The Lewisham Primary Care BME Network has worked together with the Do No Harm Collective to create coronavirus resources designed specifically to support BME communities. Vice chairs of the network, Julie Roye and Dr Magda Branker, explain why they thought the resources were needed. When the inequalities of the effects of COVID-19 became clear, even […]
Jason Stamp, Lay Chair of the Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group, shares why becoming involved as a specialised commissioning patient and public voice (PPV) partner is a chance to have real impact. Patients and the public are at the heart of NHS England and NHS Improvement’s work to ensure healthcare is designed and delivered […]
As Director of Nursing, my role is to manage and develop the nursing team across the six surgeries within our PCN, which serves approximately 40,000 people. To further my own professional development, I’m currently undertaking a fellowship supported by NHS Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), and I’m using it as an opportunity to identify […]
Approximately 38,000 people start chemotherapy treatment with a group of drugs call Fluoropyrimidines every year. What is already a trying and anxious time can be made worse by the fact that between 10 to 40 per cent of these people may have severe reactions to their treatment. The reason some cancer patients experience severe side […]
The NHS has a long and proud history of embracing technology and innovation to deliver faster diagnoses and more effective treatments for patients, and the NHS continues to lead the world in harnessing the power and potential of genomics – the study of the genes in our DNA and their function. This is at the […]
Earlier in the year as the NHS began to respond to the emerging COVID-19 public health emergency, it became clear that how data is collected, held and shared had to be joined up so that decision-makers had access to the accurate real-time information they needed to better understand and anticipate demand on services. NHS England […]
NHS England and Improvement, in collaboration with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has selected the first antimicrobial drugs to be purchased via the UK’s innovative ‘subscription-type’ payment model. NHS England and Improvement project leads, Mark Perkins and David Glover, discuss this important […]
