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Integrated care pioneers announced

Fourteen areas leading the way in delivering better joined up care In May 2013, national partners announced the ‘pioneers’ programme, inviting local areas to demonstrate the use of ambitious and innovative approaches to deliver person-centred, co-ordinated care and support. Over 100 expressions of interest were received, with the final selection of the pioneers being made […]

The new Congenital Heart Disease review: 9th update

Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback Thank you for your continued feedback, on the blog and elsewhere (our email address is england.congenitalheart@nhs.net).  Amongst other things, you have reminded us we need to listen to the views of Healthwatch (local and national); expressed concern about the tight deadlines […]

Transforming Participation in Health and Care, Guidance for Commissioners

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 introduced significant amendments to the NHS Act 2006. This guidance supports two legal duties, requiring clinical commissioning groups and commissioners in NHS England to enable: patients and carers to participate in planning, managing and making decisions about their care and treatment through the services they commission the effective […]

Working to shape a programme of support for the NHS

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 […]

Post diagnostic support in dementia

Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia , gives his views on support for sufferers and their carers. There is rightly an emphasis on the diagnosis of dementia, articulated in the NHS England ambition that two thirds of people with dementia should receive a formal diagnosis and post diagnostic support. Of course, the […]