This handbook has been created to support the improvement of local health and care systems for dermatology elective care services.

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 […]

During the past year, NHS Leeds CCG has been working with colleagues from other parts of the NHS and public health to improve outcomes for people with diabetes. There are currently around 44,000 people in Leeds with diabetes, and a further 32,000 at high risk of developing it. By 2034, it’s estimated that 1 in […]

Sarah-Jane Marsh, chair of the NHS England Maternity Transformation Programme Board, provides an update on the work going on to make maternity care across the country safer and giving women greater control and choice. I start with exciting news that the 2017 CQC Maternity Survey showed most women are having a positive experience of maternity […]

These case studies have been published to complement the transforming gastroenterology elective care services handbook.

These case studies have been published to complement the musculoskeletal and orthopaedic elective care services handbook.

This handbook has been created to support the improvement of local health and care systems for musculoskeletal and orthopaedic elective care services.

This handbook has been created to support the improvement of local health and care systems for gastroenterology elective care services.

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 […]

Most of us would prefer not to be in hospital if we don’t need to, especially if we have a limited time left to live. The key phrase here is – ‘if we don’t need to’ – but need comes in so many different forms: treatment-related, symptom-related, care-related etc. Sometimes, that need can only be […]