NHS England has today started recruitment to the latest addition to its specialised commissioning Clinical Reference Group (CRG) structure. The Specialised Commissioning Medicines Optimisation CRG will work across all 74 service-specific CRGs. One of its key roles, working with experts from around the country, will be to ensure that the systems and levers currently in […]

NHS England welcomes the report of the independent review headed by Baroness Julia Neuberger into end of life model of care – the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) published today. Jane Cummings, Chief Nurse, NHS England and Chief Nursing Officer for England said: “I would like to reassure everyone, particularly patients on the LCP and their […]

NHS England and NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC), as the independent collective voice of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and its representative body, have been working together to co-produce ways of working that support CCGs and NHS England. The ways of working flow from NHS England’s vision and purpose and are integral to the way NHS England […]

NHS England sets out call to action to staff, public and politicians to help NHS  meet future demand and tackle funding gap through ‘honest and realistic’ debate. NHS England has today called on the public, NHS staff and politicians to have an open and honest debate about the future shape of the NHS in order […]

NHS England has today published an interim national policy statement outlining its position on access to Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT), a form of radiotherapy which is used in the treatment of liver cancer. Previous commissioning arrangements for this treatment varied around the country and therefore the policy statement has been developed using a rapid […]

The NHS Services, Seven Days a Week Forum set up by NHS England earlier this year has reached a crucial stage in its work as it gathers evidence into how the NHS could move towards offering  patients better, safer and high quality health care every day of the week. Five work streams established by the […]

The health secretary has announced he is seeking views on a set of proposals to radically improve care for vulnerable older people. The proposals set out improvements in primary care and urgent and emergency care. They look at establishing ways for NHS and social care services to work together more effectively for the benefit of […]

Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment, are values essential to compassionate care.  And today Sir David Nicholson, NHS England’s Chief Executive re-enforced those core nursing values by launching the 6C’s online hub, on his visit to the Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the NHS. The 6Cs Live! Communication […]

The Mandate from Government was published in November 2012 and sets the objectives for NHS England for the period April 2013 to March 2015. It is now due for annual refresh for 2014-15 and DH has today launched a 12 week consultation on the proposed changes to the Mandate, with an aim to publish the […]

The data published today on the performance of NHS 111 in May 2013 showed the service continues to improve and is highly rated by those who use it – 92 per cent were very or fairly satisfied with their NHS111 experience.  Usage of the service continues to grow –in May there were 580,937 calls to […]