I’m feeling both inspired and optimistic about the once in a generation opportunity that has been created by NHS IMPACT (Improving Patient Care Together) to mainstream improvement across our NHS in England. I have been privileged to join several forums recently where Professor Sir Chris Ham has both presented the findings published in his recent […]
The NHS is setting out how it will increase national uptake of lifesaving vaccinations, ensuring millions more people receive protection against a range of diseases. Published today, the ambitious NHS vaccination strategy will outline how getting vaccinations will be made easier than ever before, including through expansion of the NHS App, ‘one stop shops’ and […]
The NHS (pharmaceutical and local pharmaceutical services) regulations 2013 (the 2013 regulations) set the legal framework for the commissioning of pharmaceutical services in England by (integrated care boards (ICBs)). In particular they set out: the requirements for the publication of pharmaceutical needs assessments by health and wellbeing boards, the maintenance of lists of contractors who […]
For all of my 21 years as a clinical leader, I’ve spent time trying to create the systems and galvanising colleagues to use improvement methodologies in order to improve outcomes for patients. In April 2023, Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive of NHS England, launched NHS IMPACT (Improving Patient Care Together) – the new single, shared approach to improvement. […]
The NHS is set to introduce a new genetic blood-matching test for thousands living with sickle-cell disease or thalassemia that could reduce painful side-effects of transfusion treatments. As it marks its 75th year, the NHS is to become the first healthcare system in the world to provide blood group genotyping – a detailed DNA analysis […]
NHS England has published its Chief Midwifery Officer for England’s strategic plan for research. This strategic plan sets out a framework for developing and investing in research activity across the NHS in partnership with others. The vision for maternity and neonatal services is to provide safer and more personalised care for women and their families […]
NHS IMPACT will support delivery of clinical and operational excellence, helping to develop the leadership and organisational capacity, capability and infrastructure to create the conditions for improvement. It will also deliver a small number of centrally led national programmes to drive adoption and local adaptation of operational processes and clinical pathways that are proven to […]
A growing body of evidence tells us that autistic people are, sadly, more likely to experience poor health outcomes relative to the rest of the population. For example, they are more likely to experience poor mental and physical health and often have difficulties accessing good care. In NHS England we want to change this. That […]
This section of the website is aimed at colleagues supporting medium and long term planning of NHS and care services at a system level. There are resources available to help start your demand and capacity journey as a system, and understand fundamental principles and modelling approaches to enable healthcare system transformation. What’s your role and […]
The NHS has opened two new gambling addiction clinics – one in Stoke and one in Southampton – as new figures show that the number of people seeking help increased by over two-fifths in a year. New NHS figures published today show referrals for treatment for gambling addiction were up 42% between April and September […]