The NHS has announced plans to improve patient care by cutting long stays in hospitals. Speaking at the annual NHS Confederation conference at Manchester Central, NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens and our Chief Executive Ian Dalton will set out the plans which will also help to free up thousands of hospital beds and ease pressures […]

At NHS Improvement, our role is to support trusts on their quality improvement journeys. #EndPJParalysis is so inspiring because it is being led by frontline staff. The concept is a simple one — to get patients out of their hospital beds. The clinical imperatives for doing so are hugely compelling. Ruth May, Executive Director of […]

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has called for 70 NHS Trusts to sign up to plans to encourage more young people to volunteer in their local NHS as part of its 70th birthday year. This comes after Sir Bruce made a personal pledge to HRH, The Prince of Wales to support the Step Up To Serve #iwill initiative. Step Up To Serve of which […]

Ask your questions to this week’s @NHS curator, Charge Nurse, Craig Leathard, about everything and anything to do with the nursing profession, his role in responding to emergencies and working in a specialist emergency care hospital – an NHS Vanguard – in the North East. Craig will answer your questions in person, live on video. @NHS […]

NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens has today announced details of proposed new action to cut obesity and reduce the sales and consumption of sugary drinks sold in hospitals. England would become the first country in the world to take action across its health service in this way. A formal consultation launched today gives details […]

Ask your questions to this week’s @NHS curator, Consultant Paramedic, Dan Smith, about everything and anything to do with the ambulance service and his role in responding to emergencies. Dan will answer your questions in person, live on video. @NHS / Dan wants to answer your questions Dan works for the North West Ambulance Service, […]

A pioneering new initiative to lift the lid on the NHS through the voices of the people on its frontline goes live today with the launch of the @NHS Twitter account. A UK first, @NHS will see a different NHS patient or member of its 1.3 million staff become curator each week over a three […]

NHS England is committed to ensuring that public and patient voices are at the centre of shaping our healthcare services. Every level of our commissioning system needs to be informed by insightful methods of listening to those who use and care about our services to inform service development. There are a range of opportunities for […]

NHS England is committed to ensuring that public and patient voices are at the centre of shaping our healthcare services.  Every level of our commissioning system needs to be informed by insightful methods of listening to those who use and care about our services to inform service development. There are a range of opportunities for […]

NHS England has today awarded 11 community grants, totalling £10,000, to organisations that are leading the way in involving patients and the public in healthcare projects. The Celebrating Participation in Healthcare grants are for community groups that have developed innovative and creative ways to get patients and the public involved in shaping healthcare services. The […]