NHS England’s National Clinical Directors for Dementia and End of Life Care, together with Clinical Fellow Elena Baker Glenn, examine the stark findings of a recent national end of life care intelligence network briefing on dementia: Death and dying are emotive subjects at the best of times and there has recently been interest and publicity […]
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Primary care home is an innovative approach to strengthening and redesigning primary care. Developed by the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC), the model brings together a range of health and social care professionals to work together to provide enhanced personalised and preventative care for their local community. Staff come together as a complete care […]
Why does Child Health need to publish a Healthy Children: transforming child health information’ as described in Healthy Children? Where can I find a copy of Healthy Children: transforming child health information’? What is the ultimate aim of Healthy Children? How was Healthy Children developed and who contributed? How do child health service providers assure […]
The popular TV weather presenter backs the NHS Stay Well This Winter campaign with some top tips: Although winter weather and snow can be fun for some, the cold is also associated with an increase in illness and injuries. Indeed, cold weather can be very harmful, especially for people aged 65 or older: it weakens […]
A national campaign to help people prepare for winter weather has been launched today by NHS England and Public Health England. The message is to Stay Well This Winter and to encourage people most at risk from cold weather, including those with long-term health conditions and the over 65s, to prepare for the lower temperatures. […]
NHS England has today (20 October 2016) announced a £42m Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhIF) to support pharmacy to transform how it operates across the NHS for the benefit of patients over the next two years. The Pharmacy Integration Fund will support community pharmacy as it develops new clinical pharmacy services, working practices and digital platforms […]
NHS England is today setting out the latest measures it is implementing to help general practice cope with increasing demand – boosting GP numbers and tackling burnout as part of the General Practice Forward View. A nationwide, £19.5m NHS GP Health service will be introduced in January 2017, aimed at improving access to mental health […]
The New Care Models Zone is one of four feature zones at this year’s Health and Care Innovation Expo. The zone explores the progress made by the 50 vanguards developing and testing new models of care that can be replicated across different health economies. Fylde Coast Local Health Economy are taking part in one of […]
Back pain is the largest single cause of disability in the UK, with lower back pain alone accounting for 11% of the total disability of the UK population. Referrals for spinal surgery are increasing year on year and a growing number of patients are waiting longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment. Wide variations […]