Professor Keith Willett, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Acute Episodes of Care, has welcomed a report by the Royal College of Physicians’ Future Hospital Commission. The report, entitled Future Hospital: Caring For Medical Patients, sets out the Commission’s vision for hospital services structured around the needs of patients, both now and in the future. […]

POWERFUL patient feedback has been given to NHS England’s 7-Day Service programme team. More than 30 patients’ organisations were represented at an all-day Learning Exchange event organised to allow members of the NHS England and NHS Improving Quality teams to hear first-hand the benefits 7-Day Services offer for patients, carers and the public. Also at […]

A DEBATE on 7-Day Services held by the Health Service Journal’s online “Conversation” received no fewer than 6,118 contributions from 1,083 people. The keen interest in the debate goes to highlight what a major issue 7-Day Services is for the future of NHS England, its patients and key stakeholders. The online discussion, in which a […]

The NHS Services, Seven Days a Week Forum set up by NHS England earlier this year has reached a crucial stage in its work as it gathers evidence into how the NHS could move towards offering  patients better, safer and high quality health care every day of the week. Five work streams established by the […]