NHS England’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on 18th September 2014 It will take place in the Churchill room, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE NHS England is holding its second Annual General Meeting on 18 September 2014 at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre, starting at 17.30 with registration […]
NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens was interviewed live on Jeremy Vine’s BBC Radio 2 programme today. The NHS chief featured on the segment of the show entitled ‘What Makes Us Human?’ He read a piece he had penned entitled: “What makes us human? –The pursuit of health and the capacity to care.” Following the […]
NHS England has issued the following statement in response to an article in the Independent today (Saturday 6 September), which claims the NHS ignored offers of therapy at a Czech proton clinic. A Spokesperson from NHS England said: “The NHS has secured adequate capacity in established high quality international proton beam treatment centres. These have […]
NHS England, the Local Government Association, Think Local Act Personal and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services today (Thursday) formally invite health and social care leaders to help build a new integrated and personalised commissioning approach for people with complex needs. Integrated Personal Commissioning is a new voluntary approach to joining up health […]
A patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England to continue to raise awareness of sepsis and to signpost clinicians in the ambulance service, primary and community services and secondary care to a set of resources developed by the UK Sepsis Trust, and others. These resources support the prompt recognition and initiation of treatments […]
A stage one warning has been issued to continue to raise awareness of sepsis and to signpost clinicians in the ambulance service, primary and community services and secondary care to a set of resources developed by the UK Sepsis Trust, and others. Resources to support the prompt recognition of sepsis and the rapid initiation of […]
A stage one warning has been issued by NHS England as part of its work to improve the quality and timeliness of communication with primary and social care when patients are discharged from hospital. Risks arising from breakdown and failure to act on communication during handover at the time of discharge from secondary care Review […]
A patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England as part of its work to improve the quality and timeliness of communication with primary and social care when patients are discharged from hospital. NHS England is asking organisations for information about their current local practices and challenges that will help form a national picture […]
NHS England today (Friday) praised NHS staff for referring and treating an increasing number of patients for cancer as more people step forward for treatment early. Publishing the latest statistics on cancer waiting time standards, it said a welcome rise in referrals and treatment rates had put pressure on hospitals. It announced the creation of […]
NHS England’s Clinical Director for Mental Health, Geraldine Strathdee has welcomed the launch of a new mental health resource which describes what personalised, coordinated care and support looks like. Mental health services should consider “who I am, what’s important to me, how I wish to be supported and how people behave with me” – according […]