Since this news item published, certain details have now been superseded. Please see the care.data page for the most recent and up to date information. Leaflets explaining how the NHS uses patient information will begin landing on the doormats of England’s 26.5 million households from today. Over the next four weeks, every household in England […]
From today, NHS organisations can bid for part of a £100m fund to buy innovative technology to support nurses, midwives and care staff with improving patient care. The £100m ‘Nursing Technology Fund’ was announced by the Prime Minister in October last year. It will fund mobile and digital technology to allow nursing, midwifery and care […]
Patients are set to benefit from changes to the GP contract which will reduce bureaucracy and free GPs to deliver personalised care. The changes will ensure that the most vulnerable patients receive personalised care. This will mean more patients can be looked after in the community and will reduce emergency admissions. GPs will be freed […]
Responding to the NHS hospitals complaints system review published this week, Jane Cummings, The Chief Nursing Officer for England and NHS England said: “Our single most important purpose is to look after patients with compassionate care. That means delivering the best possible patient experience to every single patient, every single time. As part of this […]
Sir Bruce Keogh has praised the media for its “honest and open debate” on the issue of seven day services. NHS England’s medical director spoke out after the Sunday Times claimed victory in its campaign for seven day services to be introduced across the country. Under the headline “Seven-day NHS on the way”, the newspaper […]
THE NHS Services, Seven Days A Week Forum’s Project Manager, Deborah Williams, is today addressing a major conference on 24/7 care. The conference, entitled Improving Care, Safety, Outcomes and Productivity Through Delivering a 7 Day Health Service, is being chaired by Dr Janet Williamson, NHS improving Quality’s Director of National Improvement Programmes and also a […]
NHS England today hailed another step forward in its vision to put the voice of patients at the heart of the NHS. Thousands of members of the public joined forces with NHS staff to lead over 4,600 assessments of a mix of NHS settings to shine a light on the things that matter most to […]
In 2012 the Secretary of State asked Monitor to undertake an independent review of matters that may be affecting the ability of different providers of NHS services to participate fully in improving patient care. NHS England worked closely with Monitor as they undertook their review. In March 2013 Monitor published their findings with recommendations to […]
Since it began in April 2013, NHS England has been working hard to improve transparency and health services for patients. We have produced a short video, highlighting just some of the ways in which we have been doing this.
NHS England will today (Friday 28 June) begin the staged publication of mortality rates for individual hospital consultants in ten specialties, a major breakthrough in NHS transparency. It is leading a drive to give patients more information about their treatment, helping the NHS drive up and maintain the quality of care. The data – covering […]