Chair of the Maternity Transformation Programme and Chief Executive of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Sarah-Jane Marsh has today announced seven local areas who will be taking forward the recommendations set out in Better Births. The Early Adopter sites, which have been carefully chosen by a selected panel, will test a range of […]

Current alert level: Level 1 – Winter preparedness and action Issued at: 12:41 on Wed 9 Nov 2016 Temperatures/weather conditions are not expected to exceed Cold Weather Alert threshold criteria in any region from 09/11/2016 12:00:00 until further notice. More details about the weather alert are available on the MET Office website.

A patient safety alert has been issued on the safe use of injectable phenytoin. Risk of death and severe harm from error with injectable phenytoin Injectable phenytoin is used to slow and stabilise erratic electrical brain activity in, for example, status epilepticus, which is a life-threatening medical emergency. It is a particularly complicated drug to […]

NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens has today announced details of proposed new action to cut obesity and reduce the sales and consumption of sugary drinks sold in hospitals. England would become the first country in the world to take action across its health service in this way. A formal consultation launched today gives details […]

Current alert level: Level 2 – Alert and Readiness There is a 60% probability of heavy snow between 1100 on Tuesday 08 Nov and 1200 on Wednesday 09 Nov in parts of England. More details about the weather alert are available on the MET Office website.  

As Mencap’s Learning Disability Work Experience Week kicks off, the number of NHS organisations pledging to employ more people with learning disabilities has hit 100, with NHS England calling on more trusts and hospitals to join the growing list. The pledges have already led to ten new work experience placements which will begin this week […]

A national campaign to help people prepare for winter weather has been launched today by NHS England and Public Health England. The message is to Stay Well This Winter and to encourage people most at risk from cold weather, including those with long-term health conditions and the over 65s, to prepare for the lower temperatures. […]

Current alert level: Level 2 – Alert and Readiness Issued at: 08:43 on Mon 07 Nov 2016 There is probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 1100 on Tuesday 08 Nov and 1100 on Wednesday 09 Nov in parts of England. More details about the weather alert are available on the MET Office website.

On 13 October 2016, NHS England launched a consultation on four related policies that describe how NHS England will make decisions on funding for treatments that are not currently routinely commissioned. The four policies are: in-year service developments, individual funding requests, funding experimental and unproven treatments, and continuing funding after clinical trials. The public consultation […]

Health education leaders in England are calling for the country’s most innovative and forward-thinking junior doctors to apply for a unique national training programme. Integrated Clinical Entrepreneur Training, developed and managed by NHS England and Health Education England, is designed to keep the most forward-thinking, entrepreneurial clinicians within this country, bringing the benefit of cutting-edge […]