A £30,000 international challenge prize – the first of its kind – is up for grabs to innovators or organisations who can publish or present data on obesity in a new, exciting and useful way. The challenge, to promote innovation in open data, is being carried out in both England and the US and will […]

The UK celebrates Volunteers’ Week from today until 7 June in recognition of the invaluable contributions of people across all sectors 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, […]

Simplifying the patient journey and improving the patient experience are among the key priorities for NHS111. Dr Ossie Rawstorne, National Medical Adviser to NHS111, said as well as these aims, the ambition was for “the patient experience to be consistently good across the entire system”. Speaking at the NHS111 Focus on Futures event held in […]

More than 200 delegates are expected to attend the NHS111 Focus on Futures conference in Manchester today. They will hear about exciting new developments being planned for the service which already fields more than one million calls a month. Keynote speakers will include Beverley Bryant, NHS England’s Director of Digital Technology, who will focus on […]

A Patient Safety Alert has been issued by NHS England to raise awareness of the risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution. The alert has been issued as a result of incidents being reported to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS). The alert reiterates previous guidance and […]

Thursday 28 May 2015, NHS England, Southside London, at 10.30am. View a live stream of the board meeting Copies of the board papers have also been made available

A stage one alert has been issued to raise awareness of the risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution. Risk of death or severe harm due to inadvertent injection of skin preparation solution The alert has been issued as a result of incidents being reported to the National […]

NHS England produces a series of bulletins to help staff to communicate in an accessible and engaging manner. To keep them valuable and well read, we want your feedback. Let us know what you like and don’t like in this short survey and help us improve our communications with you. The survey closes at the […]

The next Board meeting will take place on 28 May 2015, Southside London, at 10.30am. If you would like to attend, please register your interest at 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 has today launched an updated Medicines Optimisation Dashboard to help CCGs improve and understand how well patients across the country are being supported to use their medicines. The dashboard brings together data and aligns it to various themes including patient safety, mental health, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, diabetes, antibiotic prescribing and community pharmacy. […]