Transparency will be at the heart of NHS England’s transformation of customer services this summer and part of a revolution in patient care. That’s the view of NHS England’s National Director of Patients and Information, Tim Kelsey, writing on the NHS Voices blog ahead of the NHS Confederation 2013 conference later week. “For the transformation […]
The Care.Data Programme closed in 2016 NHS England has today published guidance for GP practices explaining how better use of anonymised patient information from general practice will help commissioners improve the quality, efficiency, and equity of health care services. The GP Technical Specification and its associated guidance was developed in partnership with the British Medical […]
Findings were published today of an independent investigation into the healthcare and treatment of Ronald Dixon. On 19 May 2006, Ronald Dixon killed Ashleigh Ewing when she attended his home in Heaton, Newcastle for a support visit, in the course of her work for the charity Mental Health Matters. On 22 October 2007 at Newcastle […]
The most senior doctor in the NHS today warned against acceptance of unsafe and poor-quality care as he addressed the country’s biggest patient safety conference. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh told the Patient Safety Congress at Birmingham’s ICC that investigations into the Bristol Royal Infirmary and into Mid Staffordshire Hospitals had shown that good, caring people […]
In the first ever system-wide ‘shared commitment’, NHS England as one of the key national partners in the National Collaboration for Integrated Care and Support has signed up to a series of commitments on how we will help local areas integrate services. Minister of State for Care Services, Norman Lamb, said: “People don’t want health […]
Experienced teams of doctors, nurses and patient representatives are set to make their first visits to hospitals as part of the Keogh Review. Led by Regional Medical and Nursing Directors of NHS England, review teams will visit the 14 Trusts whose mortality ratios have shown higher-than-expected rates for the past two years. Site visits for […]
On 1 April 2013, NHS England inherited responsibility for the Safe and Sustainable Review from the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts. The review, launched in 2008, was set up to transform children’s heart services to provide better care to patients and improve outcomes. There is broad consensus – among both clinicians and patient groups […]
Reassurance given on immediate safety issues but hospital asked to improve monitoring of care Children’s heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary can begin a phased restart on Wednesday April 10, NHS England said on Monday April 8. It follows completion of the first-stage of a review by a multi-disciplinary independent clinical team which has been […]
NHS England today gave further details of the assurances that are being sought to enable Leeds Hospital to restart children’s heart surgery next week. It stressed the Trust’s decision to pause surgery was a prudent, precautionary step. Since then a review, which started last week, has been look in detail into: mortality outcome data and […]
NHS England – formerly the NHS Commissioning Board – pledged to use all its powers to ensure that everything the NHS does is driven by the best interests of patients. As the Government published its initial response to the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry, NHS England said it aims to help build an NHS that is […]