What is Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR)? PR is an exercise and education programme designed for people with lung disease who experience symptoms of breathlessness. PR focuses on tailored physical exercise and information that helps people to better understand and manage their condition/s and symptoms, including feeling short of breath. It’s included as a key intervention in the NHS […]
Service specifications are important in clearly defining the standards of care expected from organisations funded by NHS England to provide specialised care. The specifications have been developed by specialised clinicians, commissioners, expert patients and public health representatives to describe both core and developmental service standards. Core standards are those that all funded providers should be […]
NHS England has recently published an impact story demonstrating the value of case management in complex rehabilitation in the South West. Here, Sally Plumb and Grace Sweeney discuss the importance of evaluation and how the impact story came about: Ask anyone leading or working on a programme of improvement in health and care to identify […]
How to get involved in specialised services commissioning NHS England commissions specialised services including services for: Internal medicine – digestion, renal, hepatobiliary and circulatory system Cancer Mental health Trauma – traumatic injury, orthopaedics, head and neck and rehabilitation Women and children – women and children, congenital and inherited diseases Blood and infection – infection, immunity […]
NHS England has announced the appointment of one of the country’s top urgent and emergency care consultants, Dr Clifford Mann, as Clinical Lead for the Accident & Emergency Improvement Plan, as well as 40 of the nation’s leading doctors to drive reform of specialised services. Dr Mann – the outgoing President of the Royal College of […]
NHS England’s Improving Rehabilitation Services Programme Lead explains why guidance published today is a vital new tool for commissioners, patients, their families, clinicians and provider organisations: In response to commissioners’ requests for support and guidance, today sees the publication of Commissioning Guidance for Rehabilitation. This interactive PDF supports the commissioning of effective, high quality rehabilitation […]
NHS England’s work on rehabilitation is led by the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer, Suzanne Rastrick. It is focused on helping people remain as independent as possible, continuing to live their lives and, wherever possible, returning to work and occupation. The work supports commissioners, services users, providers and clinicians to develop and improve rehabilitation services […]
Through our work with the Wessex Strategic Clinical Network, Rehabilitation is everyone’s business was published in June 2015. It outlines the principles for good NHS adult rehabilitation services – and the expectations of those using them – service users, families and carers. To build on this, the Improving Rehabilitation Services programme team at NHS England […]
The National Clinical Directors and National Specialty Advisers are practising clinicians from across England who work part-time at NHS England, providing clinical leadership, advice, input and support across distinct areas of NHS conditions and services ranging from cancer and cardiovascular disease to urgent and emergency care and major trauma in line with the NHS Long […]
The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) has published the single operating model for the commissioning of health care for the armed forces and members of their families who are registered with Defence Medical Services (DMS) GP practices. The Securing Excellence in Commissioning for the Armed Forces and their Families document sets out where commissioning responsibility […]