Primary care

Winners announced for healthcare insight awards

The non-profit Patient Experience Network (PEN) has announced winners for its national healthcare awards to recognize outstanding initiatives and national good practice across the NHS. The ceremony in Birmingham on 1 March included the Using Insight for Improvement category, which is specifically supported by NHS England to identify fantastic examples of work across the NHS […]

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NHS England kicks off international search for ground-breaking patient-care innovations

NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens has issued a call for the world’s best healthcare innovations to improve frontline patient care, including in mental health services and GP practices. The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) has already successfully helped transform patient care across the NHS by fast-tracking the uptake of pioneering ideas, equipment and technology such […]

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Chief Pharmaceutical Officer announces third Clinical Fellowship Scheme

Applications are now being invited for the 2017 Clinical Fellowship Scheme for practising pharmacists.  The placements will allow nine clinical fellows to work in an apprenticeship style model for 12 months with the most senior leaders across the NHS and healthcare-related organisations. All successful applicants will be appointed to host organisations and take up fellowship […]

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Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View: NHS England takes next steps towards the future of primary care

NHS England is today reaffirming its commitment to transforming primary care and general practice by setting out practical measures that will ensure high quality GP services for patients and staff in the next two years. Today’s announcement (Friday) marks the next stage of the reforms set out in the General Practice Forward View a year […]

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Awards spotlight NHS improvement projects driven by patient feedback

Winners selected for patient insight awards, announced today at a Patient Experience Network ceremony in Birmingham, demonstrate that NHS providers and commissioners are listening to patient feedback and that services are continuing to improve because of it. The awards in the Friends and Family Test and Patient Insight for Improvement categories have gone to five […]

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NHS unites to tackle sepsis

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England Medical Director, has issued a rallying call to healthcare professionals across the country to focus on improving early recognition and timely treatment of sepsis. At an event in London last night and ahead of a major new public awareness campaign delivered in collaboration with the UK Sepsis Trust, he […]

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New measures to support whistleblowers in primary care

NHS England is today confirming the steps it is taking to make it easier for primary care staff to raise their concerns so that action can be taken and improvements made. New whistleblowing guidance has been drawn up following a five-week consultation with staff working in primary care.  The guidance comes after Sir Robert Francis […]

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