NHS England and its national partners have announced a new programme to focus on the acceleration of the design and implementation of new models of care in the NHS. As set out in the Five Year Forward View, rapid progress is needed to speed up the development of new care models for promoting health and […]

Health leaders have today (Monday) announced a £10 million investment to kick start a new plan to expand the general practice workforce. The money will be used to recruit new GPs, retain those that are thinking of leaving the profession and encourage doctors to return to general practice to better meet the needs of patients […]

The next Board meeting will take place on 29 January 2015 at NHS Southside, start time will be 10.30am. If you would like to attend, please register your interest at england.boardattendance@nhs.net. and let us know if you have any additional requirements. Please note that members of the public are welcome to attend meetings of the […]

The Care.Data Programme closed in 2016 Following today’s media coverage on the care.data programme NHS England would like to clarify the following points in relation to patient care. Under the care.data programme no patient data has been collected so far from GPs The Pathfinder stage will test the care.data programme in four different English regions The […]

This summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check report – 23 January 2015 (document available on our archived website)

Dr Martin McShane has welcomed the publication of three new handbooks aimed at planning services for people with long term conditions. The handbooks, which can be accessed online, are aimed at supporting commissioners and practitioners in planning services for people with long term conditions (LTCs), in order to achieve more effective, personalised care. Dr McShane, […]

NHS England has published a new Practical Guide to Healthy Ageing with Age UK, to help people improve their health and general fitness, particularly those aged 70 or over with ‘mild frailty’. The evidence-based guide covers key areas that have been identified as the main risk factors for older people living at home, but if they […]

NHS England’s Regional Medical Director for the South, has today called for improved diagnosis and support to combat what he calls “the isolation of dementia”. Writing in a blog Nigel, who is also a Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, says that in 2015 “we will continue to see an increased number of people with dementia being assessed […]

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s National Medical Director, has warned the NHS’s future is in danger because its model of care cannot meet the relentlessly growing demand for treatment caused by the ageing population. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper published today, Sir Bruce says: “If the NHS continues to function as it […]

NHS England has today announced, along with Public Health England (PHE), a £11.5 million investment to decrease the number of TB cases and ultimately eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem in England. In 2013, there were 7,290 cases of TB reported in England, an incidence of 13.5 cases per 100,000 of the population. The […]