Stephen Powis

Junior doctors have already walked out this year

NHS warns consultant and junior doctor strikes will disrupt care

NHS England figures show 2,566 appointments at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were rescheduled as a result of the strikes – of them, 247 were inpatient procedures, while 2,319 were outpatient. Picture: Yui Mok/PA

Sheffield patients had over 2,500 appointments and proceedures rescheduled

Nearly 3,000 appointments were cancelled in Sheffield’s hospital because of this month’s junior doctors strikes, official figures show. PIcture shows junior doctors take part in a rally in Trafalgar Square during a nationwide strike on April 11, 2023 in London. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Impact of doctors' strke on city hospitals revealed

Junior doctors are set to strike this week

NHS set for “incredibly tough week” during junior doctors strikes

Sheffield has seen a surge in cases of Covid and ‘flu – with well over 100 patients currently in hospital with the illnesses. File picture shows NHS staff on a ward during the pandemic

Surge in cases of Covid and ‘flu

NHS call for responsible drinking during ambulance worker strikes

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) joins the country’s other 10 ambulance services in not being able to meet all four categories of call-out, which include reaching patients with life-threatening conditions within an average of seven minutes.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service failing to hit crucial response time targets

These are the waitings lists at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals in March, the most recent figures available

Sheffield hospital services with biggest waiting lists revealed

Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.

Winter and Covid pressures on Sheffield hospitals revealed

Frontline healthcare staff in England must be fully vaccinated against Covid by 1 April (Photo: Getty Images)

Healthcare staff face sack without exit payments under Covid jab plans

The number of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals staff absent on Boxing Day due to Covid-19 or from self-isolating was up 40 per cent from the beginning of the month (pic: David Jones/PA)

Number of hospital staff off due to Covid rises by 40%

Work on eight hubs is due to begin this week (Photo: Getty Images)

New Covid Nightingale ‘surge hubs’ being set up to manage Omicron wave

Greg Fell, director of Public Health at Sheffield City Council.

Sheffield hospitals face 'unsustainable pressure' as Covid cases soar among pati...

A man receives a dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in a vaccination clinic set up at St Columba's Church in Sheffield on December 15, 2021 as the UK steps up the country's booster drive to fight a "tidal wave" of Omicron. - The country's medical advisers have raised the Covid Alert Level due to a "rapid increase" in infection from the variant. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

NHS on 'war footing' against Covid, as Sheffield GP issues important message

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

Calls to Yorkshire Ambulance Service have increased by nearly a third over the last two years, new figures show, with patients in a life-threatening condition now having to wait on average well over the the seven-minute target time

Yorkshire Ambulance Service responds over long waiting times

Sajid Javid is not implementing Plan B measures for England (Photos: Getty)

Sajid Javid rules out Plan B but hints at mandatory jabs for NHS staff

How to book your Covid booster jab in the UK - and who is eligible to get one

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Unvaccinated university students have been urged to get a Covid vaccine in freshers’ week (Photo: Shutterstock)

Unvaccinated students urged to get coronavirus jab during Freshers’ week

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world first’ (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world-first’

Christian Eriksen

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Weston Park Hospital

Rise in cancer referrals to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Weston Park Hospital

Rise in cancer referrals to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Barnsley Council.

Barnsley people aged 38 and 39-year-olds called up for Covid vaccine

Around half a million 44-year-olds will receive a text inviting them to get their jab through the national booking service, NHS England said (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

44-year-olds are being offered Covid jabs - why the rollout has been extended by...

The actress has been criticised by an NHS boss over her long Covid treatment regime (Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

An NHS boss says 'serious science' is needed to treat long Covid - and Gwyneth P...

The NHS waiting list in England could reach 10 million people by April 2021, according to the Reform think tank (Photo: Shutterstock)

Think tank says NHS has become a ‘National Covid service’ - but medical director...

(left to right) Healthcare Epidemiologist Consultant Susan Hopkins, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and NHS England National Medical Director Stephen Powis during a media briefing on coronavirus (COVID-19) in Downing Street, London. Picture date: Monday January 18, 2021. Photo: PA

'Don't blow it now', Health Secretary urges, as vaccination numbers rise

50 mass Covid vaccine centres and 2m jabs a week - is England’s plan feasible?

Health Secretary Matt Hancock

Trusted pharmacists could help persuade those unsure over covid vaccine

'We're on track to meet our target': what Matt Hancock said about the vaccine ro...

A small number of people have had allergic reactions to the Covid vaccine - this...

Regulators have warned that people who have a history of “significant” allergic reactions should not currently receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine after two people who had the jab on Tuesday had allergic reactions.

People with allergic reactions not to take vaccine

Vaccines have started to be administered at 50 hospitals across the country from today.

Patients NOT to turn up for vaccine without booking

Most people over 80 won't get Covid jab until next year - here's why

A pharmacy technician from Croydon Health Services takes delivery at Croydon University Hospital in Croydon of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations to be delivered to the area.

Covid vaccine arrives at hospital as Sheffield prepares for vaccination scheme

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19).

Boris Johnson press conference: Prime Minster to make coronavirus announcement t...

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