Lisa Ramsey, Service User Voice Policy Manager for the maternity transformation programme, talks about the new 15 steps for maternity toolkit launched earlier this week to help maternity services deliver personal and safe care for women, their babies and their families. The 15 Steps for Maternity toolkit is a new and exciting way for women […]
In the latest of a series of blogs to mark Dying Matters Week, Jo Shill, Quality Assurance Lead for Northern, Eastern and Western (NEW) Devon CCG, highlights an innovative local project that is changing the way end of life care services are delivered. Who cares in the South Hams? Without a doubt, many do. It’s […]
This page has resources for CCGs and healthcare professionals on the implementation of not routinely prescribing over the counter (OTC) medicines for certain conditions. Quick Reference Guide for Healthcare Professionals The quick reference guide summarises the guidance recommendations and lists the conditions for which over the counter items should not routinely be prescribed. Guide for […]
This document is an interactive, quick reference tool summarising the CCG guidance on conditions for which over the counter items should not routinely be prescribed in primary care.
Details of information held regarding mobile phone contracts.
NHS teams across England have today (Friday 18 May) announced the individuals and teams they have chosen as regional champions in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday. The champions – including NHS porters, volunteers, patients, chief executives and local council health teams – will now vie with each other for a national award […]
Request for minutes and a list of members of the high cost devices steering group.
In the second blog during Dying Matters Week 2018, Bev Fitzsimons, Head of Improvement at the Point of Care Foundation, shares information about a programme of work, Living Well To The Very End, which looks to continually improve end of life and palliative care services, while empowering staff to see what a huge difference they […]
April saw the first ever national NHS Diabetes Prevention Week; to raise awareness of Type 2 diabetes and how to prevent it. We all know that nursing teams across all of the NHS revel in a day out of the everyday working environment to promote ourselves and the work we do, and our team is […]
The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health set out clear recommendations on suicide prevention and reduction, and made a commitment to reduce suicides by 10% nationally by 2020/21. Alongside this, Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt announced a zero suicide ambition for mental health inpatients in January of this year. In 18/19, local communities that […]