At the NHS Confederation conference on Thursday 4 June 2015, the seven principal national health bodies published Five Year Forward View: Time to Deliver. Time to Deliver is primarily a tool for NHS managers. It looks at the progress made to date towards delivering the Five Year Forward View, and sets out the next steps we […]

The recently established Mental Health Taskforce has received an astonishing response to its call for the views of service users, their families and professionals who work in mental health. As he talks at the NHS Confederation annual conference in Liverpool today, Paul Farmer, the independent chair of the mental health taskforce and Chief Executive of […]

One of the key challenges for the health and social care system over the next five years is how to support effectively the growing number of people who have more than one long term condition or other need. How to meet this challenge will be the subject of an address being given to the annual […]

All this week we are running a series of blogs from dedicated people who give up their time free as health and care volunteers. The blogs mark the Volunteers’ Week celebrations in recognition of the invaluable contributions of people up and down the country. The week acknowledges and says “Thank you” to the millions of […]

NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens today (Weds) announced in a speech at a major health conference that Devon would be one of three areas in England where local health and care organisations worked together to make improvements for patients as part of the new Success Regime. The NHS Five Year Forward View, published last […]

The head of NHS England today (Wednesday) issued a clarion call to health care leaders to redesign the care of patients across the NHS so that it is sustainable for the future and better able to meet the needs of patients. Speaking to delegates at the NHS Annual Conference in Liverpool, Simon Stevens set out […]

All this week we are running a series of blogs from dedicated people who give up their time free as health and care volunteers. The blogs mark the Volunteers’ Week celebrations in recognition of the invaluable contributions of people up and down the country. The week acknowledges and says “Thank you” to the millions of […]

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: Items 1-3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8 Items 9-12 Board papers View the agenda and board papers

There are almost 100 entries for this year’s Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards. The awards, to be staged for the second successive year at the Health and Innovation Expo 2015, will see 98 nominees fighting it out for the prizes – up from 80 entries last year. Judges are already saying the leap in the […]

The UK is celebrating Volunteers’ Week in recognition of the invaluable contributions of people who offer up their time. The week acknowledges and says “Thank you” to the millions of people who give freely of their time, skills and expertise to volunteer in our health and care services, as well their own communities, to help […]