NHS staff who suffer a miscarriage will now receive up to 10 days additional paid leave, under new guidance issued to local hospitals today. Women who experience a miscarriage in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy will be offered up to 10 days paid leave and their partners will be offered up to 5. While […]
In collaboration with the Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services as Partners in Care and Health, we have published this letter which identifies five key actions that will have the biggest impact on supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people to leave mental health hospital.
Nearly 10,000 discharges to the community have been achieved since 2015. The letter asks colleagues working in integrated care systems across health and social care to make a concerted effort to continue to help people with a learning disability and autistic people leave hospital when they no longer need hospital care.
32 people who had been in isolation at an NHS service in the north west of England have today left after being given an all clear for coronavirus. The group, comprising 30 Britons and two Irish nationals returning from the Diamond Princess cruise liner, arrived at the Arrowe Park hospital in the Wirral in February […]
The following resources are aimed at experienced GP’s considering their options for the future e.g. planning retirement, considering alternative ways of staying in practice, taking time out for family or a career break or practicing overseas and looking to return to general practice in England. GP Retention Scheme (also see ROAN 2) – for GPs […]
After 11 years with the NHS, Paul Baumann CBE is to leave the Health Service in November to take up the post of Receiver General of Westminster Abbey. Paul agreed to delay confirming a start date for his new role until the long-term NHS financial settlement was confirmed this week. Paul is Chief Financial Officer […]
Note: Some sections of this case study refer to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). On 1st July 2022, integrated care systems (ICSs) took over statutory commissioning responsibilities in England, and CCGs were closed down. You can learn more about integrated care systems (ICSs) here. A new online tool is helping people with a learning disability, […]
The Chief Nursing Officer for England has today issued a new winter framework that will help nursing staff to ensure patients do not spend any time longer than they need to in hospital, particularly over the busy winter period. The framework has a particular emphasis on maximising the use of care homes across Sustainability and […]
A presentation by Dr. Jill Bailey Consultant Nurse Patient Safety, Oxford Health NHSFT.
He has been appointed commercial director at Telstra Health, a division of Australia’s leading telecommunications provider where he will lead development of new digital and mobile solutions for patients, professionals and citizens around the world. Tim started at NHS England in 2012 when it was established. He has led its work on data and technology […]
Our NHS is about people – patients, their families and loved ones and of course, the people who work in it. When I speak to colleagues who have chosen to work in the NHS, whatever challenges they face, they always put their patients at the centre of everything they do. In return, we must put […]