Statistics: Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointm… Thursday, 11 April 2024
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for February 2024 Thursday, 11 April 2024
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: Newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) operational guidance Tuesday, 09 April 2024
March 2024
Guidance: Managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for November 2023 Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: approved cameras and settings Thursday, 14 March 2024
Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: patients who drive to appointments Thursday, 14 March 2024
Research: Q1 (1 April to 30 June 2023) ANNB and YPA screening KPI data Thursday, 14 March 2024
Research: Q2 (1 July to 30 September 2023) ANNB and YPA screening KPI data Thursday, 14 March 2024
Research: Bowel Cancer Screening: Annual Report 2021 to 2022 Thursday, 14 March 2024
Official Statistics: A&E attendances and emergency admissions for February … Thursday, 14 March 2024
National Statistics: Diagnostic waiting times and activity for January 2024 Thursday, 14 March 2024
Guidance: National flu immunisation programme plan 2024 to 2025 Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Guidance: National flu immunisation programme plan 2024 to 2025 Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Guidance: Breast screening: guidance for image reading Monday, 11 March 2024
Press release: New action to tackle ethnic and other biases in medical devi… Monday, 11 March 2024
Guidance: Newborn and infant physical examination screening: standards Thursday, 07 March 2024
Guidance: Newborn and infant physical examination: programme handbook Thursday, 07 March 2024
Official Statistics: 2023 NHS National Staff Survey Thursday, 07 March 2024
Guidance: NHS Breast Screening Programme Guidance: Biopsy testing guidance Thursday, 07 March 2024
February 2024
Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: approved cameras and settings Thursday, 22 February 2024
Official Statistics: Bed availability and occupancy data for Q3 2023/24 Thursday, 22 February 2024
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for October 2023 Thursday, 22 February 2024
Guidance: Breast screening: identifying and reducing inequalities Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Form: Data submission template: FASP screening laboratories Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Form: Data submission template: child health information services Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Form: Data submission template: maternity service Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Guidance: Fetal anomaly screening programme handbook Monday, 19 February 2024
Official Statistics: Physical Health Checks for People with Severe Mental I… Thursday, 08 February 2024
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 08 February 2024
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 08 February 2024
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for Sep… Thursday, 08 February 2024
Official Statistics: A&E attendances and emergency admissions for January 2… Thursday, 08 February 2024
January 2024
Form: Data submission template: FASP screening laboratories Friday, 26 January 2024
Form: Data submission template: child health information services Friday, 26 January 2024
Form: Data submission template: maternity service Friday, 26 January 2024
Guidance: NHS screening programmes: information for GPs and practice staff Thursday, 25 January 2024
Corporate report: NHS England: annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 Thursday, 25 January 2024
Corporate report: Consolidated NHS provider accounts: annual report and acc… Thursday, 25 January 2024
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for September 2023 Thursday, 25 January 2024
Corporate report: Consolidated NHS provider accounts: annual report and acc… Thursday, 25 January 2024
Research: Q4 KPI Screening Data (1 January to 31 March) Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Promotional material: Breast screening: helping women decide Thursday, 11 January 2024
Official Statistics: Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointm… Thursday, 11 January 2024
National Statistics: Diagnostic waiting times and activity for November 202… Thursday, 11 January 2024
Official Statistics: A&E attendances and emergency admissions for December … Thursday, 11 January 2024
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for Aug… Thursday, 11 January 2024
National Statistics: Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for con… Thursday, 11 January 2024
Guidance: Breast screening: using MRI with higher risk women Thursday, 04 January 2024
Press release: New research into expansion of life-saving HIV testing progr… Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Press release: 6 million vital checks carried out at local diagnostic centr… Tuesday, 02 January 2024
December 2023
Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: approved cameras and settings Friday, 29 December 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for August 2023 Thursday, 21 December 2023
Policy paper: Review of risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in the… Thursday, 14 December 2023
Guidance: Continuing healthcare previously unassessed periods of care Thursday, 14 December 2023
National Statistics: Q1 (1 April to 30 June 2023) ANNB and YPA screening KP… Thursday, 14 December 2023
National Statistics: Diagnostic waiting times and activity for October 2023 Thursday, 14 December 2023
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for No… Thursday, 14 December 2023
