NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and the Chief Executive of the British Heart Foundation share their thoughts on the new GP Contract and the positive impact that the changes could have on the outcomes and quality of life for people across the country. Last month the NHS Long Term Plan announced […]
The purpose of Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) is to help ensure health and social care services in England are built around the needs of local populations. In this blog, NHS England’s Director of Primary Care, Dr Arvind Madan, explains how they have the potential to completely transform the care patients receive through GP services. As […]
Ahead of the launch of the Long Term Plan the Chief Digital Officer at NHS England considers how digital services and technologies which put consumers at the heart of healthcare are key to transforming the NHS: Established 70 years ago this year, the NHS has been transformative in tackling wide-spread diseases and pioneering advances in […]
Leading change The nurse lead at Bedfordshire Continence Service undertook a comprehensive service review, developing new systems, processes and pathways in order to address unwarranted variation in their service’s practices, to improve the outcomes and experience of people using their service. Where to look The Continence Service provides advice, support and treatment for people with […]
A letter from Paul Baumann to NHS Improvement Regional Directors and NHS England Regional Directors.
Note: this news article is not updated regularly to reflect the most up-to-date appointments in these positions. To see the current list of STP leaders, please visit our view Sustainability and Transformation Plans pages here. Senior figures from across health and care who will be leading work on Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STP) within their […]
NHS England has today published the latest quarterly Assuring Transformation data that tracks progress on moving people with learning disabilities and/or autism from in-patient to community settings. The figures at 31 December 2014 show a reduction in the overall number of people with learning disabilities and /or autism in in-patient settings. The data also shows […]
In the last of a series of blogs previewing this week’s 2018 CNO Summit, NHS England’s Head of Maternity, Children and Young People and the Director of the Maternity Transformation Programme highlight the progress made across the country to implement the vision set out in Better Births and give a taste of the session they […]
This handbook has been created to support the improvement of local health and care systems for gynaecology elective care services.
This handbook has been created to support the improvement of local health and care systems for gastroenterology elective care services.