The countdown has begun to NHS Change Day 2015 on March 11. Chief Executive Simon Stevens made this year’s first pledge telling staff who gathered at Skipton House in London he would: “Help drive through change for people with learning disabilities”. He added: “I fully support this campaign which is a remarkable social movement for […]

NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens today responded to the Francis report on whistleblowing. In the report entitled ‘Freedom To Speak Up?’ Sir Robert Francis QC, who led the inquiry into Mid-Staffordshire, recommends: A “Freedom to Speak Up Guardian” to be appointed in every NHS trust to support staff, particularly junior members. A national independent […]

Guide is part of joint ‘Working with communities – empowerment, evidence and learning’ project A new guide from NHS England and Public Health England has identified how local government and the NHS have important roles in building confident communities to improve health and reduce inequalities. The guide states the move to a new health system, […]

Children and young people are set to play a more active role in deciding which mental health outcomes are most important to them. The move comes as NHS England today announces seven sites across the country chosen to develop Patient Centred Outcome Measures (PCOMs) for children and young people with a range of health conditions. […]

Health innovators from home and abroad have just over two weeks left to apply to be part of the NHS Innovation Accelerator programme. NHS England in partnership with The Health Foundation and UCL Partners is inviting healthcare pioneers from around the world to apply to develop and scale their tried and tested innovations across the […]

The NHS Friends and Family Test has reached a memorable milestone by gathering its five millionth piece of feedback from patients. Launched less than two years ago in April 2013, FFT has allowed millions of patients to give invaluable feedback on their experiences of care and treatment in services throughout the NHS. It has quickly […]

Current alert level: Level 1 – Winter preparedness and action Issued at: 0835 on Sun 8 Feb 2015 Temperatures/weather conditions are not expected to exceed Cold Weather Alert threshold criteria in any region from 08/02/2015 09:00:00 until further notice. More details about the weather alert is available on the MET Office website.

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 to 4 Item 5 Item 6 Items 7 to 8 Items 9 to 11 Board papers View the agenda and board papers

NHS England is working with the Department of Health to showcase some of our health visiting development work and the difference improved services are making to new parents and children. Health visitors play a crucial role in ensuring children have the best possible start in life and provide a vital link between individual and community […]

A stage one warning has been issued to raise awareness of the need for proper storage and management of thickening powder used as part of the treatment of people with dysphagia (swallowing problems). Risk of death from asphyxiation by accidental ingestion of fluid/food thickening powder The thickening powder is added to foods and liquids to […]