National Statistics: Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for con… Thursday, 14 December 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 14 December 2023
Official Statistics: Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: standards report … Tuesday, 05 December 2023
November 2023
Research: Cervical screening: invasive cervical cancer audit 2016 to 2019 Thursday, 30 November 2023
Guidance: Managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Guidance: Cervical screening: acceptable HPV test systems Friday, 24 November 2023
Official Statistics: Bed availability and occupancy data for Q2 2023/24 Thursday, 23 November 2023
Guidance: Fetal anomaly screening programme handbook Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Press release: Landmark deal to boost nation’s health and save NHS £14 bill… Monday, 20 November 2023
Official Statistics: National Wheelchair Data Collection Quarterly Publicat… Thursday, 09 November 2023
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for September 2023 Thursday, 09 November 2023
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for Jun… Thursday, 09 November 2023
National Statistics: Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for con… Thursday, 09 November 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 09 November 2023
Form: Data submission template: child health information services Thursday, 02 November 2023
Form: Data submission template: FASP screening laboratories Thursday, 02 November 2023
Form: Data submission template: maternity service Thursday, 02 November 2023
October 2023
Guidance: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2023 Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Guidance: Statement on reporting of breast density Thursday, 26 October 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for June 2023 Thursday, 26 October 2023
Guidance: IDPS: ISOSS Hepatitis B outcome report 2023 Thursday, 19 October 2023
Guidance: IDPS: ISOSS Hepatitis B outcome report 2023 Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for August 2023 Thursday, 12 October 2023
Official Statistics: Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointm… Thursday, 12 October 2023
National Statistics: Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for con… Thursday, 12 October 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 12 October 2023
National Statistics: Diagnostic waiting times and activity for August 2023 Thursday, 12 October 2023
Promotional material: Diabetic eye screening: description in brief Monday, 09 October 2023
Guidance: NHS population screening: diploma for health screeners Friday, 06 October 2023
Guidance: Screening for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s synd… Friday, 06 October 2023
Guidance: NHS population screening: diploma for health screeners Thursday, 05 October 2023
Promotional material: Diabetic eye screening: description in brief Monday, 02 October 2023
September 2023
Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: approved cameras and settings Thursday, 28 September 2023
Research: Q4 KPI Screening Data (1 January to 31 March) Thursday, 21 September 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for May 2023 Thursday, 21 September 2023
Research: Q3 KPI Screening Data (1 October to 31 December) Thursday, 21 September 2023
Guidance: NHS Cervical screening: cervical sample taker training Thursday, 14 September 2023
Official Statistics: 2-hour Urgent Community Response Performance metrics f… Thursday, 14 September 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 14 September 2023
Official Statistics: A&E attendances and emergency admissions for August 20… Thursday, 14 September 2023
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for July 2023 Thursday, 14 September 2023
Guidance: NHS Cervical screening: cervical sample taker training Monday, 11 September 2023
Guidance: NHS Diabetic eye screening: use of eye drops Wednesday, 06 September 2023
August 2023
Guidance: Cervical sample taker training PowerPoints Wednesday, 30 August 2023
National Statistics: 2021/22 Infectious diseases in pregnancy (IDPS) progra… Thursday, 17 August 2023
National Statistics: 2021/22 Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening (SCT) s… Thursday, 17 August 2023
Guidance: Breast screening: very high risk women surveillance protocols Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Press release: £250 million to boost NHS capacity with 900 new beds Monday, 14 August 2023
Press release: £250 million to boost NHS capacity with 900 new beds Monday, 14 August 2023
National Statistics: Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patie… Thursday, 10 August 2023
Official Statistics: Physical Health Checks for People with Severe Mental I… Thursday, 10 August 2023
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for Mar… Thursday, 10 August 2023
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for Ju… Thursday, 10 August 2023
Official Statistics: Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patie… Thursday, 10 August 2023
Guidance: Cervical sample taker training PowerPoints Thursday, 03 August 2023
July 2023
Guidance: NHS Cervical Screening Programme – Good practice guidance for sam… Monday, 31 July 2023
Official Statistics: GP Patient Survey 2023 Results Thursday, 27 July 2023
Guidance: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2022 Thursday, 27 July 2023
Press release: NHS platform a ‘major force for good’ after identifying mill… Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Agreement to support mental health care and free up police time Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Guidance: Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme: standards Monday, 24 July 2023
