In London, place will be the key enabling layer for developing the neighbourhood health service, and the INTs which will sit at its core, supported by our Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and regional infrastructure. Existing place partnerships will provide the leadership and local accountability for planning, delivering and evaluating improved population health and reduced inequalities. […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. It’s the first blog of 2014 and so I’d like to wish my reader(s) a Happy New Year. Your feedback A question was raised with us about membership of the Clinical Advisory Panel. The specific question was about representation for paediatric intensivists, but […]
Following the launch of A-EQUIP in April 2017, A-EQUIP one year on provides an implementation update and the Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) role. It is of relevance to midwives, student midwives, members of the multi professional team, providers of maternity services, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), The Care Quality Commission (CQC), Maternity […]
Case study summary Britley Oxford Terrace Primary Care Network (PCN) is made up of two practices in Gateshead Tyne and Wear serving a patient population of over 32 thousand. When the PCN volunteered to become one of the first in England to inoculate patients with a COVID vaccine, its transformation lead, who is a member […]
Case study summary Inspired by successful interventions in other Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services, iCope set about implementing their own approach, which they termed ‘recovery consultations’. Recovery consultations were born out of the idea that this was to neither take up already overburdened supervision time nor to be a target driven approach from […]
The NHS must be more responsive to the needs and wishes of the public, all of whom will use its services at some point in their lives. We need to ensure that public, patient and carer voices are at the centre of our healthcare services, from planning to delivery. Every level of our commissioning system will be informed by listening to those who use and care about our services.
These guides aim to support clinical commissioning groups and others to plan and deliver good patient and public participation. We should work jointly with communities to improve our NHS together.
The NHS Standard Contract is mandated by NHS England for use by commissioners for all contracts for healthcare services other than primary care. Where commissioners are placing new contracts with providers, they must now use these updated versions of the relevant Contract with immediate effect. A summary of the changes we have made to the […]
Leading change Midwives working in the North-West London Early Adopter (EA) project team led on a programme to implement a digital App in the 6 maternity units across the North-West London Local Maternity System. The EA project team are within the Acute Care Transformation Team, part of the North-West London Health and Care Partnership. The […]
General responsibilities General Financial Cyber and data security NHS England Set national strategic direction Provide strategic leadership for local commissioners Maintains Primary Care (GP) Digital Services Operating Mode. Delegates GP IT responsibility to CCGs GP IT assurance CCG Assurance Issues NHS England Financial Guidelines Funding Allocation Strategic direction for cyber and data security CCG […]
Our Vision is to use our transformation plan to locally redesign services to serve the needs of young people and their families across Coventry and Warwickshire that will; Provide stepped care through early help, prevention and crisis support to young people and their families to improve their health outcomes, resilience and reduce tier 4 bed […]