NHS England has today announced the appointment of Celia Ingham Clark as the National Director for Reducing Premature Deaths. Mrs Ingham Clark was previously a consultant general and colorectal surgeon and then Medical Director at Whittington Hospital NHS Trust. In 2010, Mrs Ingham Clark was appointed Associate Medical Director for Secondary Care for NHS London […]
Since the publication of this blog Dr Martin McShane has left NHS England. Dr Martin McShane, NHS England’s Director for Patients with Long Term Conditions, opened the two-day Future of Health Conference with this welcome: “First of all I would like to thank Ed Wagner for coming and sharing his thoughts and insights. It is […]
The week of the 65th anniversary of the National Health Service (5 July 2013), NHS England has reaffirmed its commitment to reducing the gap in life expectancy – over 11 years for men and 10 for women – between the richest and poorest in the country. This focus on equal access and support from the […]
The Friends and Family Test (FFT) is an important feedback tool that supports the fundamental principle that people who use NHS services should have the opportunity to provide feedback on their experience. Listening to the views of patients and staff helps identify what is working well, what can be improved and how. The FFT asks […]
The NHS Commissioning Board will today unveil a library of NHS-reviewed health apps that will help people manage their health, as well as ten brand new apps for people to use. The new Health Apps Library so far contains around 70 apps that have been produced by a variety of organisations and then reviewed by […]
Today the NHS Commissioning Board has published the Way Forward: Clinical Senates. Clinical Senates will be established across the country from April 2013 to play a unique role in the commissioning system by providing strategic clinical advice and leadership across a broad geographical area to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), health and wellbeing boards (HWB) and […]
CCGs working with their local communities to build involvement in local health partnerships The NHS Commissioning Board, together with NAVCA (National Association of Voluntary and Community Action) and Social Enterprise UK (SEUK), are looking for up to 12 CCGs who are committed to delivering improved health outcomes for their communities by building effective community involvement […]
Patients and Information John Coulthard (formerly Senior Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Microsoft UK) has been appointed Director of Customer Relations. John will lead the programme to support the NHS become a global leader in customer services, transforming ways in which patients, the public and those who serve them can take more control and make […]
The Government is setting out its ten-year strategy for transforming the way patients get and use information about their health. The Power of Information sets out plans to give all patients easy and continuous access to their own health records by 2015. From next year people can choose the best care for themselves and their […]