In advance of the Community pharmacy seasonal influenza vaccination advanced service re-commencing on 1st September 2016 NHS England is today releasing the service specification and accompanying Patient Group Direction (PGD)  for use by pharmacy contractors who wish to take part in this service. This will enable individual pharmacists to finalise completion of the Declaration of […]

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and NHS England are working with Marie Stopes International to make sure that patients are protected from potential harm when undergoing pregnancy terminations. Following CQC’s inspections of Marie Stopes International’s services and its corporate headquarters in England, the regulator has raised concerns about the provider’s corporate and clinical governance arrangements […]

The NHS is kick starting a new programme that will each year help an extra 30,000 new or expectant mums who experience serious mental ill health, offering them the right care at the right time in a bid to reduce even further the rare tragedies that can occur when it is left untreated. As a […]

A stage two alert has been issued to support NHS providers in diagnosing, treating and managing acute kidney injury. Resources to support the care of patients with acute kidney injury This alert has been issued to raise awareness of acute kidney injury (AKI) and to signpost clinicans to a set of resources developed by Think Kidneys. These resources […]

Since September 2015 the national Personal Health Budgets Delivery Team has been running a support programme for professionals working in clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The programme is aimed at helping CCGs to plan and provide personal health budgets locally, in order to meet national ambitions for expansion and to ensure more people benefit from greater […]

Annual data for Patient Reported Outcome Measures shows patients who have undergone elective inpatient surgery for four common elective procedures – hip and knee replacement, varicose vein surgery and groin hernia surgery – are reporting significant health gains. The National Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Programme began in 2009 and today’s publication of data marks […]

NHS England has today (10th August) launched a 45 day public consultation on a proposed clinical commissioning policy proposition on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. There has already been extensive engagement on this policy and it has been developed with the support and input of lead clinicians and patient and public representatives. This approach has […]

NHS England has announced the appointment of one of the country’s top urgent and emergency care consultants, Dr Clifford Mann, as Clinical Lead for the Accident & Emergency Improvement Plan, as well as 40 of the nation’s leading doctors to drive reform of specialised services. Dr Mann – the outgoing President of the Royal College of […]

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 Items 9 – 11 Board papers View the agenda and board […]

Starting this month and taking place throughout autumn/winter 2016, the national Personal Health Budgets Delivery Team are offering a series of half day courses, Personal Health Budgets Essentials, aimed at health and social care professionals and covering the fundamentals of personal health budgets. There are national ambitions to support more people to benefit from greater […]