NHS England has today (Friday, 25 May) launched a six week public campaign to raise awareness of new stronger protections for patient information. The NHS and social care uses citizen’s information to improve individual care, reduce unnecessary tests, speed up diagnosis, plan local services and research new treatments. Today, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]

Over 12 million people will soon benefit from better joined up NHS and social care as four more areas, covering four and a half million extra people, are today (Thurs) given more control to improve local services. NHS England chief Simon Stevens and Ian Dalton, head of NHS Improvement, have called on the NHS to […]

Today was the first public board meeting in common for NHS England and NHS Improvement where we agreed a new way of working, and discussed how local NHS services can better work together and the NHS’ 2018/19 operating plan. The National Health Service is turning 70 on 5 July 2018. Over the last seven decades […]

Professor Jane Cummings has announced that she will be retiring from the role of Chief Nursing Officer for England after more than six years in the role, and nearly 40 working in the NHS. She has recommended to the Board that the Chief Nursing Officer should be the executive nurse lead for both NHS England […]

Today was the first public board meeting in common for NHS England and NHS Improvement where we agreed a new way of working, and discussed how local NHS services can better work together and the NHS’ 2018/19 operating plan. The National Health Service is turning 70 on 5 July 2018. Over the last seven decades […]

The next NHS England Board meeting will take place on 24 May 2018 from approximately 10.45am at Skipton House, 80 London Road, London, SE1 6LH. If you would like to attend, please register your interest by emailing england.boardattendance@nhs.net and let us know if you have any specific requirements. Please note that members of the public are welcome to attend meetings of the Board – which […]

Doctors and nurses will be able to reduce unnecessary patient tests and improve safety through better working between hospitals and GPs and social care. New partnerships will be introduced giving health and care staff better and faster access to vital information about the person in their care, so they can determine the right action as […]

A senior paramedic’s light-bulb moment that has cut A&Es visits from “frequent callers” by up to 90 per cent is being rolled out across the country. The High Intensity User programme was the brainchild of Rhian Monteith, who was working as an advanced paramedic in Blackpool when she noticed that a very small group of […]

NHS teams across England have today (Friday 18 May) announced the individuals and teams they have chosen as regional champions in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday. The champions – including NHS porters, volunteers, patients, chief executives and local council health teams – will now vie with each other for a national award […]

The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health set out clear recommendations on suicide prevention and reduction, and made a commitment to reduce suicides by 10% nationally by 2020/21. Alongside this, Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt announced a zero suicide ambition for mental health inpatients in January of this year. In 18/19, local communities that […]