The spotlight will be turned on the Friends and Family Test next week (14 to 18 March) in an initiative aimed at boosting the number of people giving feedback on their NHS care and treatment. There will be a five-day mini-campaign across England with a range of promotional activities in the community – such as […]

NHS centres leading the 100,000 Genomes Project are to feature as part of Healthcare Science Week. The national event, which runs from March 11 to 20 as part of British Science Week, offers a unique opportunity to go ‘behind the scenes’ of many hospital labs and scientific facilities. It’s a chance to find out first-hand […]

The NHS in England is step up its efforts to improve the health of its 1.3 million staff by offering financial incentives to support their heath and provide them with healthy food options. Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS England, said he hoped that more employers from public and private sectors would follow the […]

NHS England has today (04 March 2016) launched a 30 day public consultation on a number of proposed new products for specialised services, (including service specifications and clinical commissioning policies). There has already been extensive engagement on these national specifications and policies. They have been developed with the support and input of lead clinicians and […]

Current alert level: Level 2 – Alert and Readiness Issued at: 0936 on Thu 3 Mar 2016 There is a 70 % probability of severe cold weather, with heavy snow for a time, between 2100 on Thursday 03 Mar and 0900 on Monday 07 Mar in parts of England. More details about the weather alert […]

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Maternity services have been invited to bid for money from a new Challenge Fund aimed at finding innovative ways to use patient feedback to improve services. Emails with full details have gone out to chief executives of all trusts inviting them to put in their bids to be among the two to four projects that […]

More than 5,500 delegates expected at Manchester Central for Sept 7 & 8. An array of inspirational speakers is being lined up for Health and Care Innovation Expo 2016 – the most significant health and social care event of the year. They will include NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens, the Director of New Care […]

The head of NHS England will today announced plans to create ten NHS-supported ‘healthy new towns’ across the country, covering more than 76,000 new homes with potential capacity for approximately 170,000 residents. Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, will use a speech to the Kings Fund in London to name the sites that form NHS England’s Healthy […]

NHS England has today (26 February 2016) launched a 30 day public consultation on a number of proposed new products for specialised services, (including service specifications and clinical commissioning policies). There has already been extensive engagement on these national specifications and policies. They have been developed with the support and input of lead clinicians and […]