NHS England’s Medical Director has challenged patients, NHS staff, industry leaders and politicians to radically change the way they deal with healthcare services. Making the first key speech of the NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh said everyone involved in the NHS had to play their part in making sure the […]

More than 320,000 pledges have poured in for NHS Change Day. Delegates at the Health and Care Innovation Expo being staged at Manchester Central were encouraged to add their own pledges as Change Day was officially launched. They helped push the total number of pledges to improve care for people towards the target of 500,000, […]

Despite the awful weather conditions, nothing was going to stop members from getting to the inaugural meeting of NHS England’s Youth Forum, ahead of its formal launch on 3 March 2014 at the Health and Care Innovation Expo 2014 at Manchester Central. Filmed by a crew from The Reporters Academy, 14 young people, aged from 14 […]

In support of the government’s dementia promise announcement today NHS England has commissioned two free services on NHS Choices for people who have been diagnosed with dementia and their carers. The first is an email service. People who subscribe to this service will get six emails – one each week – giving them access to […]

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 28 February 2014

Visitors to NHS England’s Health and Care Innovation Expo on 3 and 4 March will be able to see the latest healthcare technology in action in the ‘Entrepreneur Zone’. The Zone will feature around 30 exhibitors including several small organisations and innovators, many of whom will be launching new services and delivering demonstrations for the […]

Two hundred applications, nine categories, the Excellence in Participation Awards 2014 celebrate the outstanding achievements made by those who go out of their way to make positive changes to health and social care. Hosted by TV presenter, June Sarpong, the presentation ceremony will take place on Monday 3 March at 6PM as part of NHS […]

The next Board meeting will take place on Thursday 6 March at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Congreve Room, Quarry Hill, Leeds. Start time is 09.30am. 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 […]

Publication of updated guidance on Prescribed Connections to NHS England.

A new report published today by the Surgical Never Events Taskforce has made a series of recommendations for new standards and systems to further improve the safety of surgery in English hospitals. In response, NHS England has committed to identifying practical ways to take forward the report’s recommendations to eradicate never events from surgical procedures. […]