The Chairman of NHS England explains what is being done to tackle conflicts of interest: Earlier this month I chaired the first meeting of a task and finish group charged with improving the management of conflicts of interest across the NHS. The group’s membership and terms of reference are now available. The issue is a […]
The next Board meeting will take place on 26 May 2016, Southside London at 10.30am. If you would like to attend, please register your interest by emailing england.boardattendance@nhs.net and let us know if you have any additional requirements. Please note that members of the public are welcome to attend meetings of the Board – which although being […]
As NHS England publishes a new toolkit aimed at supporting carers, the Senior Fellow to the Chief Executive of NHS England looks at the vital role they provide: Since the health service was established, tensions have existed between patients, physicians and policymakers. This has partly centred on resource availability, deployment and demand. But, following a […]
NHS England is today taking significant steps to make it easier for primary care staff to raise their concerns so that action can be taken and improvements made. Firstly new whistleblowing guidance has been drawn up which will now be consulted on for the next five weeks. The guidance comes after Sir Robert Francis recommended […]
NHS England has today launched a new Improvement and Assessment Framework for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), which will include ratings published online to show patients how their local health service is performing in six important areas. From June, an initial assessment of CCG performance will be available online that will cover six crucial areas including […]
In the latest in a series of blogs about health care for ex-service personnel, wife Jane (not her real name) gives heartfelt insight into what it is like for the families of veterans scarred by what they have seen and been through: When asked if I would write down my thoughts and experiences of living […]
Today is Time to Talk Day – dedicated to getting the nation talking openly about mental health problems and putting an end to the misconceptions that can prevent people seeking help. In the hope that his story will help others, war veteran Neil Davies has chosen to share his experience of coming to terms with […]
NHS England is today announcing that another 52 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have been authorised to take on delegated responsibility for commissioning GP services. Delegated commissioning gives CCGs further opportunities to improve out-of-hospital services. It will support the development of the new models of care set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View and provides further opportunities to develop commissioning based on improved […]
Rowan Munson and Amy Frounks, members of the NHS Youth Forum, share details of the latest campaign they plan to launch at Expo 2015: At our first NHS Youth Forum residential in 2014 we pinpointed the fact that health care rights were not often explained to young people. Consequently they had conflicting information around important […]
Age UK’s Integrated Care project team manager gives a taste of what the charity will be presenting at Expo 2015’s Pop Up University: At Age UK, we are passionate about making the UK a great place to grow old and to make it possible for everyone to truly love later life. One group who may […]