We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. Guidance and support for maternity safety champions. Useful resources A guide to support maternity safety champions Maternity and neonatal safety champions toolkit Maternity self-assessment tool A parent’s view: my challenge to board-level maternity safety champions Related content […]
Background to our work The Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme, was renamed following the launch of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy in 2019, which was updated in February 2021. It was previously known as the Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative. The Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme is led by the National Patient Safety Improvement […]
Case study: Cheryl-Ann Carr, Clinical Practice Educator, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Background to learning The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to respond appropriately to the increase in demand for critical care services across NHS trusts. Whether this has been caring for patients within intensive care units, or those on general medical or […]
Case study: Jessie Voon, Deputy Sister, Emergency Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUHFT). Background to learning It is well recognised that significant numbers of nurses are themselves potentially clinically vulnerable from COVID-19. As with others in the clinically vulnerable population, these colleagues have been required to ‘shield’ during the pandemic. Nursing […]
Case study: Blenda Correya, Ward Manager, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Background to learning Nurses and midwives across the system are working hard to try to balance the impact of COVID-19 both personally, as well as at work whilst they support those they care for and the communities they serve. This unprecedented challenge emphasises how […]
Nursing and midwifery professionals have played and continue to play a critical role in the COVID-19 response. The Nursing and Midwifery COVID-19 Catalogue of Change includes a wide range of cases studies from nurses and midwives from across England; sharing ideas and innovations that they have put in place and that have made a difference […]
NHS England, in collaboration with The Shelford Group, has designed the Chief Nursing Offer Safer Staffing Fellowship Programme to support our shared vision of embedding a sustainable, consistent approach to safer staffing in the NHS. This is a robust educational programme taught by expert academics and practitioners and accredited to master of science level by […]
The Supporting Mentors Scheme is a new commitment from the February 2020 ‘Update to the GP Contract agreement 2020/21–2023/24’, forming part of a suite of interlocking GP recruitment and retention initiatives. This scheme enables integrated care boards (ICBs) to upskill their experienced GPs and provide a portfolio working opportunity. The overarching aim is to retain […]
The General Practice Fellowship programme is a national commitment announced in the NHS Long Term Plan, and restated in the February 2020 ‘Update to the GP Contract agreement 2020/21–2023/24’. It is a two-year programme of support, available to all newly-qualified GPs, newly-qualified nurses and nurses who are new to general practice, working substantively in general practice, with […]
NHS England has been collecting data from general practice appointment systems (TPP SystmOne, EMIS Web, Cegedim (InPS Vision), Microtest Evolution and Informatica) and publishing local monthly data, since 2018. This published data provides a picture of general practice appointments and includes details such as the number of appointments, the healthcare professional carrying them out and where […]