Three million patients have begun to access new apps, safety devices, online networks, and a host of other new technologies and services during the first nine months of a pioneering NHS programme. 68 NHS organisations are using one or more of 17 new innovations which aim to improve care by, for example, reducing clinical incidents, […]
In the second of a regular series of updates on NHS England’s work to transform care for people with a learning disability, NHS England’s Director of Transformation – Learning Disabilities, marks the beginning of work in every part of the country to achieve this ambition: We have seen significant increases in the number of people […]
Leeds Beckett University’s Professor of Healthy Communities gives her views on newly updated NICE guidelines on community engagement: I recently attended two national events for NHS Vanguards on Empowering Patients and Communities run by the Coalition for Collaborative Care (C4CC). What struck me was the tremendous commitment from everyone to making person-centred and community-centred health […]
This document is the National Variation template for the 2016/17 NHS Standard Contract.
This letter from Hilary Garratt, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England, asks for professional support from Independent Chairs of the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) to support the roll out of Child Protection Information Sharing (CP-IS) across the local community.
NHS England’s Chief Allied Health Professions Officer calls for maximum involvement as the AHPs Online Workshop on A Mandate for Change goes live: A week ago I told of plans to engage the Allied Health Professions to co-create and shape the vision for the future. Specifically, to form a national declaration, strategy and programme of […]
I’m pleased that Healthwatch England has been able to help NHS England develop its latest Quick Guide, aiming to support patients’ choices to avoid long hospital stays. Our 2015 Safely Home report amplified more than 3,200 voices – gathered with and through the local Healthwatch network – to show what happens when hospital discharge goes […]
Welcome to my latest blog on the implementation of the national Congenital Heart Disease review. I hope you find these updates useful; I’d really welcome any comments or questions you may have. New standards: assurance The new standards for CHD services took effect in April 2016. As I explained in my last blog a process […]
Guidance from NHS Shared Business Services on the implementation of the new rejection mechanism in the Integrated Single Finance Environment (ISFE) system.
This letter from Ming Tang provides an overview of the introduction of a new mechanism within the Integrated Single Finance Environment (IISFE) system, which will identify suppliers who submit Personal Confidential Data (PCD) for invoice validation purposes.