When Sir Bruce Keogh was NHS Medical Director, he commissioned a guide to the NHS for junior doctors. At the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management conference in October 2013, he committed to updating this guide to reflect the changes in the new NHS. NHS England have today fulfilled this commitment and published Understanding the […]

The chair of NHS England Professor Sir Malcolm Grant today welcomed the appointment of three new non-executive directors. Professor Sir John Burn, Noel Gordon and David Roberts have been appointed by the Secretary of State as non-executive directors of NHS England, with effect from 1 July 2014, for a period of four years. They join […]

We are opening the doors of NHS England’s Patients and Information Directorate to the public (and anybody else who wants to find out more about what we are doing) today, with four simultaneous and web-linked events across the country. We are live streaming the open house event today, starting between 9:30 and 10:00am. For more […]

In his first two interviews with the Press since becoming NHS England’s new Chief Executive, Simon Stevens has stressed the need to think creatively about improved patient outcomes. He told the Daily Telegraph and Health Service Journal magazine that tailoring care models and solutions to the needs of different audiences is vital. He explained that […]

I said on my first day in this new job that five years in to the longest period of austerity the Health Service has ever seen, the stakes for the NHS have never been higher. So far our main response to NHS budget pressures has been an enormous and successful collective effort to keep the […]

Brand new Chief Executive of the NHS, Simon Stevens, spent his first morning in the job meeting staff and patients at Shotley Bridge Hospital in County Durham. He started his career in the NHS as a trainee manager at the hospital over a quarter of a century ago. Mr Stevens visited the cancer unit and […]

The NHS needs to tap into the energy of patients, carers and staff to “catalyse change”, Simon Stevens said today. Making his first speech in his new role as NHS England’s chief executive, Mr Stevens added: “At a time when resources are tight, we’re going to have to find new ways of tapping into three […]

The full text of Simon Stevens’ speech is as follows: It’s good to be back – back in the NHS, and back here on Tyneside. I know times are tough, and the Health Service is under pressure. But when people ask me why take on this new job? My answer is:  Because I believe in […]

Simon Stevens makes first speech as CEO and discusses future challenges with patients and NHS staff  The new chief executive of NHS England will today (Tuesday) spend his first day in the job in the north east where he started his NHS career 26 years ago. Simon Stevens will start by meeting patients and nurses […]

Enshrined in the NHS Constitution and uniting patients and staff in a shared ambition for high quality care, our values inspire us and are at the very heart of what we do: Working together for patients Respect and dignity Commitment to quality of care Compassion Improving lives Everyone counts At NHS England we’ve set up […]