Research suggests satisfaction levels with the NHS are on the up – rising from 60 to 65 per cent  – while dissatisfaction levels dropped to an all-time low of 15 per cent. The British Social Attitudes survey, carried out on behalf of health charity the King’s Fund, is seen as an important temperature check on […]

The Care.Data Programme closed in 2016 Following today’s media coverage on the care.data programme NHS England would like to clarify the following points in relation to patient care. Under the care.data programme no patient data has been collected so far from GPs The Pathfinder stage will test the care.data programme in four different English regions The […]

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s National Medical Director, has warned the NHS’s future is in danger because its model of care cannot meet the relentlessly growing demand for treatment caused by the ageing population. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper published today, Sir Bruce says: “If the NHS continues to function as it […]

NHS England has today announced, along with Public Health England (PHE), a £11.5 million investment to decrease the number of TB cases and ultimately eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem in England. In 2013, there were 7,290 cases of TB reported in England, an incidence of 13.5 cases per 100,000 of the population. The […]

After experiencing a potentially fatal blood clot on his lung after a routine back operation last year, former England International goalkeeper, Paul Robinson, is helping NHS England raise awareness of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in a new NHS Choices video. The video which has been produced as part of the work of the National VTE Prevention […]

A guide has been issued today by Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer England, for providers and commissioners identifying ‘care contact time’, as part of the drive to deliver safe and effective care. The guide published today sits alongside NQB guidance (How to ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place at the […]

Enabling people to take real control of their health and care is a central priority for all of us. That is the view of Tim Kelsey, NHS England’s National Director for Patients and Information who will be among the speakers at the 2014 Future of Health Conference being staged at the Kensington Olympia in London […]

Yesterday the Care Quality Commission published the Chief Inspector of Hospitals’ report on the inspection at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Sir Mike Richards concluded that services were safe, but raised questions about staffing levels. He noted that the maternity service is going through a period of transition. Responding to the CQC report, NHS England […]

NHS England has today welcomed findings from two independent reports that show death rates following a joint replacement or hip fracture have fallen over the last ten years. The results from the National Joint Register (NJR) annual report shows that patients undergoing hip and knee replacements are more likely to survive, as mortality rates have […]

NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens will today (July 1) applaud “a major NHS success story” as new figures show about 600 more patients are surviving major trauma since changes to services in April 2012. The 16,000 life-threatening major traumas are the biggest cause of death in children and adults under the age of 40 annually.  In all, some 37,000 are seriously injured in England […]