GP access will be a touchstone for demonstrating how the NHS is doing in the future. That’s the view of Ros Roughton, Director of NHS Commissioning, who today outlined the future for seven day services and primary care. Speaking at the Health and Care Innovation Expo 2015 in Manchester, Ros explored the challenges facing GPs […]

Bringing the Future NHS Stage to a close, NHS England Chair Sir Malcolm Grant chaired a session with Life Sciences Minister George Freeman MP and Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh discussing the imperative the NHS faces to embrace innovation, and the concerted work going on across the NHS to do so. Discussing the power that […]

Thousands of people in mental health crisis have been able to access the urgent care they need quickly and directly thanks to a flagship £1million crisis helpline in the North East. People with mental health issues, who might previously have attended A&E, have been able to use a single telephone number set up by Northumberland, […]

“Hear our voice and act on what we say” was the call today from the NHS Youth Forum. They told the Health and Care Innovation Expo 2015 in Manchester they want to do all they could to help the NHS make services better. Discussing the successes and challenges of services for children and young people […]

NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme has been described as a ‘mouth-watering opportunity for public health’ by the President of the British Medical Association. Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the former Children’s Commissioner, was speaking at the Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester and highlighted the potential the scheme has to help young people. “This […]

One of the world’s leading cancer doctors says avoiding disease is key to lowering healthcare costs – with patient education and data the untapped NHS tools of prevention. Dr David Agus, who is Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of Southern California as well as a New York Times bestselling author and CBS news contributor, […]

More than £90,000 is up for grabs for fresh ideas to help address England’s biggest healthcare challenges in the second wave of this year’s NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes. The Innovation Challenge is a key part of the drive to embed innovation across the NHS, which includes the NHS Innovation Accelerator and Test Bed programmes and […]

Dr Kate Granger says the Compassionate Care Awards named after her will be her legacy to the NHS. In a moving interview, Dr Granger, who has terminal cancer, told of her pride for the awards which stemmed from her #hellomynameis campaign launched two years ago. She presented the Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards for the […]

Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, today called on the nursing, midwifery and wider clinical professions and the public to engage with the development of a strategy to follow ‘Compassion in Practice’. Speaking at the Health and Innovation Expo 2015 conference in Manchester, she said: “We want to build this vision from what people […]

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson has hailed an NHS programme aimed at improving the lives of wheelchair users but warned there is still more to be done. Chairing a discussion on wheelchair services at the Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester, Dame Tanni said: “I got involved in improving wheelchair services as I am a wheelchair […]