Addressing health inequalities has been a priority in mental health for years, as highlighted in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and the NHS Long Term Plan. The NHS Talking Therapies team’s work on advancing mental health equalities forms part of NHS England’s commitments to reduce mental health inequalities, and builds on the […]
Smoking-related hospital admissions in England increased by nearly 5% in 2022-23, compared to the previous year, but remain lower than before the Covid pandemic. Latest statistics from NHS England show that in 2022-23 there were an estimated 408,700 hospital admissions due to smoking, a rise from 389,800 in 2021-22 (an increase of 4.8%). The newly […]
We welcome the recent launch of the Patient and carer race equality framework – NHS England’s first ever anti-racism framework, which requires every mental health service provider to become an actively anti-racism organisation and take concrete action to reduce racial inequalities. We support its implementation in NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression services. Thanks […]
The number of people visiting the burns advice page on the NHS website increases by a quarter (27%) during the weekend of Bonfire Night. Figures from NHS England show that the burns and scalds advice page receives an average of 8,208 visits during the firework-fuelled weekend – equivalent to one visit every 21 seconds. The increase in […]
Why it is important? The NHS offers COVID-19 treatment to people with COVID-19 who are at risk of becoming seriously ill. It is currently estimated that around 3.9 million patients are potentially eligible for free lateral flow device (LFD) tests. Although access to LFD tests may be supplemented by other pathways, (for example, through anticipatory […]
The NHS has a long history of data-driven research and innovation. During the pandemic, NHS data enabled us to carry out research at an unprecedented scale and find the world’s first effective treatment for Covid-19, dexamethasone, making it available across every hospital the same day it was approved. NHS data enabled us to not just […]
Improving patient safety culture – a practical guide, brings together existing approaches to shifting safety culture as a resource to support teams to understand their safety culture and how to approach improving it. It is intended to be used across health and social care to support everyone to improve the safety culture in their organisation […]
Tens of thousands of children will be able to receive hospital-level care at home thanks to an expansion of virtual wards, chief executive Amanda Pritchard will announce on the 75th anniversary of the NHS. The hospital at home service – already the largest of its kind in the world – will expand to cover children […]
Healthy teams lead to healthy patients. This guide support any team seeking to improve their health and wellbeing, through a culture change approach. It is for all teams working in health and care, inclusive of all team forms and functions, across healthcare, primary care, social care and voluntary sectors. Inspired by the NHS health and wellbeing […]
Seven new gambling addiction clinics will open this summer as NHS services face record demand, chief executive Amanda Pritchard announced today. Ahead of its 75th birthday on Wednesday 5 July, the NHS said it was “adapting to new healthcare needs” and rapidly expanding the support services for thousands of people experiencing gambling-related harms. New figures, […]