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Our A to Z of topics helps you find information quickly. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A About NHS England Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) Accelerated Access Collaborative Accessibility (website) Accessible Information Standard Acute Kidney […]

2017 – 2019 Prescribed Services CQUIN Schemes

Prescribed Specialised Services (PSS) CQUIN Guide PSS CQUIN Guidance PSS CQUIN Schemes – Single document (Print friendly) PSS CQUIN Schemes PSS CQUIN Schemes – Individual documents with supporting files BI1 Improving HCV treatment pathways through ODNs BI2 Haemtrack BI3 Automated Exchange Transfusion for Sickle Cell Care BI4 Improving Haemoglobinopathy Pathways through ODN Networks CA.1_IM1 Enhanced […]

NHS England strengthens clinical leadership in urgent care and specialised services

NHS England has announced the appointment of one of the country’s top urgent and emergency care consultants, Dr Clifford Mann, as Clinical Lead for the Accident & Emergency Improvement Plan, as well as 40 of the nation’s leading doctors to drive reform of specialised services. Dr Mann – the outgoing President of the Royal College of […]

We need antibiotics that work

In the first of a series of blogs to mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week, the Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer and NHS England’s Healthcare Acquired Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Lead outline the changes they are making: Dr Bruce Warner: Antibiotics have become a fundamental tool in a pharmacist’s armoury for treating disease, but one that we […]

Role of pharmacists is set to grow and grow

The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for NHS England gave this clear message to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Annual Conference 2015: Over the years, pharmacy across all sectors has contributed much to society. From its apothecary roots enabling anyone to have access to healthcare, to scientific endeavour that underpins much of pharmaceutical discovery and development, to […]

The crucial role of pharmacists in the health of the nation

Clare Howard, NHS England’s Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, explains why the launch of the Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is so vital: Prescribing a medicine or medicines to a patient remains the most common intervention made by the NHS. Medicines play a crucial role in maintaining health, preventing illness, managing chronic conditions and treating disease. But despite […]

Toolkit published to help improve services and close the financial gap in ‘Any town’

NHS England has produced a toolkit called ‘Any town’, which using high level health system modelling, allows clinical commissioning groups to map how interventions could improve local health services and close the financial gap. It is an additional guide to help commissioners with their five-year strategic plans, showing how a typical CCG could achieve financial […]

Senior doctors welcome Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s “Future Models of Care” report

NHS England’s most senior doctors today welcomed the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s “Future Models of Care” report, setting out the much wider role pharmacists can and should play in treating and advising patients. NHS England is currently working with patients and clinicians across the country to set out how the NHS should be organised in future […]