NHS England has unveiled the sites receiving additional funding in wave-one of the integrated IAPT early implementer programme to develop psychological therapies services within long-term condition care pathways. Here, Felicity Dormon, the IAPT programme lead at NHS England discusses why it is needed and what is expected from them. One of my favourite days at […]
Dr Juliane Kause – lead consultant, out of hours care and seven day services blogs on the journey University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) is on as it progresses at pace towards delivering quality services, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is an urban university hospital which […]
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The latest in our series of blogs from the NHS Learning Disability Employment Programme highlights one of the models for employing people with learning disabilities – the co-worker employment model: The NHS England Learning Disability Engagement team is based in the Leeds office at Quarry House and is founded on the principle of co-working. The new team […]
NHS England’s recently appointed National Director for Mental Health looks at the changes in the pipeline: I feel very privileged, as well a little daunted, to be the new National Director for Mental Health. It is a time of considerable opportunity for improvement as we publish our Implementation Plan following the publication of the Mental Health Taskforce report earlier […]
Dr Jo Black is one of NHS England’s two Associate National Clinical Directors for perinatal mental health, working alongside Dr Giles Berrisford, the clinical lead at the Birmingham Perinatal Mental Health Service at BSMHFT. Here she discusses her reasons for taking the role, the challenges ahead, and the partnerships being formed to deliver this vital […]
NHS England’s Personal Health Budget Team and the Integrated Personal Commissioning Programme are currently welcoming applications from patients, carers and families to join their Peer Leadership Academy for 2016/17. Run in conjunction with Peoplehub, the academy will provide an opportunity for people who have experience of social care personal budgets, personal health budgets, or joint […]
NHS England’s Director of Patient & Public Voice and Insight explains how the new era of health and social care involves giving people more control over their wellbeing: It is great to work for an NHS that is ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Increasingly now, we are delivering work that […]
We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. Version two of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (SBLCBv2), has been produced to build on the achievements of version one and address the issues identified in the its evaluation. This version aims to provide detailed information […]
In the latest of our series of blogs marking Friends and Family Test Spotlight Week, NHS England’s Head of Insight and Feedback explains the importance of understanding and using patient feedback: The NHS is a world leader when it comes to collecting insight and feedback from its users. We have a number of excellent national […]