Case study showing how setting up an emergency crisis bed helped support people with a learning disability, autism or both.

Case study summary Durham have set up an emergency crisis bed to give people with a learning disability, autism or both somewhere to go when they need extra support. This means that they don’t have to go into hospital.   The ‘crash pad’ is a self-contained flat with a lounge, kitchen and bathroom which is […]

NHS England has today announced plans to recruit and deploy hundreds of pharmacists into care homes to help reduce overmedication and cut unnecessary hospital stays. Around 180,000 people living in nursing or residential homes will have their prescriptions and medicines reviewed by the new pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Elderly care home residents often have one […]

Ethel Armstrong, 87, who was a nurse cadet on the first day of the NHS in 1948, today received an MBE from HRH The Prince of Wales. Ethel was recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours for her seven decades of dedicated service to the NHS workforce and for her involvement in the NHS retirement […]

Senior leaders representing staff and patients have pledged their support for a one-off competition to celebrate the contribution of health and care workers during the NHS’s 70th birthday year. The NHS70 Parliamentary Awards were launched last month, and will see English MPs put forward individuals and teams serving their constituencies for national recognition. As the window […]

Case study summary Sheffield Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) places great importance on workforce wellbeing. A range of training and social opportunities are provided to support staff and emphasise the importance of wellbeing among employees.   Introduction Sheffield IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) service was launched in 2008 and exceeds over 12,000 people […]

Issued at 8.27am on Tuesday 15 March 2018 There is a 90 per cent probability of severe cold weather and locally heavy snow between 9.00pm on Friday 16 March and 9.00am on Tuesday 20 March in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. […]

This report provides an overview of the progress made in NHS England on staff engagement during the last three years.

Background information and user guide documents for the set of dose banded chemotherapy standardised product specifications to support the production and supply of ready-made chemotherapy medicine.

This is a dose banded chemotherapy product specification for Bendamustine 500ml infusion bags, for use by procurement teams to ensure the NHS will purchase standard, ready made products across the NHS in England.