In accordance with the Board decision, the agenda and papers from the NHS England Private Board meetings are being published one year after the meeting. Some papers may be redacted in line with the exemptions set out in the Freedom of Information Act. These documents relate to the board meeting conducted in November 2014.
Welcome to the second of my blogs about gender identity services, and the work being done by NHS England to improve the experience of people with gender dysphoria in the NHS. It has been good to receive feedback from people who have read the previous blog, and I hope that you have found my responses […]
Letter from Dr David Geddes: Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) Letter from Dr David Geddes to Heads of Primary Care: Avoiding Unplanned Admissions directed enhanced service practice results Letter from Dr David Geddes to all General Practitioners: For for Work NHS England (in conjunction with Monitor and TDA) has written to the system regarding resilience planning […]
A stage one alert has been issued to highlight the risk of falls from hoists. Risk of death and serious harm by falling from hoists The alert has been issued following patient safety incident reports that suggest existing Health and Safety Executive (HSE) advice on safely using hoists and providing training had not always been […]
This alert has been issued to highlight the risk of falls from hoists.
A joint patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England and the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to highlight the risk of falls from hoists. The alert has been issued following patient safety incident reports that suggest existing Health and Safety Executive (HSE) advice on safely using hoists and providing training had […]
Suzanne Rastrick has praised Allied Health Professionals for their response to this year’s NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes. NHS England’s Chief Allied Health Professions Officer got a very positive reaction to her last minute online and Twitter appeal last month for AHPs to enter the Prizes. “I am very pleased that our ‘digital call-to-action’ encouraged an […]
Two leading figures heading the 100,000 Genomes Project in Oxford have told how precision medicine is changing the way we approach treatment for cancer and rare diseases. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, Professor Richard Barker and Dr Anna Schuh, associate professor of molecular diagnostics at Oxford University and director of the Oxford NHS Genomic […]
People with a learning disability and/or autism* will be supported to lead more independent lives and have greater say about the support they receive under a national plan published today to radically improve learning disability services. Central to the progress set out by the plan over the next three years will be new, high-quality, community-based […]