The Director of the national Elective Care Transformation Programme explains why and how the NHS is working to reduce unnecessary face-to-face outpatient appointments: The NHS Long Term Plan commits to reducing face-to-face outpatient appointments by up to a third over the next five years. This will be a game-changer for many patients. Far less need […]
Leading change An Undergraduate Programme Lead (Nursing) and Practice Placement Co-ordinator (both registered nurses) at the University of Lincoln worked with General Practice Nurses to develop General Practice (GP) placements for pre-registered nurses. This project enabled student nurses to experience General Practice Nursing (GPN) and aims to support succession planning for the future of general […]
Leading change An Undergraduate Programme Lead (Nursing) and Practice Placement Co-ordinator (both registered nurses) at the University of Lincoln worked with General Practice Nurses to develop General Practice (GP) placements for pre-registered nurses. This project enabled student nurses to experience General Practice Nursing (GPN) and aims to support succession planning for the future of general […]
Carol Anderson, Chief Nursing Officer on the Mid and South Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) Joint Committee, explains how the STP has revolutionised its patient engagement by introducing dedicated ‘patient partners’ who offer focused support to each of its transformation programmes. I think it would be fair to say that, like many STPs, we […]
Following the launch of A-EQUIP in April 2017, A-EQUIP one year on provides an implementation update and the Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) role. It is of relevance to midwives, student midwives, members of the multi professional team, providers of maternity services, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), The Care Quality Commission (CQC), Maternity […]
As Health Secretary Matt Hancock tells Expo 2018 of his vow to ‘bring the NHS into the 21st Century’ with £200million for new IT systems, the Chief Digital Officer for NHS England looks at personalised patient journeys of the future and the boom in people using online information: We set out our ‘Empower the Person’ […]
As the NHS prepares to celebrate its 70th birthday, the New Care Models programme shows how NHS England is working with its partners to transform mental health services and provide equal status with physical health: The New Care Models programme teams meet at a Knowledge Exchange conference today to discuss the impact of their work […]
NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People and Person Centred Integrated Care reflects on recent regional frailty meetings: One of the real privileges of being a National Clinical Director is having the opportunity to get out, meet new colleagues and hear first-hand what is going on all around the country. I am pleased to […]
Dr Charles Heatley is a senior partner at Birley Health Centre, in south-east Sheffield, which has a practice population of approximately 8,300 people, with an above-average prevalence of chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and diabetes. He sets out some of the benefits of co-locating mental health therapists in […]
ITN Productions and the NHS are partnering to produce a news and current affairs programme celebrating 70 years of the NHS. Drawing upon ITN’s 63 year heritage in storytelling, ’70 years of the NHS’ will be a long-form, online programme championing the NHS’s achievements since 1948. As well as looking back at the achievements and […]