Contents Update to GP contracts Expanding the workforce Cutting bureaucracy Quality and Outcomes Framework GP contractual position Flexibilities to respond to local outbreaks LESs/LISs and local pilots Further updates Funding Annex A: Income protection arrangements for general practice Publications approval reference: 001559 / C0569 9 July 2020 An electronic copy of this letter, and […]
Babyloss Awareness Week is held annually from October 9 to 15. Involving twenty-one pregnancy and baby loss charities in the UK, it’s a special opportunity to mark the brief lives of babies lost in pregnancy or soon after birth. The Miscarriage Association’s National Director, Ruth Bender Atik, takes a look at how we can improve experiences […]
It’s been a busy year for the NHS Diabetes Programme. This Summer, and coinciding with the NHS’s 70th Birthday, England became the first country in the world to achieve full national coverage with a Type 2 diabetes prevention programme. From launch in June 2016, the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) has seen over […]
Thousands of people in the Midlands have been spared Type 2 diabetes thanks to the world leading NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP), new research has revealed. New data suggests that the healthy living programme resulted in a 7% reduction in the number of new diagnoses of Type 2 diabetes in England between 2018 and […]
NHS England and Health Education England have today launched ActNow, an e-learning tool developed for health service and care staff to help them reduce hospital delays for patients. Nearly 350,000 patients currently spend over three weeks in acute hospitals each year. Many of those are older people who are often frail, and while a short […]
From today thousands of people will be able to access NHS soup and shake weight-loss plans to tackle type 2 diabetes. The diet and lifestyle plans have been shown to put Type 2 diabetes into remission for people recently diagnosed with the condition, and will now be provided to 5,000 more patients in 10 areas […]
Next Tuesday (27 March) marks the two year anniversary of the publication of Better Births, and Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Head of Maternity, Children and Young People at NHS England and National Maternity Safety Champion for the Department of Health reflects on the importance of continuity of carer in maternity services. Some would say that implementing […]
Pioneering brain surgery that allows children who are deaf to experience the sensation of hearing for the first time is being made routinely available, NHS England announced today. Two highly specialist teams at hospitals in Manchester and London will perform Auditory Brainstem Implants (ABIs) surgery for children who are deaf across the country. The surgery […]
As the Professional Footballers’ Association teams up with experts to produce a guide to help former players and their families, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia examines the links between the beautiful game and the devastating illness: There has been much interest recently about the association between the development of dementia and playing football. […]
Thousands of people have been spared Type 2 diabetes thanks to the world leading NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP), new research shows today. New data suggests that the healthy living programme resulted in a 7% reduction in the number of new diagnoses of Type 2 diabetes in England between 2018 and 2019, with around […]