Capital hosts four of the 27 areas in England in the first wave of sites ready to offer the world’s first nationwide Diabetes Prevention Programme. Londoners at high risk of Type 2 diabetes will be invited to join a programme helping them avoid developing the condition as a new national scheme launches in London. These […]

A proposal by four Southwark GP practices to merge into one partnership has been approved by healthcare commissioners, creating London’s biggest GP practice. The Aylesbury Partnership, Bermondsey and Lansdowne Medical Mission, Princess Street Group Practice and the Walworth Partnership already serve over 60,000 patients across eight sites. The aim of the merger is to give […]

Hong Tan, Head of Health in the Justice System at NHS England London, has become one of two UK representatives for the international EU- PROMISE (Promoting child-friendly multi-disciplinary and interagency services) programme. PROMISE brings 15 European countries together to commit to developing and implementing child-friendly, multidisciplinary and inter-agency services for child victims and witnesses of […]

NHS England has published its first ever pan-London service specification for special care patients, to ensure patients receive high quality consistent care across the capital. The new specification will mean eligible patients will be able to choose where in the capital they want to go for their care, regardless of which borough they live in. […]

In the latest in our series of blogs about #primarycare month – an NHS England (London) campaign to promote and publicise the many exceptional things going on in primary care across the capital – Donal Markey, talks about his new role and how community pharmacy has changed: It is week eight in my role as […]

NHS England London has appointed a new Regional Lead for Dentistry, Optometry and Pharmacy in London. Donal Markey has responsibility for the strategic commissioning of NHS services across all community pharmacies, dental practices and community optometry practices in the capital. He will also lead on the commissioning of all acute, community and urgent care dental […]

#primarycare month is an NHS England (London) campaign to promote and publicise the many exceptional things going on in primary care across the capital. Primary care is an absolute priority for the NHS, and especially for London. Working with the Healthy London Partnership, strategic clinical networks and other key groups throughout March, we aim to shed some […]

#primarycare month is an NHS England (London) campaign to promote and publicise the many exceptional things going on in primary care across the capital. Primary care is an absolute priority for the NHS, and especially for London. Working with the Healthy London Partnership, strategic clinical networks and other key groups throughout March, we aim to […]

#primarycare month is an NHS England (London) campaign to promote and publicise the many exceptional things going on in primary care across the capital. Primary care is an absolute priority for the NHS, and especially for London. Working with the Healthy London Partnership, strategic clinical networks and other key groups throughout March, we aim to shed some […]

A small number of GP Practices across London have contracts which are about to expire in 2016. A tendering process is underway to find organisations to run them for the next 5 to 10 years. Engagement with patients and other local stakeholders is an important part of this tendering process. NHS England wrote to all […]