A presentation by Fiona Spencer of Manchester Royal Eye Hospital on behalf of the The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, delivered in May 2016.

This framework supports Clinical Commissioning Groups to make informed decisions about what is good value for the populations they serve and provide more consistent, high quality, integrated care. It also addresses inequalities in access and outcomes between hearing services.

The President of the British Society for Rheumatology calls for “all hands on deck” to tackle rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: I am very excited to be serving the British Society of Rheumatology (BSR) as its President – a role I took up just two months ago. Our members are front-line clinicians, nurses and allied health professionals […]

This document has been prepared to support local health economies develop and implement their local primary care engagement plans for the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP).

The purpose of this paper is to provide clarity to local health economies with regards to the new NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) and existing Weight Management Services (WMS), in terms of person eligibility,
referral options and delivery.

Behavioural insights refer to an approach that uses knowledge of how and why people behave to encourage positive behaviour change within populations or sub-populations. It is often implemented by making low cost changes to the physical and social environment, including digital and communications, rather than through training, marketing or guidelines.

We asked Behavioural insight to develop some supporting guidance for providers and commissioners on achieving and improving uptake, retention and behaviour change with the application of behavioural insights.

NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Cancer looks at the work being done to support the ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign launched yesterday in conjunction with the Department of Health and Public Health England: Through the latest Be Clear on Cancer campaign we are encouraging people who get out of breath doing things they used […]

List of Outcomes and Proposed Key Performance Indicators for Children’s Services as of July 2016.

Number of people with hearing loss of at least 25 dBHL in each CCG area, using 2019 ONS projections.

Number of people with hearing loss of at least 25 dBHL in each CCG area, using 2014 ONS estimates.