Guidance: NHS population screening: diploma for health screeners Monday, 17 July 2023
Guidance: Managing safety incidents in NHS screening programmes Friday, 14 July 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 13 July 2023
Official Statistics: A&E attendances and emergency admissions for June 2023… Thursday, 13 July 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for March 2023 Thursday, 13 July 2023
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for May 2023 Thursday, 13 July 2023
Official Statistics: Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointm… Thursday, 13 July 2023
Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: approved cameras and settings Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Guidance: NHS population screening: education and training Tuesday, 11 July 2023
National Statistics: 2021/22 Fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP) scree… Thursday, 06 July 2023
Correspondence: Shingles vaccination programme: changes from September 2023… Tuesday, 04 July 2023
June 2023
Guidance: Lynch Syndrome Friday, 30 June 2023
Correspondence: HPV vaccination programme: changes from September 2023 lett… Thursday, 29 June 2023
Promotional material: Breast screening: easy guide Thursday, 29 June 2023
Guidance: NHS population screening: education and training Monday, 26 June 2023
Guidance: Infectious diseases in pregnancy screening: ISOSS HIV report 2022 Thursday, 22 June 2023
Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: 2021 to 2022 data Thursday, 22 June 2023
Correspondence: HPV vaccination programme: changes from September 2023 lett… Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Research: Q2 KPI Screening Data (1 July to 30 September) Thursday, 15 June 2023
Guidance: National flu immunisation programme plan 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 08 June 2023
Research: Q3 KPI Screening Data (1 October to 31 December) Thursday, 08 June 2023
Official Statistics: A&E attendances and emergency admissions for May 2023 Thursday, 08 June 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 08 June 2023
National Statistics: Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for con… Thursday, 08 June 2023
Research: Q3 KPI Screening Data (1 October to 31 December) Thursday, 08 June 2023
Press release: Successful NHS Programme to recruit care volunteers Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Guidance: Lynch Syndrome Monday, 05 June 2023
May 2023
Official Statistics: Bed availability and occupancy data for Q4 2022/23 Thursday, 25 May 2023
Guidance: NIPE peer review framework Thursday, 18 May 2023
Guidance: NIPE peer review framework Thursday, 18 May 2023
Press release: Government meets target one year early to recruit primary ca… Thursday, 18 May 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for January 2023 Thursday, 18 May 2023
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for March 2023 Thursday, 11 May 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 11 May 2023
Official Statistics: NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care … Thursday, 11 May 2023
Official Statistics: National Wheelchair Data Collection Quarterly Publicat… Thursday, 11 May 2023
Official Statistics: Children and Young People Eating Disorder Collection Q… Thursday, 11 May 2023
Form: Data submission template: FASP screening laboratories Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Form: Data submission template: maternity service Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Form: Data submission template: child health information services Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Press release: People urged to get Covid jab before offer ends Friday, 05 May 2023
Guidance: Breast screening: very high risk women surveillance protocols Thursday, 04 May 2023
Guidance: Breast screening programme: standards Thursday, 04 May 2023
Guidance: Breast screening programme: standards Thursday, 04 May 2023
Guidance: Breast screening: education and training Thursday, 04 May 2023
Guidance: Fetal anomaly screening programme handbook Thursday, 04 May 2023
Guidance: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2022 Wednesday, 03 May 2023
April 2023
Form: Antenatal screening programmes: annual standards data collection Thursday, 27 April 2023
Guidance: Cervical screening: standards data report 2021 to 2022 Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for December 2022 Thursday, 20 April 2023
Guidance: Lynch Syndrome Thursday, 13 April 2023
Official Statistics: Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patie… Thursday, 13 April 2023
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for February 2023 (in… Thursday, 13 April 2023
Official Statistics: Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointm… Thursday, 13 April 2023
National Statistics: Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for con… Thursday, 13 April 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 13 April 2023
National Statistics: Diagnostic waiting times and activity for February 202… Thursday, 13 April 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 13 April 2023
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for Nov… Thursday, 13 April 2023
Guidance: Syphilis: managing infection in pregnancy Monday, 03 April 2023
Guidance: Syphilis: managing infection in pregnancy Monday, 03 April 2023
March 2023
Form: Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: antenatal lab data form Friday, 31 March 2023
Guidance: NHS screening programmes: information for GPs and practice staff Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Guidance: Contact the NHS screening helpdesk Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Research: NHS screening programmes: KPI reports 2021 to 2022 Thursday, 23 March 2023
