NHS England is today (Tuesday 18 March) publishing the first set of quarterly data prompted by the Winterbourne View Concordat aimed at getting better care for people with learning disabilities, autism and behaviour that challenges. Where someone is admitted to hospital the priority from the start should be rehabilitation and returning home. Following the Winterbourne […]

NHS England has been considering the short term future of the new medicine service (NMS), in discussion with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee. It has been agreed that the NMS will be extended to run throughout 2014/15, subject to the outcome of the evaluation. Should the evaluation results fail to confirm a positive impact, the […]

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 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Items 6 to 7 Item 8 Item 9 Items 10 to 11 Board papers View the agenda and board papers

The alert recommends changes to strengthen clinical governance arrangements, and the identification of medication safety officers (MSOs) and multi-professional groups to review medication error incidents and improve medication safety locally. Improving medication error incident reporting and learning Improving medication error incident reporting and learning – supporting information Patient safety alerts are shared rapidly with healthcare […]

One year into implementation, medical revalidation is delivering value, but more needs to be done to maximise benefits in the future, according to a report published today by the NHS Revalidation Support Team (RST). The Early Benefits and Impact of Medical Revalidation report summarises research carried out in 2013-14 on the early benefits and impact […]

This weekly summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check report 14 March 2014

At the System Leaders Forum on Tuesday 11 March Sir David Nicholson led the way in making his commitment to advancing equality and tackling health inequalities by signing a Statement of Declaration. By signing the declaration he has pledged to champion change on bringing together the equality and health inequalities agenda and raise ambition at […]

A  report recommending greater clarity around how obesity care in England is commissioned in the future has been published – Report of the working group into: Joined up clinical pathways for obesity. It aims to support more equitable access to obesity and weight management services, including obesity surgery, across the country. NHS England and Public […]

NHS England has developed some bite-size guides to support patient and public participation in the NHS. These guides are linked to the Transforming participation in Health and Social Care guidance (published September 2013). The guides have been developed with partners and by reviewing good practice in each area. They aim to support Clinical Commissioning Groups […]

NHS England will today (13 March 2014) publish a report into the children’s heart services provided at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Leeds review investigated issues raised about the safety and quality of care at the trust. A significant amount of work has been undertaken to establish an accurate picture of the services provided, […]