The General Practice Forward View (GPFV) published in April 2016 pledged a major expansion of the primary care workforce. To meet rising demand, members of the primary care team, including nurses, pharmacists, mental health therapists and physician associates will play an increasing role in providing day to day co-ordination and delivery of care. To meet […]
This week (Monday 20 March to Friday 24 March) provides the perfect opportunity to place a spotlight on experiences of care. Patient, family, carer and staff experiences are inextricably linked and during this week NHS England will be sharing great examples from across the country on how teams are working to improve experiences in these […]
Revised targets for 2018/19 and 2019/20 and our latest specific equality duties report We set six equality objectives which cover the period April 2016 to March 2020. Each of these equality objectives is supported and strengthened by three or more associated targets. We have updated our equality targets and these are set out below. We […]
As part of the General Practice Forward View commitment to address the issue of rising indemnity costs and to assist with winter resilience in primary care, NHS England will be running a winter indemnity scheme for GPs, beginning on 1st October 2018 and concluding on 31st March 2019. It is designed to meet the costs […]
Information, tools and guidance to support mental health commissioning and the transformation of services. Going further for winter – mental health supporting resources Child and Young People Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) Dementia Mental health access and waiting times Mental Health Pathways Psychological professions vision for England 2019-24 Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) Developing quality and […]
We work with the Government and other health and care organisations to make sure that people with a learning disability, autism or both who display behaviour that challenges, including people with a mental health condition get the best possible care. This work is called ‘Transforming Care’ and is all about improving health and care services […]
NHS England, the Government, and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee have reached agreement on changes to the general practice contract in England that will benefit both patients and GPs. The new agreement includes an increased focus on some of the most vulnerable, with tailored annual reviews offered to over 65’s living with frailty, […]
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) workforce consists mainly of therapists working to deliver NICE-recommended high and low intensity interventions for people with mild, moderate and severe depression and anxiety disorders in a system of stepped care. The NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 – 2023/24 provides a new framework to ensure delivery, at […]
A world-first nationally funded service to support GPs and GP trainees suffering mental ill-health and addiction goes live next week while 11 areas have been chosen to pilot new ways of retaining GPs who are considering leaving the profession so their skills can continue benefitting patients. From Monday January 30, the NHS GP Health Service […]
This year for the first time, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are setting two year service contracts with providers, and these need to be finalised by 23 December. Tim Kendall and Claire Murdoch issue a rallying call for the mental health workforce. We need you to be ambitious about your goals for the mental health workforce, […]