National Statistics: Q2 KPI Screening Data (1 July to 30 September) Thursday, 23 March 2023
National Statistics: Q1 (1 April to 30 June 2022) ANNB and YPA screening KP… Thursday, 23 March 2023
Official Statistics: NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care … Monday, 20 March 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for November 2022 Thursday, 16 March 2023
Policy paper: Tuberculosis (TB): action plan for England Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Guidance: Lynch Syndrome Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for January 2023 Thursday, 09 March 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 09 March 2023
Official Statistics: NHS Staff Survey Thursday, 09 March 2023
Official Statistics: 2-hour Urgent Community Response Performance metrics f… Thursday, 09 March 2023
National Statistics: Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for con… Thursday, 09 March 2023
Guidance: Newborn blood spot screening: failsafe solution user guide Wednesday, 08 March 2023
Official Statistics: Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointm… Friday, 03 March 2023
Official Statistics: National Wheelchair Data Collection Quarterly Publicat… Friday, 03 March 2023
Official Statistics: NHS Cancelled Elective Operations - Q3 2022/23 Friday, 03 March 2023
National Statistics: Diagnostic waiting times and activity for December 202… Friday, 03 March 2023
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for Fe… Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointm… Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for November 2021 Thursday, 02 March 2023
National Statistics: Diagnostic waiting times and activity for August 2021 Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for May 2021 Thursday, 02 March 2023
National Statistics: Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patie… Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patie… Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointm… Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 02 March 2023
National Statistics: Diagnostic waiting times and activity for November 202… Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for November 2022 Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Children and Young People Eating Disorder Collection Q… Thursday, 02 March 2023
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for Ja… Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Mixed Sex Accommodation breaches for December 2022 Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Diagnostic imaging dataset for October 2022 Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: 2-hour Urgent Community Response Performance metrics f… Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 02 March 2023
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 02 March 2023
February 2023
Official Statistics: Bed availability and occupancy data for Q3 2022/23 Thursday, 23 February 2023
Guidance: Breast screening: guidance for image reading Thursday, 16 February 2023
Guidance: Breast screening: quality assurance standards in radiology Thursday, 16 February 2023
Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: 2019 to 2020 data Thursday, 09 February 2023
Guidance: Diabetic eye screening: 2020 to 2021 data Thursday, 09 February 2023
Official Statistics: Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: standards report … Thursday, 09 February 2023
Guidance: Infectious diseases in pregnancy screening: standards Tuesday, 07 February 2023
Guidance: Cervical screening: quarterly coverage data reports 2022 Thursday, 02 February 2023
January 2023
Corporate report: NHS Commissioning Board: annual report and accounts 2021 … Monday, 30 January 2023
Guidance: Breast screening: guidance on implementation of Ionising Radiatio… Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Research: NHS screening programmes: KPI reports 2021 to 2022 Tuesday, 17 January 2023
National Statistics: Q1 (1 April to 30 June 2022) ANNB and YPA screening KP… Tuesday, 17 January 2023
Press release: New breast cancer screening units to speed up diagnosis Thursday, 12 January 2023
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for De… Thursday, 12 January 2023
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for Aug… Thursday, 12 January 2023
Guidance: 2020/21 Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) standards repo… Thursday, 12 January 2023
Guidance: 2019/20 Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) standards repo… Thursday, 12 January 2023
Guidance: Cervical screening: programme and colposcopy management Thursday, 05 January 2023
Guidance: Cervical screening: acceptable HPV test systems Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Guidance: Bowel cancer screening: consent and ceasing guidance Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Promotional material: NHS population screening: information for transgender… Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Guidance: Sickle cell and thalassaemia screening: education and training Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Guidance: Breast screening: very high risk women surveillance protocols Tuesday, 03 January 2023
December 2022
National Statistics: Ambulance Quality Indicators Systems Indicators for No… Thursday, 08 December 2022
Official Statistics: Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patie… Thursday, 08 December 2022
National Statistics: Diagnostic waiting times and activity for October 2022 Thursday, 08 December 2022
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 08 December 2022
Official Statistics: Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUC … Thursday, 08 December 2022