The new care  models programme published the National Evaluation Strategy in May 2016. The strategy sets out our overall approach to both national and local evaluation of the new care model vanguards. Evaluation of the vanguards is at the heart of the national new care models programme, providing the robust results and learning that can […]

NHS England’s Personal Health Budget Team and the Integrated Personal Commissioning Programme are currently welcoming applications from patients, carers and families to join their Peer Leadership Academy for 2016/17. Run in conjunction with Peoplehub, the academy will provide an opportunity for people who have experience of social care personal budgets, personal health budgets, or joint […]

NHS England has today announced that a collaboration between Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University has been awarded a contract to oversee the treatment of patients with aHUS, a rare, progressive condition which can lead to renal failure. Atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (aHUS) is an extremely rare chronic condition which causes […]

The next Board meeting will take place on 26 May 2016, Southside London at 10.30am. If you would like to attend, please register your interest by emailing england.boardattendance@nhs.net and let us know if you have any additional requirements. Please note that members of the public are welcome to attend meetings of the Board – which although being […]

Doctors taking part in the first-ever Clinical Entrepreneur training programme will get together for the first time tonight (Monday) – and meet with the international entrepreneurs who will mentor them. Under the training programme, launched by NHS England’s National Medical Director Prof Sir Bruce Keogh at Health and Care Innovation Expo in September 2015, junior […]

Nominations are already flooding in for this year’s Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards. The awards, which are made to individuals, teams and organisations who demonstrate outstanding care for their patients, will be made on the first day of the Health and Care Innovation Expo 2016 being staged at Manchester Central on September 7 and 8. […]

Four mental health trusts almost doubled the number of people getting five key physical health checks during a pilot scheme now being shared for adoption across the NHS. Hundreds of patients with serious mental illness (SMI) were part of the two-year improvement programme to improve physical care in mental health inpatient units. This saw 86 […]

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Doctors taking part in the first-ever Clinical Entrepreneur training programme will get together for the first time tonight – and meet with the international entrepreneurs who will mentor them. Under the training programme, launched by NHS England’s National Medical Director Prof Sir Bruce Keogh at Health and Care Innovation Expo in September 2015, junior doctors […]

Tens of thousands of patients requiring chemotherapy could receive treatment closer to home under new plans set out by the health service today. Substantial savings are also expected to be reinvested in patient care over the next few years thanks to an NHS England programme led by specialist pharmacists to reduce variation in drug doses. […]