This alert has been issued on the risk of inadvertent intravenous administration of solid organ perfusion fluids.

The creation of the National Health Service seven decades ago was indisputably one of the greatest social advances of the last century. For the first time in our history, it replaced public fears about the affordability of healthcare with a service based on equity. The Prime Minister Theresa May was absolutely right to commit last […]

Request for reports by KPMG prepared for NHS Improvement.

The Chief Nursing Officer for England previews the start of a valuable campaign: At my CNO Summit last month, I was pleased to announce detail of the largest ever national campaign to get patients up, dressed in their own clothes, and moving to help boost their recovery. The campaign, #EndPJparalysis aims to get older people […]

NHS organisations have statutory guidance and responsibilities to make sure that staff are appropriately training in relation to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). These training standards set out how to achieve this.

Recommendations for commissioners to make sure services meet the needs of women and girls with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and to safeguard those at risk.

As part of Diabetes Prevention Week (16-22 April), Dr Caroline Sprake looks forward to the roll-out of the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme in the north of England and explains how has the potential to transform the lives of patients at risk of Type 2 diabetes in the area. The northern England sustainability and […]

This Standard Annex for Health and Justice Service Specifications contains essential and standard protocols that sit behind all the prison healthcare specifications commissioned by Health and Justice, and supports the delivery of a seamless and coordinated integrated care pathway across the adult prison estate.

Information about additional funding for providers.

This service specification outlines the public health functions to be exercised by NHS England in regards to the commissioning of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC). This Service Specification covers the period from 2023-24.