This update follows a joint statement issued in September 2014 when NHS England and PHE announced their plans to work together to test the feasibility of developing a national palliative care clinical dataset. The feasibility work involved a number of pilot sites trialling the dataset and feedback from these sites indicate that the dataset has […]
NHS England has today said it will continue to make sure everything possible is being done to ensure safe emergency care is being provided and to minimise the impact of the action. But it once again expresses regret for the disruption patients will face and the fact that thousands of planned procedures will have to […]
The National Congenital Heart Disease Audit has been published by The National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) and shows very good outcomes for congenital heart surgical operations as well as improvements in antenatal detection of infant heart problems. Responding to the audit, Michael Wilson, Programme Director for the Congenital Heart Disease Programme said: “NHS […]
The newly appointed National Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention looks at the challenges ahead: There is now growing acceptance across the NHS that we have to get serious about prevention. Why? Because year on year we are seeing a relentless rise in preventable illness that damages lives and threatens to break the NHS bank. […]
This document sets out the terms of reference for the Local Supervising Authorities (LSA) England Supervision Taskforce, established in January 2016. The taskforce has been established to oversee the development of a model and framework of midwifery supervision in preparation for when the recommended legislative changes to remove the regulatory aspect are enacted.
NHS England launched (04 April 2016) a 30 day public consultation on a number of proposed new products for specialised services (including service specifications and clinical commissioning policies), in an addition a 60 day public consultation has also been launched for the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy clinical commissioning policy. There has already been extensive […]
NHS England is making a series of new senior appointments, including a number of National Clinical Directors. We will introduce them in a series of blogs this week and here, Professor Chris Harrison, newly appointed as Cancer NCD, looks at what he sees as his main challenges: I am delighted to be joining the national […]
The NHS is introducing new ways of making care more effective and accessible. New legislation announced on 26 February 2016 will extend prescribing responsibilities to therapeutic radiographers and dietitians as well as enabling orthoptists to supply and administer some medicines without the need for a prescription. By enabling more health professionals to become involved in […]
This ‘standard integrated policy’ was one of a number of recommendations of the review by Sir Robert Francis into whistleblowing in the NHS, aimed at improving the experience of whistleblowing in the NHS. It is expected that this policy (produced by NHS Improvement and NHS England) will be adopted by all NHS organisations in England as a minimum standard to help to normalise the raising of concerns for the benefit of all patients.
The Director for Patient Experience, discusses the steps NHS England is taking to ensure primary care staff feel supported if raising safety concerns: There is no greater insight in the drive for NHS improvement than that gained by listening to patients, families and staff. It is now the norm for patients to be asked for […]