Case study summary Rates of employment for people with severe mental illness (SMI) are lower than for any other group of health conditions. The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) service at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an example of an initiative which uses evidence-based strategies to support people with SMI into employment as part […]
During Volunteers’ Week, Ruth May, Executive Director of Nursing for NHS Improvement, comments on the organisation’s recent pledge to the #iwill campaign A few weeks ago, I was privileged to attend the Prince of Wales’ 70th Birthday Patronage Event at Buckingham Palace. Professor Stephen Powis, the National Medical Director of NHS England also attended. We […]
NHS chief Simon Stevens has today welcomed the High Court’s decisive rejection of a legal challenge by the British Homeopathic Association to overturn plans to no longer routinely fund homeopathy on the NHS. As part of action to clamp down on waste, over the last two years NHS England has taken action to curb prescriptions […]
Tomorrow (27 March) marks the two year anniversary of Better Births. Celia Ingham Clark, Medical Director for Clinical Effectiveness at NHS England and interim National Director of Patient Safety at NHS Improvement, says this is the perfect opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved to date and how we can continue to work together […]
The NHS is teaming up with councils to improve health through better housing through home MOTs, quick homes grants, falls help lines, stair lifts and heating systems among others. A King’s Fund and National Housing Federation Report out now on housing and health says the cost of poor housing to the NHS is £1.4 billion per […]
The Deputy Chair of the new Clinical Digital Council argues that for effective digital health services and systems to succeed across the NHS improving patient care, we need agreed digital health standards which cover evidence, regulation and clinical safety: The global market for digital health is expected to reach almost £43billion by 2018 and £408billion […]
NHS hospitals will no longer provide office or advertising space for law firms or claims management companies who encourage patients or their families to take the NHS to court. Every effort must also be made to ensure lawyers and claims managers don’t approach patients or their families in hospital to drum up business without being […]
NHS England has today launched a public consultation on proposals to rein in prescriptions for some ‘over the counter’ products such as dandruff shampoo and drops for tired eyes, freeing-up up to £136 million to expand other treatments for major conditions such as cancer and mental health problems. Ending routine prescribing for minor, short-term conditions, […]
The Co-Chair of the Equality and Diversity Council (EDC) looks at the focus on vital: The first formal meeting of the newly formed EDC, following a workshop in July, saw an excellent and wide ranging discussion about a number of key areas. These included the key publications by the Cabinet Office and the Care Quality Commission […]
NHS England has today agreed plans to save hundreds of millions of pounds each year by recommending low value treatments, including fish oil, herbal remedies and homeopathy no longer be provided on the NHS, and launching a consultation on curbs to prescriptions for some ‘over the counter’ products such as paracetamol. GPs issued 1.1 billion […]