Sir Bruce Keogh has praised the media for its “honest and open debate” on the issue of seven day services. NHS England’s medical director spoke out after the Sunday Times claimed victory in its campaign for seven day services to be introduced across the country. Under the headline “Seven-day NHS on the way”, the newspaper […]

Public Health England has published the Cold Weather Plan for England for 2013. The plan aims to prevent avoidable harm to health, by alerting people to the negative health effects of cold weather, and enabling them to prepare and respond appropriately. The Plan, developed in partnership with NHS England, the Local Government Association and the […]

NHS England has today [25 October 2013] welcomed regulatory intervention from the health watchdog Monitor that sees the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Trust, King’s Lynn (QEH), placed under special measures. Monitor’s findings are endorsed fully by NHS England, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and partner organisations. The findings of a Rapid Response Review, which was led […]

NHS England is committed to giving CCGs practical support in gathering data, evidence and tools to help them transform the way care is delivered for their patients and populations. Working with Public Health England and NHS Right Care, NHS England has provided every CCG with a comprehensive data pack to support effective ‘commissioning for value’. […]

The NHS 111 service is stable and improving, NHS England said today. It issued an update on the organisations that are to replace NHS Direct, currently one of the providers of NHS 111 services. NHS Direct has had some difficulties in providing these services and decided in agreement with NHS England that it would withdraw […]

Simon Stevens has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of NHS England, Chairman Professor Sir Malcolm Grant announced. Simon, who has 26 years’ experience in healthcare management at frontline and national level both in England and internationally, will take over from Sir David Nicholson on 1 April 2014. The appointment of the new chief […]

Since being established NHS England has been seeking and developing ways to put patient participation at the heart of its decision-making. Lord Victor Adebowale,  Ciaran Devane  (Non-Executive Directors) and Tim Kelsey (National Director for Patients and Information) are leading the way in exploring a new model for participation in NHS England. Two development days are […]

The Care.Data Programme closed in 2016 NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) today set out the next steps to raise public awareness about care.data – a programme that will use information to improve the safety and care of patients. NHS England, together with the Health and Social Care Information Centre, […]

NHS England is pleased to announce the appointment of a new National Clinical Director by the Medical Directorate at NHS England, Lesley Boswell, RMN, RGN, RHV, MA Medicine, Law and Ethics, MA Public Sector Management is the new National Clinical Director for Rural and Remote Care. At the NHS Commissioning Board’s Medical Leadership Conference in […]

The NHS 111 data for August 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 calls were answered promptly with 94.1 percent of […]