The Future of Health Conference 2014 is set to continue the debate started by the NHS Five Year Forward View published last month. Patients, healthcare professionals and the public will be given an opportunity to have their say on what the future of health care should look like. There will be a people’s panel, made […]

NHS England is seeking people’s views on proposed changes to the shape of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT) services across the country. SRS and SRT are forms of radiotherapy used to treat patients with intracranial conditions such as brain tumours. NHS England took on responsibility for commissioning these services in April 2013 and […]

Today (Friday 31 October) NHS England announced that Chief Dental Officer, Barry Cockcroft CBE, has decided to step down in early 2015. NHS England’s National Medical Director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, said:  “Barry has made a huge contribution to dental health during his time as Chief Dental Officer, especially with the production in 2007 of […]

The NHS will today launch its national public awareness campaign in a bid to persuade people to seek advice early from their local pharmacist if they are ‘feeling under the weather’. The campaign, ‘feeling under the weather’ has been launched to encourage people, particularly older people and those with existing respiratory conditions, to nip health […]

The next Board meeting will take place on 6 November 2014, Leeds, at Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UE starting at 09.45am. 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 […]

GPs can now bid for a share of £100m in the second wave of The Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund, improving access to GP services for patients. From today, practices are eligible to bid against the fund by working with peers to develop proposals for improving and extending patient access to services. Priority will be given to […]

The review into children’s heart surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust concluded today (28 October) with the publication of the final two reports, undertaken by an independent investigation agency Verita. NHS England’s deputy medical director, Dr Mike Bewick, paid tribute to all those who have contributed to the process, which was begun following the voluntary, […]

Based on a two year data collection from 11 sites covering both adults’ and children’s services, NHS England is developing a currency for palliative care which focusses on patient need. The aim of the work is to provide a transparent basis for palliative care commissioning NHS England’s initial thoughts on the currency model have been published […]

The NHS is at a crossroads and needs to change and improve as it moves forward. That was the message from NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens today as a Five Year Forward View for the NHS was launched. As the Forward View document was published, Mr Stevens told an audience of key stakeholders: “Healthcare […]

NHS England is pleased to announce the appointment of a new National Clinical Director for Innovation, Professor Tony Young PhD, FRCS (Urol). As National Clinical Director (NCD), Professor Young’s role will provide clinical leadership and support in delivering improved health outcomes across the five domains of the NHS Outcomes Framework. In particular Tony will focus […]