A report recommending greater clarity around how obesity care in England is commissioned in the future has been published – Report of the working group into: Joined up clinical pathways for obesity. It aims to support more equitable access to obesity and weight management services, including obesity surgery, across the country. NHS England and Public […]
“It’s not just about new technology or drugs, it’s about the uptake of innovation,” Lord Darzi told a packed session on implementing innovation in the NHS at this year’s Innovation Expo. Looking back at the success of the NHS’s track record in diffusing innovation over the last 66 years, Professor Lord Darzi, Director at the Institute […]
A need for transparency, better safety checks on testing, consistency and standardisation of processes and procedures are some of the recommendations made to NHS England in a review into pathology services. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director of NHS England commissioned Dr Ian Barnes, chair of NHS England’s Pathology Quality Assurance Review Board, to strengthen and refine the quality assurance […]
NHS England on behalf of the Incident Management Team today publishes the findings of its review of cancer services at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust. The primary aim of the immediate review was to answer the question “Are the cancer services safe?” The Review took place between the 14th November and the 9th December […]
Teams of cancer specialists and other senior clinicians have begun reviews of services for every type of cancer at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust. The review teams, which are independent of the Trust, are being co-ordinated by an NHS England-led Incident Management Team. They are examining all 14 cancer pathways at the Trust. The […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback The main topic you’ve been commenting on has been the scope of the review, which was discussed by our Board’s Task and Finish Group on 29 October 2013. They considered a recommendation from our Clinical Advisory Panel, who in turn had […]
NHS England is to lead a team of cancer specialists to ensure the safety of cancer patients following a critical report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) into services at Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust (CHUFT). NHS England shares the serious concerns of the CQC’s inspectors whose report reveals failures in the way some cancer […]
The National Clinical Directors and National Specialty Advisers are practising clinicians from across England who work part-time at NHS England, providing clinical leadership, advice, input and support across distinct areas of NHS conditions and services ranging from cancer and cardiovascular disease to urgent and emergency care and major trauma in line with the NHS Long […]
NHS England has today [25 October 2013] welcomed regulatory intervention from the health watchdog Monitor that sees the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Trust, King’s Lynn (QEH), placed under special measures. Monitor’s findings are endorsed fully by NHS England, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and partner organisations. The findings of a Rapid Response Review, which was led […]
Dr Ed Mitchell, Clinical Fellow to Martin McShane, NHS England’s Director for Long Term Conditions, outlines new moves to give mental health parity with physical health issues: When the historians of the future write about healthcare in the twenty-first century, they will remark upon one of the more curious aspects of our healthcare system – […]