The NHS is opening its newest front in the fight against COVID-19 with the activation of the first seven NHS Vaccination Centres to jab people aged 80 and over, along with health and care staff, from today. The seven large-scale sites, capable of delivering thousands of the life-saving jabs each week, will be followed by […]
The new Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is being rolled out to General Practice led services today making it easier to protect care home residents and other vulnerable people against COVID-19. The vaccine has been trialled at selected hospitals for surveillance purposes before being sent out to hundreds of community-based local vaccination services. Unlike the Pfizer vaccine, […]
2020 is the international year of the nurse and midwife, a year where the whole world was going to join in celebrating the wonderful men and women that have chosen to be part of the professions. Who knew that this year we would end up celebrating nurses and midwives in a very different way, in […]
Case study Summary Warrington CCG was made up of 26 practices and 135 whole time equivalent GPs serving a practice population of 219,463. On 1st July 2022, CCGs were replaced by integrated care systems (ICSs). ICSs took over statutory responsibilities for commissioning. The former Warrington CCG participated in the Learning in Action programme to help […]
It’s been a busy year for the NHS Diabetes Programme. This Summer, and coinciding with the NHS’s 70th Birthday, England became the first country in the world to achieve full national coverage with a Type 2 diabetes prevention programme. From launch in June 2016, the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) has seen over […]
Case study summary 2018 celebrates 200 years since Fieldhead Hospital opened in Wakefield, part of West Yorkshire STP – the thriving Creative Minds movement reminds us it’s not just technology that transforms lives… The NHS’ 70th birthday celebrations have set our minds racing at the thought of robots, genomes and a host of Dr […]
In the weeks before the NHS’s 70th birthday, one in eight of the Queen’s Birthday Honours have been awarded for contributions to health, including more than 60 awards to NHS staff. Midwives, nurses, psychiatrists, GPs and volunteers are among the wide range of people honoured for their work in the health service. NHS staff have […]
Ahead of the NHS’s 70th anniversary, the Chief Nursing Officer for England shares the amazing achievements and notable milestones of our BME nurses and midwives over the past 70 years. I am delighted to write this blog today with Professor Laura Serrant, Professor of Nursing in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at Sheffield Hallam University […]
NHS England has today set out plans to implement exacting new standards that will ensure patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) receive the best possible care. Hospitals that do not currently fulfil these standards, which have been developed by specialists and patients, must either show that they have a programme to do so and meet […]
Four of England’s ambulance services have begun the roll out of new response times announced earlier this year. Explaining the next steps in the delivery of the Ambulance Response Programme, Professor Jonathan Wenger, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Urgent Care, and NHS England’s lead paramedic, Richard Webber, told delegates at this year’s Health and […]