Patients under the care of a suitably trained and qualified Dietitian, Orthoptist or Therapeutic Radiographer will shortly be able to access some of their medication without visiting a doctor, thanks to changes in legislation. Following an announcement today by George Freeman MP, Minister for Life Sciences, patients will have timely access to the medicines they […]

A new training pack has been launched today to help reduce the stigma and discrimination sometimes experienced by people when using mental health services. NHS England has worked with Time To Change, England’s biggest programme to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination, to develop and fund a project which aims to better understand the dynamics of relationships between […]

Taking place on Thursday 25 February 2016, NHS England, Southside, London, at 2pm. View a live stream of the board meeting Take a look at the board papers

Current alert level: Level 3 – Cold Weather Action Issued at: 08:18 on Wed 24 Feb 2016 There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather between 09:00 on Wednesday 24 Feb and 09:00 on Friday 26 Feb in parts of England. More details about the weather alert are available on the MET Office website.

The NHS 2015 Staff Survey is published today and shows significant improvements in a number of key areas despite the rising demands on staff and services. The survey was carried out between September and December 2015 across 297 NHS organisations. 299,000 staff responses were gathered, approximately a quarter of the permanent NHS workforce in England, […]

Maternity services in England must become safer, more personalised, kinder, professional and more family-friendly. That’s the vision of the National Maternity Review, which today (Tuesday) publishes its recommendations for how services should change over the next five years. The NHS England commissioned review – led by independent experts and chaired by Baroness Julia Cumberlege – […]

NHS England has today (22 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 […]

Ms Wendy Becker and Ms Michelle Mitchell have been appointed by the Secretary of State for Health as Non-Executive Directors of NHS England for four years from 1 March 2016. Wendy Becker is currently Deputy Chairman of Cancer Research UK, a non-executive director of Whitbread plc and a trustee of the Prince’s Trust. She was […]

The next Board meeting will take place on 25 February 2016, Southside London at 2pm. 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 […]

NHS England, the Government, and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee have reached agreement on changes to the GP contract in England for 2016/17, to take effect from 1 April 2016. The new contract will see an investment of £220 million for 2016/17 – part of this will provide a pay uplift of one […]