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Ambitions for palliative and end of life care

The Ambitions framework was developed by a partnership of national organisations across the statutory and voluntary sectors. It sets out our vision to improve end of life care through partnership and collaborative action between organisations at local level throughout England. Ambition 1 – Each person is seen as an individual Ambition 2 – Each person […]

Introduction of the North Manchester Macmillan Palliative Care Specialist Service (NNMPCSS)

Leading change The palliative care clinical nurse advisor for Manchester Health and Care Commissioning (MHCC) led with commissioners on the development, commissioning and implementation of a consultant-led, community-based palliative care service in north Manchester. The service has reduced unwarranted variation in practice and led to improved experiences and outcomes for residents in the local area […]

NHS Chaplaincy Programme

What is healthcare chaplaincy? Chaplains promote pastoral, spiritual and religious wellbeing through skilled compassionate person-centred care. This is available to our patients, their families and carers, and to NHS staff, volunteers and students. They enable people to celebrate according to their religion or belief within NHS settings, and support those facing very difficult situations such […]

Toolkit published to help improve services and close the financial gap in ‘Any town’

NHS England has produced a toolkit called ‘Any town’, which using high level health system modelling, allows clinical commissioning groups to map how interventions could improve local health services and close the financial gap. It is an additional guide to help commissioners with their five-year strategic plans, showing how a typical CCG could achieve financial […]

Call to debate end of life care for people with dementia

NHS England’s National Clinical Directors for Dementia and End of Life Care, together with Clinical Fellow Elena Baker Glenn, examine the stark findings of a recent national end of life care intelligence network briefing on dementia: Death and dying are emotive subjects at the best of times and there has recently been interest and publicity […]

Suffolk Coast and Country Primary Care Collaboration

Case study summary The Coast and Country Primary Care Collaboration (CCPCC) is a group of nine practices working together as a primary care network across Suffolk. They started collaborating in 2017, aiming to tackle local pressures across general practice and provide a better, more joined up service for their patient population. Organisation Coast and Country […]

Inclusive pharmacy practice advisory board

Membership board members are: David Webb – Chair, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, NHS England Yousaf Ahmad, ICS Chief Pharmacist and Director of Medicines Optimisation, Frimley Health and Care ICS Laura Angus, Chief Pharmacist, Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership ICS Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Lead Pharmacist HCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU & Sepsis Division, UK Health Security […]