Jane Cummings, NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officer, has reached a milestone number of followers to her Twitter account. Here she talks about why social media is so important: Everywhere we look in the healthcare system there are numbers. It seems we are always measuring data and figures to ascertain the worth, the value or the […]
If you’re a new medical appraiser, or are just returning to the role and unsure about appraisal for revalidation, you should take part in appraiser training. Contact your responsible officer or clinical appraisal lead to see what training is available locally. Sample appraiser training materials A two day training programme was initially developed by the […]
I first started work in a community pharmacy when I was 16 years old. I worked in an independent pharmacy in the heart of a fairly deprived area. I learned two important lessons from that first job. Firstly how for some people following a strict medicine regime on top of a chaotic and often challenging […]
The Health Innovation Network (formerly known as AHSN Network) is the innovation arm of the NHS and the collective voice of the 15 health innovation networks across England. They were established by NHS England in 2013 to help adoption and spread of innovation at pace and scale to improve health outcomes and generate economic growth. Each […]
The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘Mental Health and Older Adults’. There is also a lot of work developing about ‘Parity of Esteem’ – valuing mental health equally with physical health. I want to share a personal reflection that highlights, for me, just how important it is for us to think […]
Dr Janet Williamson, Director of National Improvement Programmes, explains how NHS Improving Quality is working alongside the NHS Services, Seven Days A Week Forum: NHS Improving Quality is building on the work of one of its legacy bodies, NHS Improvement, to support NHS England’s NHS Services, Seven Days a Week Forum build the evidence in […]
The NHS England NHS Services, Seven Days a Week Forum continues to progress at pace as it prepares to deliver its findings in the autumn. Monday 2nd September 2013 marked a significant milestone – key stakeholders gathered to consider the findings of its five workstreams, whose remit is to consider seven day a week provision […]
POWERFUL patient feedback has been given to NHS England’s 7-Day Service programme team. More than 30 patients’ organisations were represented at an all-day Learning Exchange event organised to allow members of the NHS England and NHS Improving Quality teams to hear first-hand the benefits 7-Day Services offer for patients, carers and the public. Also at […]
NHS England today (Tuesday) announced that Sir David Nicholson has decided to retire from the NHS, and as Chief Executive of NHS England, in March 2014. Sir David has worked in the NHS for 35 years in over 14 organisations covering all care groups and parts of the NHS. He was NHS Chief Executive for […]
The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) has today publishing Securing Excellence in IT Services: Operating Model for Child Health Information Services (CHIS). The purpose of the operating model is to provide a system which ensures the safe transfer of commissioning responsibilities from Primary Care Trusts to ensure that all existing information systems and associated support […]