NHS England has set out an approach to managing heart failure at home that has given healthcare providers the opportunity to access funding and improve heart failure care through personalised care, remote monitoring and integrated services. The approach is called Managing Heart Failure @home and it advocates excellent, integrated heart failure care to help people […]
NHS England takes its responsibility to handle health and care data lawfully, proportionately, ethically and in confidence very seriously, which is why privacy by design, is at the heart of the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP). As an organisation, the privacy and the protection of data is one of the overarching principles we are guided […]
Security and the protection of people’s personal data is at the heart of the design and requirement of the NHS Federated Data Platform. We are working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre and all data will be held in line with the Office for National Statistics Five Data Safes and NHS England’s secure data […]
Below is a summary of key resources that can support implementation of personalised care and support planning. Personalised care and support planning: a brief summary guide: This brief summary guide will support integrated care systems to understand and create the conditions for sustainable implementation of personalised care and support planning in line with the essential […]
The experience that a person has of their care, treatment and support is one of the three parts of good care, alongside being kept safe. ‘Experience’ can be understood as what the person experiences when they receive care or treatment and how that made them feel. When planning for the delivery of the best possible […]
Guidance for trusts when buying digital and IT goods and services in the NHS Recommended routes to market Expected commercial adherence Pillar descriptions Minimum standards applicable for each pillar NHS England has developed guidance to help simplify the digital and IT framework landscape, remove duplication, and reduce costs. We have recommended which framework agreements should […]
This blog by Dr Claire Bloomfield looks at the recent progress towards delivering the Data saves lives strategy. Secure data environments (SDEs) are data storage and access platforms, which uphold the highest standards of privacy and security of NHS health and social care data when used for research and analysis. They allow approved users to […]
Social prescribing link workers connect people to community-based support, including activities and services that meet practical, social, and emotional needs that affect their health and wellbeing. This includes connecting people to statutory services for example housing, financial and welfare advice. Social prescribing works particularly well for people with low level mental health needs, who feel lonely […]
Case finding Community pharmacy hypertension case finding Cholesterol search and risk stratification NHS Health Check Optimising treatment Case finding and direct-acting oral anticoagulation (DOACs) to prevent atrial fibrillation (AF) related strokes Cardiac rehabilitation for patients post ACS and diagnosis of heart failure Optimisation of hypertension treatment Optimisation of heart failure treatment through annual reviews Optimising […]
What is antimicrobial resistance? Tackling antimicrobial resistance AMR National Action Plan (NAP) What is the NHS doing to tackle AMR? AMR – key links Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been identified as one of the most pressing global challenges we face this century. In fact, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared AMR as one of […]