NHS England has today issued an update on the industrial action by junior doctors that is taking place during 26 and 27 April. In the period of industrial action on 26 April 2016 (which includes the full withdrawal of emergency cover by junior doctors), the earliest available data, reported as at 0900hrs, indicates that 78% […]

The NHS is pulling out all the stops to minimise the risks to the quality and safety of care during this week’s strike, NHS England has said. NHS England asked all trust boards across the country to provide assurance that they have adequate plans in place to manage the impact of the strike, focussing on […]

The head of NHS England today (Thursday) sets out a multi-billion plan designed to get general practice back on its feet, improve patient care and access, and invest in new ways of providing primary care. Publishing a General Practice Forward View – developed with Health Education England and in discussion with the Royal College of […]

A stage two resource alert has been issued around patient safety incident reporting and responding to patient safety alerts. Patient safety incident reporting and responding to patient safety alerts On 1 April 2016 the statutory patient safety functions previously delivered within NHS England transferred to NHS Improvement. These functions are the responsibility for: operating the […]

The Chief Executive of Central and North West London NHS FT (CNWL), Claire Murdoch, has been appointed by Simon Stevens as the new NHS National Mental Health Director. NHS England’s independent Mental Health Taskforce chaired by Paul Farmer of MIND recently published its report setting out a vision and costed improvement plan for mental health […]

Three million patients have begun to access new apps, safety devices, online networks, and a host of other new technologies and services during the first nine months of a pioneering NHS programme. 68 NHS organisations are using one or more of 17 new innovations which aim to improve care by, for example, reducing clinical incidents, […]

Richard Barker, Interim National Director of Commissioning Operations and Information, said: “While it was pleasing to see improvements in Referral to Treatment Times and Diagnostic Waiting Times compared with last month, in A&E we really are now seeing the effects of the delayed flu spike which peaked in February and March this year compared with […]

All England Appraisal Network: Lead Appraiser’s Conference 2016 This was held on two dates and locations: 23 February 2016 – Metropole Hotel, Leeds 1 March 2016 – Human Rights Action Centre, London Material from both days, including plenary, workshop and seminar sessions is available for delegates here.

The revolutionary 100,000 Genomes Project has taken another step forward as a new NHS Genomic Medicine Centre (GMC) recruited its first patient to the programme. The ground-breaking 100,000 Genomes Project, launched by the Prime Minister in 2012, will transform diagnosis and treatment for patients with cancer and rare diseases and drive forward improvements in the […]

NHS England has today launched a 30-day consultation on a proposed method to support decision-making on relative prioritisation in specialised commissioning. Each year, a significant number of proposals are put to NHS England for investment in new drugs, medical devices or interventions for use by specialised services in England. NHS England has to make difficult […]