Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Not a big blog this week, it’s half term so I’m off for a few days and just wanted to give you a quick update on what’s happening. Your feedback There is no defining theme in the recent comments we’ve received on the […]
Sharon Howard, an administrative support officer with NHS England, explains why she is proud of the service she works for. The NHS, 65 glorious years of free health care for all – it’s something to be proud of. Working within the NHS, we are always reminded the patient is at the centre of all we […]
Pregnant women and mothers are now having their say about NHS-funded maternity services. As it forges ahead with its commitment to transparency, driving up standards and listening to the voice of patients, NHS England has this week begun asking the Friends and Family Test (FFT) question in every NHS maternity unit across the country. The […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Not your usual blog…. A different sort of blog this week, breaking the usual fortnightly cycle. I’m blogging today to draw your attention to a number of papers we have published on our new CHD review web-pages. These papers will be considered by […]
NHS England has today sanctioned a faster, more comfortable method for giving Trastuzumab (Herceptin) to breast cancer patients. From the 24th September a new sub cutaneous (SC) form of the drug will be commissioned. Herceptin SC will primarily be used to treat women with early breast cancer who currently get the drug with chemotherapy before […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback Thank you for your continued feedback. There are two issues I wanted to highlight this week: Membership of Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs) The work of the CRGs and how this links to the work of the review Membership of CRGs: Concerns […]
The remaining three of ten specialist surgical societies will publish outcomes data for individual hospital consultants, including mortality rates, from today. This completes the staged ‘pilot’ publication of this data that started in June this year. It is part of NHS England’s drive for greater transparency and a commitment to providing patients with more information […]
I welcome the opportunity to appear before the Health Select Committee to lay out the evidence behind NHS England’s Review of Urgent and Emergency Care. Together with senior colleagues Professor Sir Bruce Keogh and Dame Barbara Hakin, we are not only taking our message to Parliament and talking to MPs, but this is also a chance […]
NHS England is today asking patients, public and NHS staff to help shape the future of urgent and emergency care services. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh’s Urgent and Emergency Care Review was announced in January this year. Its aim is to develop a national framework to build a safe, more efficient system, 24 hours a day, […]
Today Monitor and NHS England have published three documents on our proposals for the 2014/15 National Tariff: The Tariff Engagement Document, with key information on the 2014/15 National Tariff Proposals for local payment variations; and Proposals for enforcement of the tariff by Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority. There are three questionnaires asking for […]