The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO) is the head of the pharmacist and pharmacy technician professions in England, a workforce of over 72,000 highly trained, registered professionals in hospitals, community healthcare, general practices and community pharmacies. He is the principal advisor on pharmacy and medicines use in the NHS, which includes supporting the Department of Health and Social […]
About this privacy policy NHS England provides the Wayfinder services that enable people and carers to access additional information about secondary care referrals and their elective care via the NHS App. This privacy policy explains how NHS England and other organisations may use your data for this purpose. Data Controller’s Contact Details The Secretary of […]
Record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan published by the NHS and backed by the Government today. Coming ahead of the health service’s 75th anniversary, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out how the NHS will […]
A post-pandemic drive to help people stay well, greater use of technology to put power into the hands of patients and treating people closer to home should be at the heart of NHS plans, an independent report said today. The NHS Assembly, an independent advisory group established in 2019, consulted staff, patient groups, carers, charities, […]
When talking about the People Promise, retention, and culture, I often hear ‘Oh, you do the soft stuff’. On the contrary, there’s a hard business edge evidenced through the correlation between staff engagement, productivity, and retention. It’s also genuinely hard work to create lasting improvements to working culture. As part of my role as National […]
To underpin the ongoing work of NHS IMPACT, a National Improvement Board has been set up which will bring together Executives, Directors, clinical leadership, and expert improvement science input from across the NHS landscape. Collectively the National Improvement Board will set the direction of system wide improvement by bringing in the right stakeholders to achieve […]
In NHS England a new appraiser is normally allocated to a doctor after completing three appraisals. This provides a balance between continuity and objectivity in most situations. However, the NHS England medical appraisal policy allows flexibility to extend the allocation to additional appraisals provided the reasons are documented. While there should be a clear reason […]
The NHS Long Term Plan set out a commitment to improve services and widen access to care for children and adults needing mental health support. Our mental health nursing workforce has a key role to play in delivering these ambitions. From nursing associates to registered nurses and those in advanced practice, mental health nursing staff […]
To establish and sustain an effective management system requires a system and providers to have developed, or at least be developing, all the other four components. What this looks like in practice Develop an explicit management system that aligns with the strategy, vision and purpose of the organisation at board level and throughout all workforce […]
Taken as a whole the NHS is one of the largest landowners in England. Through its role as an anchor institution, the NHS has an opportunity to intentionally manage its land and buildings in a way that has a positive social, economic and environmental impact. The effects of good management can improve the health and […]