Today, the Secretary of State for Health launched a new campaign to make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world, building on the recommendations of the Berwick Advisory Group. The campaign has set out a three-year shared objective to save 6,000 lives and halve avoidable harm as part of our journey towards ensuring […]

A patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England on the risk of harm relating to interpretation and action on Protein Creatinine Ratio (PCR) results in pregnant women. The alert has been issued to all NHS services involved in ordering, processing, issuing and receiving urinary protein measurements in pregnancy. Read the full patient safety […]

The NHS take another step forward in its commitment to openness and transparency today as nurse, midwife and care staffing data down to ward level is published for the first time. The information is available in one place on a new safety section on NHS choices alongside a range of other information including safety reporting, infection control, blood […]

An alert on the risk of harm relating to interpretation and action on Protein Creatinine Ratio (PCR) results in pregnant women. Patient safety alert on risk of harm relating to interpretation and action on PCR results in pregnant women The alert has been issued to all NHS services involved in ordering, processing, issuing and receiving […]

The chair of NHS England Professor Sir Malcolm Grant today welcomed the appointment of three new non-executive directors. Professor Sir John Burn, Noel Gordon and David Roberts have been appointed by the Secretary of State as non-executive directors of NHS England, with effect from 1 July 2014, for a period of four years. They join […]

The launch of the new Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Networks (MHDNIN) represents a “revolution in information”. That is the view of Dr Geraldine Strathdee, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Mental Health, who said: “I am absolutely delighted to be part of this launch which marks the culmination of many months of partnership […]

Technology to make life easier and safer for dementia patients NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns, has welcomed the Alzheimer’s Society launch of its dementia-friendly technology charter, helping people with dementia live at home for longer. The charity has created a landmark guide improving access to life-changing technology including products and […]

Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England have issued  a patient safety alert (17 June) temporarily advising against the use in the home of birthing pools with built-in heaters and recirculation pumps, potentially filled up to two weeks in advance of the birth. This follows a single case of Legionnaires’ disease identified in a baby […]

Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England have issued  a patient safety alert (17 June) temporarily advising against the use in the home of birthing pools with built-in heaters and recirculation pumps, potentially filled up to two weeks in advance of the birth. This follows a single case of Legionnaires’ disease identified in a baby […]

We are opening the doors of NHS England’s Patients and Information Directorate to the public (and anybody else who wants to find out more about what we are doing) today, with four simultaneous and web-linked events across the country. We are live streaming the open house event today, starting between 9:30 and 10:00am. For more […]