The theme of this year’s World Patient Safety Day is ‘engaging patients for patient safety’. In this blog, Hester Wain, Head of Patient Safety Policy, along with Penny Phillips and Douglas Findlay, two of the patient safety partners working to support the national Patient Safety team, introduce NHS England’s work with patient safety partners. To […]
The proposition is: pectus surgery is recommended to be available as a routine commissioning treatment option for patients of all ages with pectus excavatum resulting in very severe physiological symptoms within the criteria set out in this document.
England’s most senior doctor is urging the public to check if they or a loved one are due a covid jab this winter because they have a condition that may put them at risk of serious illness. The NHS covid-19 vaccination programme has vaccinated more than two thirds (67%) of those with a weakened immune […]
DFO/DFX and DFP/DFX combination therapies are recommended to be available as a routine commissioning treatment option for iron overload in transfused and non-transfused patients with chronic inherited anaemias not adequately controlled on monotherapy or DFP/DFO combination within the criteria set out in this document.
Alglucosidase alfa is recommended as a not for routine commissioning treatment option for infantile-onset Pompe disease (IOPD) within the criteria set out in this document.
Multi-grip myoelectric control prosthetic hand is recommended to be available as a routine commissioning treatment option for congenital upper limb deficiency or upper limb amputation within the criteria set out in this document.
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust used a staged approach to seek feedback and implement the Health and Wellbeing Framework What we’ve done Who we are Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital care, diagnostic services, specialist cancer care and adult community services in Surrey, South East England. We employ over 4,500 people and have more […]
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The head of the NHS today urged anyone who has not had a COVID-19 jab to join the thousands flocking to take up the ‘evergreen’ offer every day as winter approaches. More than a half a million adults have come forward for a first dose since the beginning of September, an average of around 9,000 […]
Parents can book COVID-19 vaccinations for their children online with appointments available over the half-term, the NHS has said, as the COVID-19 vaccination rollout continues. NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard confirmed this week that bookings would open up to children, with the online booking system opening up on Friday as an additional way to get […]