NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officer, Jane Cummings, has talked frankly about staffing levels, Parity of Esteem and how she cared for her husband as he died of leukaemia. She also outlined the importance of the 6Cs, how she manages her own Type One diabetes and how she first got into nursing during a candid interview […]
The Next steps towards primary care co-commissioning document has been published today (Monday 10 November). It has been developed by the joint CCG and NHS England primary care co-commissioning programme oversight group in partnership with NHS Clinical Commissioners. The purpose of the document is to give CCGs the opportunity to choose afresh the co-commissioning model […]
The board meeting was broadcast live as part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible. You can view separate recordings of each agenda item below: Items 1 to 3 Item 4 Item 5 Items 6 and 7 Item 8 Item 9 Item 10 Items 11 to 13 Board papers View the agenda and board papers
Enabling people to take real control of their health and care is a central priority for all of us. That is the view of Tim Kelsey, NHS England’s National Director for Patients and Information who will be among the speakers at the 2014 Future of Health Conference being staged at the Kensington Olympia in London […]
A new two person team is to be appointed to help people with learning disabilities co-design and transform services as part of NHS England’s Transforming Care programme. Jane Cummings, Chief Nurse at NHS England, announced at last week’s Board Meeting that someone with a learning disability will be recruited in a full time role alongside […]
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, National Medical Director; Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer; and Dr Bob Winter, National Clinical Director for Emergency Preparedness have published an important personal message to frontline staff reminding them of the need to be mindful and vigilant of Ebola when patients present to NHS services. Read the message here.
The Pathways on a Page packs released today are the latest in a series of Commissioning for Value support offers for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The first packs – published in October 2013 – contained information on a range of improvement opportunities, helping each CCG identify where it could focus its efforts, by comparing spend […]
Thursday 6 November 2014, Quarry House, Leeds. The board meeting will start at 09.45am. View a live stream of the board meeting Copies of the board papers have also been made available
NHS England has launched an interactive Patient Online Support and Resources Guide to help general practices deliver patient services online. Developed in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners, it provides practical tools on implementing a range of online services including booking appointments and ordering repeat prescriptions. Dr Masood Nazir, NHS England’s Clinical Director […]
The Future of Health Conference 2014 is set to continue the debate started by the NHS Five Year Forward View published last month. Patients, healthcare professionals and the public will be given an opportunity to have their say on what the future of health care should look like. There will be a people’s panel, made […]