The NHS must change if it is to survive and remain sustainable. That was the blunt message from NHS England’s chief executive Sir David Nicholson to the Health and Care Innovation Expo today. “We need to put systems in place that make change happen,” he told a packed audience. “This is a matter of survival […]
NHS England’s new Youth Forum has already seen its first success in demonstrating the power of speaking with one voice on the issues that matter most to young people. Officially launched today at the Health and Care Innovation Expo being held at Manchester Central by NHS England’s medical director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, with the […]
Delegates at Health and Care Innovation Expo 2014 were treated to a fascinating insight into the world of self care. Asking the question, ‘Is self care revolutionary or just rhetoric?’, a panel of leading experts explored the changes required across health care to manage the major growth in long-term conditions and to develop and implement […]
The Care.Data Programme closed in 2016 Transparency and information were the buzz words at the first session to be held on the Living Room stage at this year’s Innovation Expo. Tim Kelsey, NHS England’s National Director for Patient and Information, told the audience ‘Can we be sure our health and care system is safe?’ that […]
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 […]