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 […]
Updated 27 July 2018: Link to registration updated Registration is now open for anyone with an interest in the work of the Specialised Services Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs). To become a stakeholder in a particular CRG you will most likely be a patient, carer, a member of the public, a member of a voluntary organisation, […]
NHS England is currently reviewing the local allocation of resources across the full range of its responsibilities, covering both allocations to CCGs and the budgets available for direct commissioning functions in area teams. As part of the review process, we will be holding four regional workshops for CCGs, CSUs, NHS England and other stakeholders to […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback Thank you, once again, to everyone who has taken the trouble to provide feedback, either here on the blog, or elsewhere. We are very grateful for all of your comments. There have been three broad themes emerging from recent feedback: What […]
The NHS England Board is committed to openness and transparency and conducts as much of its business as possible in a session that members of the public are welcome to attend and observe, subject to available space. Upcoming meeting Our next NHS England public board meeting will take place on 16 May 2024. view the […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback Thank you to everyone who has provided feedback, in response to the CHD blog or elsewhere. We cannot respond to every single comment we receive but we will take them all into account. Some early themes to emerge are i) the […]
NHS England today has welcomed the findings of an independent audit that shows 20 per cent more patients are now surviving severe trauma since the introduction of Major Trauma Networks in 2010. Results from the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) national audit show that 1 in 5 patients who would have died before the […]
NHS England today promised to lead a rethink of plans to improve children’s heart surgery in England following publication of an independent report on the Safe and Sustainable Review. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director for NHS England said: “We welcome the review and NHS England will now study its recommendations in full to learn […]
Clinical audit is a way to find out if healthcare is being provided in line with standards and lets care providers and patients know where their service is doing well, and where there could be improvements. The aim is to allow quality improvement to take place where it will be most helpful and will improve outcomes […]
The Care.Data Programme closed in 2016 NHS England has today published guidance for GP practices explaining how better use of anonymised patient information from general practice will help commissioners improve the quality, efficiency, and equity of health care services. The GP Technical Specification and its associated guidance was developed in partnership with the British Medical […]