This week marks the first anniversary of the NHS Five Year Forward View. Prevention is one of the three central themes in the Forward View and today, Kevin Fenton of Public Health England, has set out the progress to date and the next steps in supporting people to lead healthier lives. Read Kevin’s blog on […]
This week marks the first anniversary of the publication of the Five Year Forward View. Published on 23 October 2014 by the organisations that oversee health and care services in England, it set out why change is needed and outlined a clear vision for the future of the NHS. It started the move towards a […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Welcome to my final blog for the congenital heart disease review; a blog in two parts. In the second part of this blog Will Huxter, the senior manager now responsible for the work, will introduce himself and explain how NHS England is taking […]
New guidance will help health and care employers job create employment opportunities Organisations across the health service in England are today (23 September) being provided with tools to help them meet a challenge to recruit people with learning disabilities. NHS Learning Disability Employment Programme – a joint programme between NHS England and NHS Employers – […]
At the NHS Confederation conference on Thursday 4 June 2015, the seven principal national health bodies published Five Year Forward View: Time to Deliver. Time to Deliver is primarily a tool for NHS managers. It looks at the progress made to date towards delivering the Five Year Forward View, and sets out the next steps we […]
In my two years as NHS England’s national clinical director for mental health I have been lucky enough to see enormous progress. That progress is due to an army of leaders who have pushed mental health further up the political agenda and into the public consciousness than we have ever seen before. Crucially these leaders, […]
NHS England allocates £1.98 billion of extra cash to every locality across England The leaders of the NHS in England have set out new steps to be taken during 2015/16 to deliver the NHS five-year forward view. Called The Forward View into action: planning for 2015/16, the planning guidance is backed by the recently-announced £1.98 billion of additional funding, with specific allocations for each area of England. […]
GPs, patients and healthcare professionals are being given the chance to have their say on plans by the NHS which will help shape the future of a modern general practice. As it celebrates its 70th birthday, the NHS is looking at ways to reform the GP contract to provide a stronger and more sustainable general […]
Baroness Julia Cumberlege marks the two year anniversary of the publication of Better Births by reflecting on the importance of personalisation and choice to women when using maternity services. Following the maternity review and the publication of Better Births in 2016 one of the key findings was that personalised care, centred on the woman, her […]
The President of the National Association Primary Care preview his session at Expo 2017 on Accountable Care Systems and the benefits they could bring: The challenges facing the provision of health and care services with increasing need and expectation in the 21st century are global. However, the delivery of care varies greatly in the differing […]