NHS England is today announcing three senior appointments to lead key aspects of its work implementing the NHS Five Year Forward View. All three posts were publicly advertised and filled following open competition. Pauline Philip has been appointed as National Urgent and Emergency Care Director. Pauline will provide national leadership to ensure the delivery of […]

A patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England to raise awareness of the importance of taking, recording and responding to vital signs where restraint has been used to manage a person’s behaviour if they are at risk to themselves or others. Healthcare professionals should follow existing guidance on positive interventions to reduce the […]

Doing nothing is no longer an option when it comes to clinicians embracing digital technology and information. That was the clear message from Beverley Bryant to the Sustainable Healthcare Conference staged at the King’s Fund. NHS England’s Director of Digital Technology told delegates: “There are two jobs: to put technology into the hands of patients […]

NHS England and the Department of Education have joined forces to launch a multimillion pound joint mental health pilot scheme for hundreds of schools. The Mental Health Services and Schools Link Pilots will test a named single point of contact in 255 schools and in 22 pilot areas, meaning more joined up working between schools […]

More than three-quarters (168) of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), in partnership with 132 local authorities, have submitted 66 joint Expressions of Interest to become part of the first phase of roll-out of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP). The bids were from single locations as well as clusters over larger areas. The NHS Diabetes […]

A thousand people every year in Durham will be offered a chance to change their lives and avoid developing Type 2 diabetes in a new scheme to target people at high risk. The Just Beat It programme sees people offered long term help with diet and high intensity exercise to reduce their chances of getting […]

A specialist from Durham’s trailblazing ‘Just Beat It scheme’ preventing hundreds of people from developing Type 2 Diabetes says ‘it’s about the mind-set not just numbers on the scales’. The Just Beat It! Team sees up to 65 regular clients a week across Durham and the surrounding areas, delivering education around lifestyle intervention and exercise […]

More than 2,000 people at high at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in Bradford have been given a helping hand to change their lifestyles in the first stages of a drive to improve health in the city. Over the last two years ‘Bradford Beating Diabetes’ (BBD) has contacted 2,300 people they knew to be […]

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: Please note: due to a technical issue the sound quality videos Item 4 and Item 5 has been affected.  If you have difficulty hearing the discussion, please turn on closed […]

Patients in England are on course to use online services offered by their local GPs to arrange more than 10 million appointments and order more than 15 million prescriptions in this financial year, NHS England’s digital lead revealed today (2 December 2015). Based on HSCIC activity figures six months into the year, it is also […]