“We want to have the best cancer care. Anywhere.” Those were the words of new National Cancer Director Cally Palmer CBE as she addressed attendees to the Britain Against Cancer conference hosted yesterday in London by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC). The annual event, which featured a keynote speech by Secretary of State […]
GP Online Services has delivered a number of webinars during 2017/2018 to support practice staff in promoting and offering online services to their patients and plans to hold more in 2019. The topics covered are usually those that practices have asked for and have given the opportunity for participants to ask questions following the formal […]
Tributes were today paid to NHS volunteers who took part in the fight against the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. The accolades came as the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces (APPG(AF) arranged a ‘Welcome Home’ march into Parliament. The parade was in recognition of the significant contribution of the NHS and Public […]
In the second in a series of blogs on what it means to be a New Care Models Vanguard at the forefront of change, David Stenson, on behalf of Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group, gives a patient’s perspective on the changes to his local services and his aspirations for the impact it will have on the […]
Recruitment of Patient and Public Voice (PPV) partners for Digital Health Programmes The changing face of General Practice – a blog by Chris Child Dramatic annual surge in online GP services as patients sign up for convenience Give yourself more time in 2018 – sign up for GP online services Patient Online programme nominated for […]
This section provides information about the GP online services sites which have been testing and sharing ways to improve online services for patients. It provides a summary of learning so far and a selection of case studies and sample materials. An overview of the evidence regarding the benefits of online access is also included. A […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Nature abhors a vacuum, so I try to keep blogging regularly, in case you think we have gone away or eased up on the work of the review. We haven’t. But there really is not a lot to report this week in terms […]
Since the publication of this blog Dr Martin McShane has left NHS England. Dr Martin McShane, NHS England’s Director for Patients with Long Term Conditions, explains why we must ask patients the right questions and not let them suffer in silence: Domain 2 of the NHS outcomes framework is about ‘enhancing the quality of life […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Welcome to the first blog for 2015. It’s been a month since the last one – I thought I should allow you to enjoy the festive season in peace! However, the work on the review has not stopped and we continue where we […]
Since the publication of this blog John Holden has left NHS England. Your feedback We’ve been asked about feedback from the Trust visits (led by Professor Deirdre Kelly, at the invitation of the Clinicians’ Group) and whether there will be a write-up on individual units. The answer is that we will not publish any commentary […]