As NHS England announces moves to ensure core standards of quality and sustainability apply across all specialist services, Will Huxter explains how patients with complex, sometimes life-threatening congenital heart disease, will benefit: In my recent blogs, I have provided updates on the self-assessment process which we have been undertaking with CHD providers, reviewing their compliance […]
Today NHS England and NHS Improvement announce three key appointments to help transform how the NHS uses technology and information. The creation of these roles reflects recommendations in the forthcoming review on the future of NHS information systems by Dr Bob Wachter. Rather than appoint a single chief information and technology officer, consistent with the […]
As the NHS treats more patients than ever before, new data shows the majority of people are increasingly positive about their GP care – with more than 85 per cent rating their overall experience of their GP surgery as good. The GP Patient Survey 2016 compiled responses from more than 800,000 people across the country […]
Children in England suffering from a rare form of muscular dystrophy should soon be able to access the only drug for their condition after a ground-breaking agreement was reached between NHS England and the manufacturer. NHS England and the manufacturer, PTC Therapeutics, have successfully negotiated a managed access agreement (MAA) for ataluren (brand name Translarna) […]
Friends and Family Test (FFT) gives patients the opportunity to submit feedback to providers of NHS funded care or treatment, using a simple question which asks how likely, on a scale ranging from extremely unlikely to extremely likely, they are to recommend the service to their friends and family if they needed similar care or treatment. Data on all these services is published on a monthly basis.
Enhanced Supportive Care is a new initiative aimed at addressing more fully the needs of cancer patients – in particular, preventing and managing the adverse physical and psychological effects of cancer and its treatment. In his second blog for NHS England, National Clinical Lead for the programme, Dr Richard Berman, welcomes the rollout of the […]
This document outlines our objectives to 2020.
An innovative programme to improve the care and experience of patients with incurable cancer is being rolled out across the country. ‘Enhanced Supportive Care’ was developed by specialists at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and will now be used by at least 21 more cancer centres across England, supported by incentives from NHS England. The […]
This document includes an updated set of NQB expectations for nursing and midwifery staffing to help NHS provider boards make local decisions that will deliver high quality care for patients within the available staffing resource.