The whole of the UK is being urged to get behind a campaign to help the NHS reach number one in the charts this Christmas while supporting healthcare charities at the same time. “A Bridge Over You” performed by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust’s choir celebrates the work of NHS staff across the country. The […]

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, all 32 CCGs, all 33 borough councils, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens and Public Health England’s Chief Executive Duncan Selbie have today signed landmark agreements to transform London’s health and care by devolving powers and funding back to […]

NHS England (London) has launched its annual report on patient and public participation and engagement for 2014/15. The report outlines how patients and the public have been involved in our commissioning processes and decisions across our organisation, from steering London’s Pharmaceutical Services Regulation Committee to improving cancer services in the capital and more. Regional Chief […]

NHS England (London) has today (25 November) pledged £30,000 to the Survivors Trust, to set up a reference group of survivors of sexual abuse who will play a lead role in shaping how health and care is delivered in the capital. The Survivors Trust is a UK-wide national umbrella agency for 141 specialist organisations for support […]

A pharmacy in West London has delivered the 125,000th flu jab in London this winter – making it the highest flu vaccination rate the capital has ever seen. NHS England London welcomed the milestone but also urged others to have the jab as soon as possible before flu strikes, pointing out that thousands more people […]

Healthy London Partnership, a collaboration between all London CCGs and NHS England London region, has today set out in its report how London’s urgent and emergency care services will become coordinated, consistent, clear and available seven days a week. View the document: Coordinated, consistent and clear urgent and emergency care. Once implemented it would mean […]

Shaping a Healthier Future is the programme to reshape hospital and out of hospital health and care services in North West London. North West London has a growing and ageing population, and at present, specialist care is too thinly spread over too many sites and some facilities are inadequate. A major public consultation on the […]

A year ago, Lord Darzi published the visionary Better Health for London report which along with the NHS’ Five Year Forward View set out aspirations for improving the health of Londoners and making the capital the healthiest city in the world. Now, one year on, the London Health Board- made up of NHS England (London), […]

Pregnant London women have the lowest participation rate in the free whooping cough vaccination programme, according to figures released by NHS England (London) recently. Dr Catherine Heffernan, Principal Advisor for Early Years, Immunisation and Vaccination Services for NHS England (London), said: “The vaccination is safe and effective, reducing the risk of whooping cough by 90% […]

Mental health and wellbeing is receiving more attention than ever before in the media and from politicians. This is in no small part thanks to the work of mental health charities such as Mind and Rethink and their successful Time to Change campaign, encouraging people to talk about their mental health with the aim of […]