NHS England today promised to lead a rethink of plans to improve children’s heart surgery in England following publication of an independent report on the Safe and Sustainable Review. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director for NHS England said: “We welcome the review and NHS England will now study its recommendations in full to learn […]
NHS England announced its vision today for an improved electronic patient referral service for the NHS, at the Commissioning Show in London. The vision for change will build on the existing Choose and Book system, aiming to transform it into an improved and expanded NHS e-Referral Service. This is part of NHS England’s commitment to […]
£150,000 dementia prize fund launched Frontline health and care professionals are being invited to bid for a share of the £150,000 NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia. The competition is open to anyone working in dementia care including GPs, specialist nurses, social workers, support workers, charities and patient support groups. £260 million technology fund to […]
The data published today on the performance of NHS 111 in April 2013 showed the service is steadily improving and is highly rated by those who use it – 92 percent were very or fairly satisfied with their NHS111 experience. Usage of the service is growing quickly. In April, there were 566,532 calls to the […]
Compassion in Practice Update Although it is only a month since we launched the Compassion in Practice Implementation Plans, there is already a great deal of positivity, enthusiasm and momentum building around the strategy and the 6Cs, which we have seen in countless areas of England as we have visited teams and attended events. There […]
Well good afternoon everybody. Yes. This is not a pre retirement do by the way, this is a real thing and I have been told I’ve got to keep my chimp in the back, whatever that means. But you’ll be able to judge how successful I am as we go through all of this. Well […]
NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have announced the start of a new procurement process for an expanded framework of services and solutions for GP practices. The new GP System of Choice (GPSoC) contract will build on the success of the existing contract that has been in place since 2007. […]
Transparency will be at the heart of NHS England’s transformation of customer services this summer and part of a revolution in patient care. That’s the view of NHS England’s National Director of Patients and Information, Tim Kelsey, writing on the NHS Voices blog ahead of the NHS Confederation 2013 conference later week. “For the transformation […]
NHS England has opened the second wave of recruitment for patient and carer members of its Clinical Reference Groups for 2013/14. For a full list of CRGs who are still recruiting members please follow the link below. CRGs are responsible for providing NHS England with clinical advice regarding specialised services, and for promoting equity of […]
The Care.Data Programme closed in 2016 NHS England has today published guidance for GP practices explaining how better use of anonymised patient information from general practice will help commissioners improve the quality, efficiency, and equity of health care services. The GP Technical Specification and its associated guidance was developed in partnership with the British Medical […]