“Look after yourself this winter. If you know someone who is frail or elderly or has a serious health problem, then help look after them too. Help or encourage them to go to their pharmacy or GP before one problem leads to another and they end up in hospital.” Senior clinicians at NHS England today […]
The Sheffield University study took place in the original four pilot NHS 111 areas and its results were used to design the current service. However, the study is now significantly out of date and is not directly comparable to the current 111 service. NHS 111 provides a good service to the public and more people are […]
CCGs have expressed the need for support in the decision making process around whether to make, Share or Buy their commissioning support services. NHS England has responded to this through the creation of a Make, Share, Buy toolkit to enable CCGs to make informed decisions around what and from whom they access Commissioning Support. Through […]
The National Medical Director of NHS England today proposes a fundamental shift in provision of urgent care, with more extensive services outside hospital and patients with more serious or life threatening conditions receiving treatment in centres with the best clinical teams, expertise and equipment. Sir Bruce Keogh is publishing a report on the first stage […]
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 3 Items 4 and 5 Item 6 Item 7 Items 8 and 9 Item 10 Item 11 Items 12 to 14 Board papers View the agenda and […]
Sir Malcolm Grant, Chair of NHS England, today welcomed the refreshed Mandate from the Government on behalf of the organisation. “NHS England welcomes the refreshed Mandate. One of the objectives of the Government’s health reforms was to release the power of clinical leadership at all levels within the NHS and to distance the Government from […]
The NHS 111 data for September 2013 published today shows NHS 111 continues to provide a good service to the public and more people are getting access to the service. 93 percent of the population of England now have access to NHS111. The data also shows that even more calls were answered promptly with 97.1 […]
View the live stream here Friday 8th November at 10:00am – at NHS England, Rivergate House, Newbury Business Park, Berkshire, RG14 2PZ
7 November 2013 – 14:18 NHS England’s National Director for Patients and Information Tim Kelsey will deliver the keynote address at the Health 2.0 Europe conference, taking place in London for the first time on the 17-19 November 2013. Tim will share the benefits of the Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards Technology Funding and his vision […]
Patients, clinicians and other key stakeholders are being encouraged to give their views on the future of specialised health services, and how they are to be provided by the NHS over the next five years. NHS England is inviting patients, patient groups, commissioners, clinicians and others to a special event in December as part of […]