A letter from Professor Jonathan Benger, National Clinical Director for Urgent Care, to Phillip Dunne regarding the Ambulance Response Programme Clinical Coding Trial.

NHS England has today (10th August) launched a 45 day public consultation on a proposed clinical commissioning policy proposition on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. There has already been extensive engagement on this policy and it has been developed with the support and input of lead clinicians and patient and public representatives. This approach has […]

NHS England has today published an interim national policy statement outlining its position on access to Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT), a form of radiotherapy which is used in the treatment of liver cancer. Previous commissioning arrangements for this treatment varied around the country and therefore the policy statement has been developed using a rapid […]

The Data Saves Lives strategy, published summer 2022, set out how NHS data could bring benefits to all parts of health and social care – from care on the frontline to pioneers driving cutting-edge research. As part of delivering the strategy, NHS England’s Data for Research and Development Programme is investing in the NHS Research […]

The NHS has appointed Dr Sue Mann, a consultant and lead for women’s health in City and Hackney, North East London, as its first ever national clinical director for women’s health In her new role, Dr Mann will help implement the Women’s Health Strategy alongside supporting the roll out of women’s health hubs across England. […]

There are more black and minority ethnic (BME) staff in senior positions in the NHS than at any point in its history, according to an annual report into race equality across the NHS. The NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) for 2023 shows ethnic minority representation at very senior manager (VSM) pay bands has risen […]

The Medicines Procurement and Supply Chain (MPSC), part of our Medicines Value and Access Directorate, is responsible for buying and securing the supply of medicines prescribed in NHS hospitals in England. Medicines framework agreements Working with a wide range of stakeholders, the MPSC manages a number of Medicines Framework agreements that define how we ensure […]

A former greengrocer has described how an NHS apprenticeship “truly changed” his life and set him on the path to becoming a nurse. At the start of National Apprenticeship Week, Steven Jewell, aged 42, who left school at 15 with no qualifications, told how he recently completed the Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeship and now works […]

The NHS IMPACT baseline for improvement was completed in August 2023 and collected a rapid and measurable overview of improvement across the entire NHS, including NHS England national and regional teams. By focusing on resources and methodologies, the Baseline for Improvement acted as an initial ‘needs assessment’ enabling informed decisions and to identify areas of […]

NHS staff faced the busiest week for ambulances so far this winter with more than 93,500 arriving at hospitals to hand over patients, alongside significant performance improvements. New weekly data shows that extensive winter NHS planning is continuing to pay off, with hours lost to ambulance handover delays more than halved compared to last year, […]