The leaders of the national health and care bodies in England have set out steps to help local organisations plan over the next six years to deliver a sustainable, transformed health service and to improve quality of care, wellbeing and NHS finances. Called Delivering the Forward View, the NHS planning guidance for 2016/17 – 2020/21 […]
2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance The 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance focusses on the recovery of our core services through continuous improvement in access, quality, and productivity, whilst transforming the way we deliver care and create stronger foundations for delivery in the future 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance Elective recovery fund technical […]
Welcome to my second blog on congenital heart disease. As you know we are now the Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) commissioning and implementation programme, so our work is no longer about reviewing. Our focus now is on what needs to happen to meet the new CHD standards and make them a reality. We continue to work […]
What is supported self-management? Supported self-management means increasing the knowledge, skills and confidence a person has in managing their own health and care by putting in place interventions such as: peer support, self-management education and health coaching. Peer support happens when people with similar long-term conditions, or health experiences, come together to support each other, […]
In the latest of a series of blogs on Personal Health Budgets, mother Angela Lane explains how they come with their challenges but working through the teething problems is well worth it: My daughter Cherry has Rett syndrome, which is a rare condition that affects brain development and causes physical and mental disability. We have […]
Article amended, 3 December 2015, to correct an error in paragraph 18. A ‘groundswell of commitment and energy’ will help transform children and young people’s mental health services (CYPMH), a top NHS official will tell England’s Chief Nurses. Karen Turner, NHS England’s Director of Mental Health, will outline some of the changes expected to CYPMH […]
In the latest of our series of blogs marking World Antibiotic Awareness Week, Sally Kingsland, NHS England (London) Clinical Quality Manager and Infection Prevention and Control Lead Nurse, and Lauren Mosley, NHS England Patient Safety Systems and Liaison Manager, examine the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance: Sally Kingsland: As lead nurse for infection prevention and […]
NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens today called for bold action on prevention, the redesign of care and efficiency to help the NHS through the most challenging period in its history. In his first speech since the general election – and sharing a platform with the Prime Minister – Mr Stevens said: “We’ve just come […]
Digital technology has the power to change the relationship between patients and their GP practices in the same way that it has changed our relationships in other areas of life, such as managing our finances or shopping. Patients have been telling us that they want to be offered more choice and control in how they […]
GP online services are designed to support GP practices to offer and promote online services to patients. These services include: booking and cancelling of appointments ordering of repeat prescriptions viewing of their GP record (which includes coded information about allergies, immunisations, diagnoses, medication and test results). When we communicate with patients we use the term […]