Over 9 million Londoners will now be able to book routine GP appointments in the evening, at the weekend and over bank holidays as London becomes the first area to offer everyone improved access to GP services. The scheme, which is funded by NHS England’s GP Forward View, will provide an additional 75,000 appointments each […]
Devolution will bring health and care services closer together The NHS in London will be incentivised to sell unused land and buildings, with money reinvested in health and care, community and public services Surplus land will be available to develop more housing A ground-breaking devolution deal that will lead to improvements in health and care […]
NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK have teamed up with leading providers from the tech sector as the battle against Type 2 diabetes goes digital – with around 5,000 people expected to benefit from the launch of a new pilot project, including over 1,500 here in London. London will host two of the […]
Issued Sunday 17 September 10:45AM The receiving hospitals for the incident at Parsons Green are Imperial, Chelsea and Westminster, Guy’s and St Thomas’ and St George’s. There were 30 patients received by London hospitals. London Ambulance took 19 patients to hospitals, and the others self-presented (London Ambulance’s full statement). Receiving Trust Number of patients received Number […]
A spokesperson for NHS England (London) said: “NHS reforms are clearly working in London, because despite continued population growth, emergency hospital admissions last year rose by only 0.4% – much less than across the rest of the country. There is wide agreement about the need for expanded prevention and out-of-hospital care, but new safeguards are […]
The NHS in London is collaborating with partners across the capital to combat shortages in nursing. The CapitalNurse Programme is a project of collective action between directors of nursing and HR directors from service providers, NHS England, Health Education England, NHS Improvement, education providers, Sustainability and Transformation Plans, trade unions and professional organisations who have […]
As we prepare for the August bank holiday, NHS England (London) is sharing important information ahead of the three day weekend, including how Londoners can access health services if they need them. Although not every GP practice will be open on the bank holiday, Londoners have access to a range of services through out of […]
Below are the second wave supported London sites of Clinical Pharmacists in General Practice. Please note that this list is subject to change. The deadline for the third wave of applications is 29th September 2017. Supported site CCG King’s Health Partners and Hurley Clinical Partnership NHS Lambeth CCG, NHS Southwark CCG, NHS Lewisham CCG, […]
NHS England (London) has announced its new Medical Director for Primary Care and Digital Transformation – Dr Jonty Heaversedge. Dr Heaversedge is a well-known and respected GP with nearly two decades of experience, including teaching and training GPs and medical students, working for many years as a GP Partner in an inner city practice in […]
Issued at Monday 19 June 13:00PM A spokesperson for NHS England (London) said: “Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the appalling incident at Seven Sisters Road in Finsbury Park earlier this morning. We are working closely with emergency services and all organisations involved. While there are robust measures in place to manage major incidents, […]