When I first arrived in the UK, 10 years ago, I had no idea what ‘mental health’ meant. As an 18-year old stepping foot in a foreign country, far away from home, I suddenly had to become independent, resilient, and resourceful. Easier said than done. You can’t leave your identity at the door; it’s interlaced […]
The use of patient data has already changed the NHS and it will continue to do so. The possibilities to improve patient care are huge. However the NHS uses data from different IT systems which don’t talk to each other causing frustration for staff and delays for patients. Improving connections between IT systems so that […]
In response to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) State of Care report, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, NHS National Medical Director, said: “As this report acknowledges, NHS staff faced an unprecedented combination of pressures last year including a record 25.3 million A&E attendances, 14 million more GP appointments and tens of thousands more mental health appointments, […]
As a unpaid carer for over 50 years, caring for my husband, mum and other relatives, I know that looking after someone with mental health issues can have a huge impact on the whole family. I realised I was an unpaid carer when social care staff helped me to understand that what I was doing […]
This year’s theme for World Patient Safety Day is engaging patients for patient safety, recognising the crucial role those with lived experience of conditions have in supporting better patient care. Patient engagement has been essential to NHS England’s world-leading hepatitis C elimination programme, with the goal of eliminating the virus as a public health threat […]
The NHS is facing major disruption to routine care due to strikes, compounded by staff holidays and warm weather, one of England’s top doctors has warned today. Consultants across the NHS are striking on Thursday and Friday, bringing almost all routine care to a standstill. In contrast to strike action among other staff groups, no […]
This year’s theme for South Asian Heritage Month (18 July to 17 August), is ‘stories to tell’. My story is a reminder that more than 100 million people in the world are displaced. With lack of access to basic amenities and healthcare, their memories may be similar to mine as a young boy – filled […]
The NHS is facing another period of significant disruption this week, with potentially thousands more appointments and procedures postponed due to the latest round of industrial action by junior doctors. From 7am on Friday 11 August until 7am on Tuesday 15 August, junior doctors across England will be on strike, as the NHS enters the […]
Care ‘traffic control’ centres to speed up discharge, additional ambulance hours and extra beds are part of wide-ranging plans to prepare for winter, the NHS will announce today. The robust new measures, due to be set out at the NHS England board meeting in Birmingham today, will boost capacity and resilience across the NHS as […]
Record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan published by the NHS and backed by the Government today. Coming ahead of the health service’s 75th anniversary, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out how the NHS will […]