The purpose of this Technical Definitions document is to describe the activity indicators in Delivering the Forward View: NHS Planning Guidance For 2016/17-2020/21 and to set out for each measure definitions, monitoring, accountability and planning requirements.
The purpose of this Technical Definitions document is to describe the indicators in Delivering the Forward View: NHS planning guidance 2016/17 – 2020/21 and to set out for each measure definitions, monitoring, accountability and planning requirements.
A letter from Rosamond Roughton, Director of NHS Commissioning which provides an update on the wheelchair service improvement programme and progress so far in three of our priority areas; creating a national dataset, personalising wheelchair services and supporting commissioners.
NHS England welcomes concerns, compliments and complaints as valuable feedback that will help us learn from your experiences and make improvements to services we commission. Make a complaint to NHS England You can complain or give feedback: By post to: NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT By email to: england.contactus@nhs.net, stating ‘For the attention […]
NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (NHS Arden & GEM CSU) is carrying out a market engagement exercise on behalf of NHS England for the provision of services aimed at Improving GPs’ Access to Mental Health Support. They’d like to hear back from potential providers by 24 February. This follows a Procurement Prior […]
Today is Time to Talk Day – dedicated to getting the nation talking openly about mental health problems and putting an end to the misconceptions that can prevent people seeking help. In the hope that his story will help others, war veteran Neil Davies has chosen to share his experience of coming to terms with […]
The board meeting was broadcast live as part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible. You can view separate recordings of each agenda item below: Items 1 and 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Items 7 to 8 Board papers View the agenda and board papers
The Chair of the soon-to-be-published National Maternity Review explains how it will transform care for women, babies and their families across the country: The Maternity Review is steadily drawing to its close, and we will soon publish our report on services in England. During this process I have met inspiring women, midwives, and doctors up […]
Definition of a biosimilar medicine A biosimilar medicine is a biological medicine which has been shown not to have any clinically meaningful differences from the originator medicine in terms of quality, safety and efficacy. Where NICE has already recommended the originator biological medicine, the same guidance will normally apply to a biosimilar of that originator. In an era of […]
This is an annual data collection, now in its fifth year. The purpose of the audit is to improve intermediate care services for older people by providing benchmarked information on service models, spend, activity, workforce and, importantly, outcomes. It has been highly successful in previous years and CCGs and providers of intermediate care services are […]