NHS England has added a wealth of wide-ranging experience to its board, welcoming new members who hold expertise in a range of backgrounds, including medicine, academia and government. The new clinical appointments include Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, a GP, who served as chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Professor Sir Robert Lechler, […]
This letter provides information regarding NHS England’s approach to pre-action self-assessment and reporting of workforce and rescheduled activity impacts ahead of upcoming industrial action by members of the British Medical Association (BMA) from 7.00am Saturday 24 February – 11.59pm Wednesday 28 February 2024 and members of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA), from 7.00am Saturday 24 February – 7.00am Thursday 29 February 2024.
The service outlined in this specification is for adults aged 18 years and over who have been diagnosed with HIV (HIV-1 and/or HIV-2), and who are either ordinarily resident in England.
This SAMEDAY strategy supports the delivery of same day emergency care (SDEC) across England in a standardised and consistent way.
At the start of HIV testing week Ian Jackson, the Director of Contracting and Planning for Specialised Serves in the London region, celebrates the NHS’ blood borne virus (BBV) testing programme, for preventing ill health and reducing health inequalities. In 2021, on World AIDS Day, NHS England announced a £20 million funding package for HIV […]
Richard Mitchell, Chief Executive of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL), discusses tackling health inequalities in Leicester and the surrounding region, which hosts one of the most diverse and dynamic populations in England. At UHL, we are proud to serve one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse populations in the country. Over 95 […]
A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued by the NHS England National Patient Safety Team, co-badged by the Association of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group, instructing all relevant NHS funded providers to transition to NRFit™ connectors for all intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks. Transition […]
This National Patient Safety Alert has been issued by the NHS England National Patient Safety Team, co-badged by the Association of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group, instructing all relevant NHS funded providers to transition to NRFit™ connectors for all intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks.
Transition should be completed by 31 January 2025.
Millions of people will be able to use the NHS App to view their prescriptions for the first time from today. Following a successful trial last year involving over a million users, NHS England is adding the new service to the app which will allow patients to see when their prescriptions have been issued and […]
There are more nurses and midwives working in the NHS than ever before according to new figures published today. NHS England data for November shows the number of nurses and midwives working in the NHS in England is now at 372,411 – the highest recorded number ever, meaning there over 20,000 more in the NHS […]