The Practice Group, a healthcare provider which manages services at five local surgeries in Brighton and Hove, has informed NHS England that they wish to stop providing these services. In response to the provider’s decision, we have been working to ensure patients can continue to get the care they need once The Practice Group stops […]

The purpose of this report is to highlight the current position and compliance issues across Kent and Medway’s’ vascular services and to recommend proceeding to an options appraisal review to the Programme Board. The options appraisal review will consider and then recommend to the Programme Board how providers of vascular services in Kent and Medway […]

Did you know that blood in your pee could be a sign of bladder or kidney cancer? It is good news that there is greater understanding amongst the public that this is a key symptom and they know it is important to go and see their doctor if it happens – partly thanks to the […]

Involving young people in supporting the health and care of others is proven to have positive benefits to patients, the community and young volunteers. It is part of delivering the vision for health and care, The Five Year Forward View, and supports the national #iwill campaign. Join us for a free one-day practical seminar to […]

NHS England is currently undertaking a review of specialist vascular services across Kent and Medway. The review has been set up to ensure that services meet national standards, using best practice to improve patient experience and outcomes. Following a number of public listening events where the case for change was discussed, NHS England would now […]

Every day 9 women in the UK are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3 women will lose their lives to the disease. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under 35 but is largely preventable thanks to cervical screening and the HPV vaccination programme. But, statistics show that the number of women aged […]

The healthcare provider, The Practice Group, has informed NHS England that they wish to stop providing GP services at five GP surgeries in Brighton and Hove. Our priority is to ensure all affected patients have ongoing access to local GP services. We have written to patients to reassure them that we are working to secure […]

A new interim management team has been found to run in-patient Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the Bristol area. Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) and The Huntercombe Group (THG) have been nominated to take over the running of the Riverside Unit at Blackberry Hill Hospital in Bristol for […]

With the colder winter weather starting to bite, NHS England South is again urging people to stay well this winter and get their flu vaccination jab. Figures released by Public Health England show that in the south region many people in key at-risk groups are still not being vaccinated and in some groups the uptake […]

A national pilot to employ clinical pharmacists in local GP practices has been extended, including hundreds of practices across the south region. Patients will soon benefit from having access to expert advice from a clinical pharmacist when they visit their GP, thanks to the expansion of a new scheme to fund, recruit and employ pharmacists […]