Would you like to help us with a user research project on our digital communications? We want to observe users performing tasks on the NHS England website and our other channels. You are invited to take part in these sessions (lasting just one hour) taking place in either Leeds on 8 June or London on […]

A stage one warning has been issued around the risk of death and serious harm from failure to recognise acute coronary syndromes in Kawasaki disease patients. Death and serious harm from failure to recognise acute coronary syndromes in Kawasaki disease patients More patients affected by Kawasaki disease in early childhood are now entering adult life […]

A copy of this press release is also available in easy read. People with a learning disability are being asked to contribute to new tests which will help improve NHS services ranging from dentistry to acute care, NHS England has announced today. The NHS Quality Checkers programme sees people with a learning disability employed to […]

A new framework to help improve patient care including avoiding unnecessary amputations and deaths in people with diabetic foot disease has been published. The report, by a host of the main organisations who care for people with diabetic foot disease, aims to make sure patients with acute diabetic foot disease receive high quality care wherever they […]

Following the Health Select Committee evidence session today, NHS England are publishing the technical briefing that sits alongside the Five Year Forward View financial assessment of the NHS.  

NHS England has announced it will recommission the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination programme in 2016/17, after nearly a quarter of a million more people benefited from vaccinations in a community pharmacy setting during the previous year. A total of 10,407,913 seasonal flu vaccinations were delivered in 2015/16. This included 240,259 additional patients who chose […]

Attributes of a medical appraisal vehicle, for consideration by appraisal vehicle providers

It’s that time again! The Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards will be three years old in September and this year it would be so fantastic for the awards to grow even bigger. Celebrating and rewarding colleagues in the NHS, who work incredibly hard every day to provide outstanding care to their patients, has an extremely […]

The Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards will again take centre stage at this year’s Health and Care Innovation Expo. 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 Expo 2016 being staged at Manchester Central on September 7 and […]

NHS England has launched a 30 day public consultation on two proposed new clinical commissioning policies for specialised services – specifically Rituximab for the treatment of Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome (PSS) in adults, and Rituximab in Connective Tissue Disease associated Interstitial Lung Disease in adults. There has already been extensive engagement on these policies. They have […]