Plans to simplify patient access to local walk-in services in Crawley have been approved by NHS England. Funding for services at Crawley Health Centre will be reinvested to support walk-in services at Crawley Hospital and care for patients at other local GP practices, once the current contract there expires in September 2015. Patients currently registered […]

NHS England has launched a campaign today, encouraging pregnant women in Slough and Reading to protect their babies and get vaccinated against whooping cough. The uptake of the whooping cough vaccine is lower in Slough (40.3 per cent) and Reading (51.3 per cent) compared to the average in the Thames Valley area (61.4 per cent). […]

Given the current intense national focus on the future shape and function of hospitals, stakeholders in health care systems have to consider the most appropriate configuration of their hospitals so that their clinical services are adequately supported by other specialties, are fit for purpose, sustainable, accessible and deliver the highest possible quality of care. The […]

An innovative pilot scheme in Southampton has scooped £45k to help improve services for children and young people with mental health issues across the city. The pilot, to be run jointly between NHS Southampton City CCG and Southampton City Council will use the cash to bring together services across health, social care and education for […]

Mental health and wellbeing services for children and young people in Plymouth are to get £75,000 to make them more joined up and improve access. A joint bid by Plymouth City Council and Northern, Eastern and Western Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon CCG) means mental health and emotional wellbeing support services in Plymouth are among […]

South East Coast Clinical Senate (SECCS) has launched an important publication entitled ‘Improving Advance Care Planning in Kent, Surrey and Sussex’. This publication has been written for a wide audience, including health and social care professionals, organisations responsible for education and training of health and care staff, commissioners, the community and voluntary sector, and public […]

Innovative projects in Devon and Cornwall will receive a share of a £2.5m fund to help change patients’ lives and improve care through innovation. A total of eight projects in the area were announced as winners of the NHS England’s Regional Innovation Fund which was launched in April to support and promote the adoption and […]

Innovative projects in Bristol will receive a share of a £2.5m fund to help change patients’ lives and improve care through innovation. A total of two projects in the area were announced as winners of the NHS England’s Regional Innovation Fund which was launched in April to support and promote the adoption and spread of […]

A new team of highly qualified specialist nurses have been recruited to deliver an innovative programme to support young families across the county. Young and vulnerable mothers will be given targeted support in Wiltshire through a pioneering programme which helps support the health and wellbeing of first-time teenage mums and their babies. The Family Nurse […]

NHS England is in the final stages of agreeing a temporary contract with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, starting from 1 February 2015 to provide GP services at the Circuit Lane Surgery in Reading. All services currently provided at the surgery will continue. Opening hours and surgery hours will remain the same. Patients have been […]