From April, parents of the 136,000 babies born across London each year will be able to record and manage information about their child’s health and development online. The NHS in England has today announced a digital version of the Redbook will be rolled out across London, answering calls from parents who often lose information when […]
Local and national leaders from across the health service are to come together to discuss NHS plans for 2016/2017 and the delivery of the Five Year Forward View. NHS provider chief executives and CCG accountable officers are being invited to join the leaders of national health and care bodies – including Simon Stevens, CEO of […]
This guidance has revised in response to changes signalled in two other recent publications – the NQB’s Shared Commitment to Quality (December 2016) and Next Steps on the Five Year Forward View (March 2017).
NHS England introduced a new CCG improvement and assessment framework in 2016/17, fully aligned to the Next steps on the Five Year Forward View and NHS planning guidance. This brings together a range of key indicators, enabling NHS England and CCGs to work together, using the indicators to drive improvement for patients. There are national […]
The President of the National Association Primary Care preview his session at Expo 2017 on Accountable Care Systems and the benefits they could bring: The challenges facing the provision of health and care services with increasing need and expectation in the 21st century are global. However, the delivery of care varies greatly in the differing […]
It is nearly a year since Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for England launched Leading Change, Adding Value; a framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff in England. Susan Aitkenhead provides an overview of the work to date and what this means for nursing, midwifery care staff and what this means in practice. […]
Baroness Julia Cumberlege marks the two year anniversary of the publication of Better Births by reflecting on the importance of personalisation and choice to women when using maternity services. Following the maternity review and the publication of Better Births in 2016 one of the key findings was that personalised care, centred on the woman, her […]
GPs, patients and healthcare professionals are being given the chance to have their say on plans by the NHS which will help shape the future of a modern general practice. As it celebrates its 70th birthday, the NHS is looking at ways to reform the GP contract to provide a stronger and more sustainable general […]
As the NHS approaches its 70th anniversary the health service has today published the plan setting out how it will deliver practical improvements in areas prized by patients and the public – cancer, mental health and GP access – while transforming the way that care is delivered to ease pressure on hospitals by helping frail […]
As the NHS treats more patients than ever before, a new nationwide survey shows the majority of people are positive about their GP care – with almost 85 per cent rating their overall experience of their GP surgery as good. The GP Patient Survey 2017 compiled responses from more than 800,000 people across the country […]