Millions of eligible people will now be offered a covid vaccine from 11 September, in line with the latest expert guidance on the new covid variant. This change follows an announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on the risks presented by the new BA.2.86 […]
The following rules have been agreed as amendments to the guidance on prescribed connections to NHS England. They recognise recent and current arrival of doctors from Public Health England, Health Education England (HEE) and NHS Digital and will also provide improved future-proofing in the event of further inclusion of doctors. Doctors, directly employed by NHS […]
Millions of children in England will be offered a flu vaccine from September, as the NHS steps up its life-saving vaccination programme to protect the country against deadly viruses ahead of winter. School aged children will be able to get the flu vaccine at school or at community clinics, and those with long term health […]
Anyone in England can register with a GP surgery. It’s free. You do not need ID, proof of address or an NHS number to register. In my previous blog I wrote about the difficulties many people face when registering with a GP surgery. I suggested some actions that general practice can take to support everyone […]
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Hundreds of communities came together at their local parkruns and junior parkruns this weekend to celebrate the NHS’s 75th anniversary. Across the Saturday events and Sunday junior events 185,015 people took part as walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers, with many more coming along to watch and be part of this special occasion. 11,715 people took […]
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 […]
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‘Parkrun for the NHS’ is an exciting partnership between parkrun UK and the NHS to celebrate the NHS’s 75th anniversary and showcase parkrun as a safe and inclusive space for all ages, abilities and backgrounds to be active and social in the great outdoors. Tens of thousands of people across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern […]
Modern general practice General practice is the bed rock of the NHS. In response to the twin challenges of rising volume and increasing complexity of need, a wide range of general practices across England have innovated and have created the principles of ‘modern general practice’. These elements have been set out in NHS England’s Delivery […]