The Informatics Services Commissioning Group (ISCG) would like to invite people to join its discussions to influence the commissioning of all health and social care information and technology services. On Tuesday 21 January the ISCG will meet patients, service users, carers, and a range of organisations to get direct feedback before their official meeting in […]

Patients with schizophrenia will on average die 14.6 years earlier, bipolar 10.1 and patients with schizoaffective disorder eight years earlier than the general population. They are dying of the same conditions as the general population but have the life expectancy of people living in the 1950s. As the Department of Health launches its Mental Health […]

NHS England will next week launch its first national public-awareness campaign in a bid to persuade people not to store up health problems and to seek advice early. The eight-week campaign – called The earlier, the better – starts on Monday 20 January and aims to help nip health problems in the bud and reduce unnecessary […]

The next Board meeting will take place on Friday 24 January at NHS Southside, London. Start time is 10.00am. 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 to attend meetings of the […]

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 17 January 2014

NHS England is to host its biggest event of the year with the Health and Care Innovation Expo 2014. To be staged on March 3 and 4 at Manchester Central, Expo is expected to attract thousands of delegates, all of whom want to bring about changes in health and care. Expo will be lively, engaged […]

NHS England are running a number of webinars over the next couple of weeks to support local areas with their Better Care Fund (BCF) plans. 17 January 2014, 10.00 – 11.00: LGA Toolkit 17 January 2104, 14.00 – 15.00: Competition Workshop (MONITOR) 17 January 2014, 15:00-16:00: General 21 January 2014, 10:00-11:00: Pricing 22 January 2014, […]

The Department of Health announced on 4 January 2014 that an extra £25 million of funding for mental health nurses and other mental health professionals to work with police stations and courts so that people with mental health conditions and substance misuse problems get the right treatment as quickly as possible with the aim to […]

There are just a few days left to enter NHS England’s Excellence in Participation Awards. The Awards celebrate the outstanding contributions of people and organisations across the country that are transforming people’s lives, improving health and care services and putting patients, service users, carers and communities at the very heart of health and care. If […]

The Patient and Public Voice Assurance Group (PPVAG) is an NHS England committee and is accountable to the NHS England Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group.  PPVAG will help NHS England put the patient and carer perspective at the heart of commissioning, including working together on plans, advising, and offering constructive challenge. NHS England is seeking a […]