As we continue to listen to the public sharing their experiences of care provider healthcare professionals with rich insight, Shelley, a parent and educator, and Fixers UK, a charity for young people using their past to fix the future, have worked together to create a powerful film sharing how challenging a stay in neonatal and […]
A major drive to help people stay well this winter is being launched today (Thursday) by Public Health England and NHS England. It kicks off with a national flu vaccination programme for children, which this year seeks to help over three million 2-6 year olds, as the programme is extended to children in school years […]
Delivery of NHS 111 and General Practice Out of Hours services are to be brought closer together to provide patients with a “new front door” to urgent health care services. The new service will offer patients improved access to a new 24/7 urgent clinical assessment, advice and treatment service – bringing together NHS 111, GP […]
A ‘passport’ style brief of key facts that children and young people using mental health services can use to help them avoid repeating their history and preferences is launched today (Thursday 15 Oct). The ‘passport’ idea, which includes clinical information as well as key personal preferences, has been developed by young people, parents and carers […]
This letter provides non-mandatory guidance on Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) measures 2a-Sepsis screening and 2b-antibiotic administration.
This framework has been developed to support the commissioning of community nursing in response to the NHS Five Year Forward View.
NHS England is supporting a campaign led by Tinder Foundation to help the 9.5 million people currently lacking basic digital skills in the UK to get online to improve their health. Get Online Week takes place this year from 12-18 October and aims to show tens of thousands of people how being online can benefit their […]
NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens has today announced the appointment of three frontline NHS leaders to strengthen NHS England’s work on primary care, drive improved cancer services, and lead the commissioning of specialised hospital services. Announcing these appointments in a speech at the Kings Fund, Simon Stevens said: “These exceptionally high calibre new appointments […]
NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Cancer, Sean Duffy, looks again at the report of the Independent Cancer Taskforce and some key areas for early progress: In my last blog I reflected on the strategic priorities laid out by the Independent Cancer Taskforce report in July, their relevance to our work, and how we need […]
The theme for this year’s Chief Nursing Officer’s Summit will be ‘Leading Change and Creating Value’. The Summit, to be staged in Birmingham on 1 and 2 December 2015, will be attended by up to 500 senior nurses, patient representatives, academics and other Arm’s Length Bodies involved in shaping the future of health and care. […]