On Tuesday 6 May 2014 South East Coast Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions and NHS England will host a conference at Sofitel Gatwick Airport to discuss ways to achieve parity of esteem between mental and physical health in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. You can download the conference programme here and […]

GPs in Slough have been given £2.9 million to improve access to care for 147,000 patients, as part of the £50m Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund. There will be 16 practices benefiting as part of the trial known as ‘Steps to the Future’ and they will be trialling a range of options to make services more […]

GPs in Folkestone and Dover have received around £1.89 million to improve access to care for 94,940 patients, as part of the £50m Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund. There will be 13 practices benefiting as part of the trial, piloting a range of options to make services more accessible to patients including: extended opening hours from […]

The NHS in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been given £3.575 million to improve access to GP care for all 1.72 million patients, as part of the £50m Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund.  The total award is one of the largest in the country, with most bids based around small numbers of GP […]

GPs in Brighton and Hove have been given around £1.8 million to improve access to care for 137,551 patients, as part of the £50m Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund. ‘Care navigators,’ will be introduced to 18 practices in Brighton and Hove, for patients like the elderly who require health guidance rather than medical care.  Working with […]

GPs in Bristol and South Gloucestershire have been given £2.9 million to improve access to care for patients, as part of the £50m Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund. The service will increase access for 270,000 patients across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, registered with 24 GP practices. GPs and hospital doctors will be able to […]

Leading up to Christmas, Hampshire GPs are asking patients, carers and their friends and families to make sure that anyone who requires regular medical prescriptions, orders and collects their medication in good time, and avoid any last minute rush over the Christmas break. Medical Director for NHS England in Wessex, Dr Stuart Ward said: “This is a […]

Latest figures from NHS England in Thames Valley and Public Health England reveal that less than half of eligible adults and children still haven’t come forward to have their free flu vaccination For the first time this year a nasal spray vaccine is available to all two and three year olds as research shows that they […]

NHS England has today published the following report into the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults at Tinkers Lane Surgery, Royal Wootton Bassett.  This is in relation to abhorrent crimes committed by former GP Davinderjit Bains, who subsequently received a twelve year custodial sentence in May 2013 for committing 39 serious crimes against 32 females.  […]

The Kent and Medway Area Team held a consultation meeting on 9 October, to which local GPs,  practice nurses and managers, local clinical commissioning groups, local healthcare providers, health and wellbeing boards and other community partners  were invited to debate the key issues facing general practice and to discuss how these can be addressed in order […]