Having a job is one of the most effective ways to stay healthy – if we can keep people in work they can be productive as a workforce and live more fulfilled and happy lives. That’s why in Greater Manchester we’ve put a huge emphasis on helping people stay in work or get back to […]
As Southbank Centre busily prepares for its first ever Creative Health conference, to launch the inaugural national Creativity and Wellbeing Week, its Director of Arts Administration explains why the UK’s largest arts centre is bringing together people from the worlds of art and health: Improving people’s health and wellbeing isn’t just the preserve of the health and social […]
A specialist nurse and independent care sector programme lead outlines her personal journey working together with partners to develop and deliver excellent residential and domiciliary care across Nottinghamshire. Since I qualified as a nurse in 2013, I’ve used my five years of previous experience of working in residential and domiciliary care to support other staff […]
The 2018 WRES data for healthcare arm’s length bodies (ALB) organisations is the second publication, since the WRES was mandated for NHS trusts and other healthcare providers. ALBs are not required to implement the WRES and report data against its indicators; however, in the spirit of transparency and continuous improvement, Care Quality Commission, Health Education […]
See a full structure of Who’s who at NHS England. Non-executive directors NHS England’s non-executive directors are: Chair Richard Meddings Richard Meddings joined the Board of NHS England as Chair in March 2022. From 2002 to 2014, Richard was a Group Executive Director at Standard Chartered, and Group Finance Director for eight years. Prior to […]
In 2018 the government published a draft Domestic Abuse and Violence Bill to improve protection for victims, linking to the broader work of the Home Office on Violence Against Women and Girls. The consultation set out the government’s commitment to tackling domestic abuse, at every stage from prevention through to rehabilitation, and to make domestic […]
Leading change Midwives working in the North-West London Early Adopter (EA) project team led on a programme to implement a digital App in the 6 maternity units across the North-West London Local Maternity System. The EA project team are within the Acute Care Transformation Team, part of the North-West London Health and Care Partnership. The […]
Our ambition for respiratory disease The NHS Long Term Plan set outs the ambitions for the NHS over the next 10 years, identifying respiratory disease as a clinical priority. It outlines out how we will be targeting investment to improve treatment and support for people with respiratory disease, with an ambition to transform our outcomes […]
Business continuity plan – PCSE Online Letter from Ali Sparke confirming that all General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) regulatory changes were laid in parliament on 20 July 2023 Policy book for eye health Special facial characteristics and small glasses supplements Details of NHS general ophthalmic fees and optical voucher values for financial year 2017 to 2018
Professor Helen Jayne Stokes-Lampard PhD FRCGP is a general practitioner and Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Here she reflects on the recent commitment to make personalised care ‘business as usual’ for 2.5 million people by 2024. It’s been a particularly hectic start to 2019 with the announcement of the NHS long term […]