NHS England has today 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, which launches […]

The board meeting was broadcast live as part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible. You can view separate recordings of each agenda item below: Items 1 – 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8 Item 9 Items 10 – 12 Board papers View the agenda […]

NHS England is today setting out the latest measures it is implementing to help general practice cope with increasing demand – boosting GP numbers and tackling burnout as part of the General Practice Forward View. A nationwide, £19.5m NHS GP Health service will be introduced in January 2017, aimed at improving access to mental health […]

NHS England has today (05 October 2016) launched a 30 day public consultation on a clinical commissioning policy proposition for commissioning medicines in children.  There has already been extensive engagement on this national policy, it has been developed with the support and input of lead clinicians and patient and public representatives. This approach has helped […]

NHS England has today published new ratings providing a snapshot of how well different areas of the country are diagnosing and treating cancer and supporting patients. Based on data published over the course of the last two years,  the Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework provides an initial baseline rating for six clinical priority areas, including […]

A stage three alert has been issued to support NHS providers that supply medical air using medical gas pipeline systems (MGPSs) to reduce the risk of harm from oxygen tubing being connected to air flowmeters. Reducing the risk of oxygen tubing being connected to air flowmeters Supporting information for patient safety alert: Reducing the risk […]

The Information Flows paper was written to support medical governance and the Responsible Officer statutory function. The aim of the paper is to set out common legitimate channels along which information about a doctor’s medical practice should flow, describing the information which might apply and arrangements to support its smooth flow.  The paper also provides […]

NHS England has announced six pilot sites across the country to drive the design of new approaches to delivering children and young people’s mental health services and secure mental health services. The sites will be tasked with reducing psychiatric hospital admissions and time spent in hospital, putting an end to the practice of adults and […]

NHS England has announced six pilot sites across the country to drive the design of new approaches to delivering children and young people’s mental health services and secure mental health services. The sites will be tasked with reducing psychiatric hospital admissions and time spent in hospital, putting an end to the practice of adults and […]

NHS England today (29 September) published details of two more common frameworks for local health and care systems, organisations, communities and patients, wishing to develop and implement new ways of working. The documents are based on the learning so far from the primary and acute care system (PACS) and enhanced health in care homes vanguards […]