New clinical standards backed by rewards and sanctions NHS England’s National Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh today sets out a plan to drive seven day services across the NHS over the next three years, starting with urgent care services and supporting diagnostics. He is publishing the findings of his Forum on NHS Services, Seven Days […]
NHS England is seeking the opinion of the community pharmacy sector in the next round of the national ‘Call to Action’ about the future shape of the NHS England will be consulting with pharmacists, their teams and, employees as well as the broader healthcare sector on their opinions and thoughts on how to help shape […]
Jane Cummings, England’s Chief Nursing Officer explains the vital role of the £100million Nursing Technology Fund Technology is such a major part of our lives now that it would be safe to say that it has gone beyond the merely functional to becoming part of who we are. We sometimes need to remind ourselves of […]
National collaboration for Integrated Care and Support NHS England is one of the key partners on the National Collaboration for Integrated Care and Support. In May 2013, NHS England as one of the key national partners, signed up to a series of commitments on how we will support local areas in delivering integrated care and […]
The NHS has today issued a call for 100,000 people to sign a pledge saying they will look in on an elderly friend or neighbour this winter. Each winter thousands of people in England die as a result of cold weather. Most are over 75 and most of these deaths could be avoided. Hundreds of […]
Mention hospital car parking to a group of patients, visitors or staff and a lively discussion about how they always seem to be full, how long it can take to find a free space and a range of possible solutions, will often follow! Park and ride? Build a multi-storey? Come by bus? Bike? But what […]
Dr Kate Granger, a Specialist Registrar in Geriatric Medicine currently working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, is terminally ill with cancer. Here, in an intensely moving and personal blog, she views the NHS at work from the patient’s side of the bed: When I was asked to blog about my experiences as a cancer patient […]
The NHS 111 data for September 2013 published today shows NHS 111 continues to provide a good service to the public and more people are getting access to the service. 93 percent of the population of England now have access to NHS111. The data also shows that even more calls were answered promptly with 97.1 […]
GP practices are to be warned that they will be in breach of contract if they do not take all reasonable steps to stop their patients being asked to use 084 numbers for appointments and advice. The national office of NHS England is writing to all its 27 Area Teams from today – see the […]
Fourteen areas leading the way in delivering better joined up care In May 2013, national partners announced the ‘pioneers’ programme, inviting local areas to demonstrate the use of ambitious and innovative approaches to deliver person-centred, co-ordinated care and support. Over 100 expressions of interest were received, with the final selection of the pioneers being made […]