The Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhIF) was established in 2016 to accelerate the integration of: Pharmacy professionals across health and care systems to deliver medicines optimisation for patients as part of an integrated system; Clinical pharmacy services into primary care networks building on the NHS Five Year Forward View and NHS Long Term Plan The NHS […]
NHS England are working with Government, partners from across the health and care system, voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) partners and people with lived experience, to improve palliative and end of life care across the country. We are a member of the National Palliative and End of Life Care Ambitions Partnership, and jointly developed […]
Service specifications are important in clearly defining the standards of care expected from organisations funded by NHS England to provide specialised care. The specifications have been developed by specialised clinicians, commissioners, expert patients and public health representatives to describe both core and developmental service standards. Core standards are those that all funded providers should be […]
NHS England’s Director for Experience, Participation and Equalities marks the start of Experience of Care Week 2018: The NHS sometimes feels like a world in itself and we are highly conscious of the pressures facing it. Yet these are not unique and are also faced by many healthcare systems around the world. For example, demand and acuity […]
The Allied Health Professions (AHPs) are the third largest clinical workforce in the health and care. In the main they are degree level professions and are professionally autonomous practitioners. There are currently 14 registerable titles for AHPs: 13 of the 14 AHPs are regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) with Osteopaths regulated […]
The Chief Executive of the British Lung Foundation explains why people living with terminal lung conditions should not have to spend the short time they have left navigating a complicated healthcare system: Iain Duncan Smith once said that society would simply collapse without grandparents. They play an essential role in our family homes, from providing […]
The Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance (HW Alliance) is a partnership between sector representatives and the health and care system. It is a key element of the Health and wellbeing programme, enabling the sector to share its expertise at a national level with the aim of improving services for all communities. […]
Below we have highlighted publications and resources which we hope you will find useful: Addressing palliative and end of life care needs for people living with heart failure: a revised framework for integrated care systems Palliative and end of life care: Statutory guidance for integrated care boards (ICBs) Specialist palliative and end of life care […]
Mike Hurley from the Health Innovation Network (Academic Health Science Network for south London) explains how they are helping people to self-manage their chronic joint pain. The increasing burden of an ageing population on NHS services is well documented. GP’s are doing their best to cope with the ever increasing demand on services; sometimes lacking […]
South – investment in technology South – investment in premises South – new builds South – investment in technology Scheme CCG Bishopston Medical Practice – Central Telephony Solution across 3 sites NHS Bristol CCG BNSSG – Document Sharing NHS South Gloucestershire CCG BNSSG – Electronic Palliative Care Coordination Systems (EPaCCs) NHS South Gloucestershire CCG BNSSG […]