Professor John Young, NHS England’s Director for Integration and Frail Elderly Care, today told a high-powered Westminster Health Forum that a new “Frailty Index” is needed to help improve services for older people. Professor Young told the seminar that better recognition of frailty as a long term condition is key to the future care of […]

Today, the second day of the conference, being staged at the Business Design Centre in London in conjunction with UCL Partners, was addressed by NHS England’s chairman Professor Sir Malcolm Grant who outlined the national perspective on long term conditions. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, National Medical Director was also taking part in a panel discussion, […]

Some of NHS England’s most influential figures are to take part in a high profile conference, The Future of Health, in London. The two-day conference, being staged by NHS England and UCL Partners  and being held at the Business Design Centre in London, will also feature some of the world’s leading experts on the care […]

The New Medicine Service (NMS) is being extended to 31 December 2013. The service provides extra support, advice and guidance through community pharmacies for patients that are newly prescribed a medicine for specific long-term conditions. The NMS was implemented as a time-limited service commissioned until March 2013 to improve medicine adherence and outcomes for patients. […]

Taking place from 3-4 October 2013 in London, this jointly run event between NHS England and UCL partners will set the pace of change for long term conditions, multimorbidity and integrated care. The Future of Health conference will act as a national platform for policy debate and sharing of successful practice.  It will be the […]