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Emergency readmissions are rising
25/03/2019
NHS Digital has published data for emergency readmissions for hospitals in England between 2013/14 and 2017/18. These figures show that emergency...
NHS England publishes response to consultation feedback on Integrated Care Provider (ICP) Contract
25/03/2019
NHS England has now published the response to the 12-week consultation, which ran from August to October 2018, on the proposed contracting...
Review of the wider public health workforce
22/03/2019
Public Health England has published a review of what it calls the wider public health workforce – which includes sectors that influence but do not...
Intergrated care in every community
02/10/2018
Watch this short video from NHS England about intrergrated care in every community
Free guides available to support the health and wellbeing of older people and carers
01/10/2018
Free guides available to support the health and wellbeing of older people and carers NHS England have co-produced free guides that provide older people with practical advice to support healthy ageing and caring. The Healthy Ageing and Healthy Caring guides provides information to older people and...
New care and support guide released on the NHS website
28/09/2018
A new guide to social care and support has been released on the NHS website, to provide guidance to people who may need social care, their families and carers. The guide has been written by experts and extensively tested with users, including members of the public, local authorities, care providers...
Loneliness in later life
27/09/2018
A report from Age UK presents new evidence about loneliness among people aged 50 and over, what increases the chances of people experiencing loneliness and how best to help those older people who are persistently lonely. The focus throughout is on the need for approaches to reducing loneliness to...
Meningitis goes undetected for too long
26/09/2018
Lives could be saved if parents are given consistent, explicit advice about recognising meningitis and septicaemia (otherwise known as sepsis) from health professionals, according to a new report from the charity Meningitis Research Foundation. The report , launched at the start of Meningitis...
Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings
26/09/2018
A NICE guideline covers ways to reduce suicide and help people bereaved or affected by suicides. It aims to help local services work more effectively together to prevent suicide, identify and help people at risk, and prevent suicide in places where it is currently more likely. More.....
Stopping smoking - what works?
26/09/2018
A newsletter from Public Health England looks at the evidence on different ways to stop smoking. According to PHE, smokers who get the right support are four times more likely to quit successfully. More.....
NICE responds to feedback on eating disorders quality initiatives
25/09/2018
A new NICE quality standard (QS) on eating disorders focuses on promoting early access and coordinating care between services. NICE has made several additions to the standard since a draft was published earlier in the year, in response to feedback from stakeholders, including a parliamentary report...
Impact of maternity care charges on migrant women
25/09/2018
A study by a maternity charity explores the experiences of women who faced charges for NHS maternity care. Most of the participants were socially and economically vulnerable but faced debts for bills which they were sent from the NHS. The study shows how NHS charging gives rise to stress and...
NHS to save 'hundreds of millions' in landmark drug ruling in England
24/09/2018
A landmark ruling against two leading drug companies could save the NHS in England "hundreds of millions" a year. Novartis and Bayer were trying to stop NHS doctors from prescribing a cheaper treatment for a serious eye condition. Health bosses said the judgement in the High Court may reduce the...
One person quits smoking every 80 seconds
21/09/2018
Last year, nearly 400,000 smokers in England quit successfully, which is the equivalent to 1,069 smokers each day. Despite new smokers starting and ex-smokers relapsing, there are now 1 million fewer smokers in England since 2014. Of the 6.1 million smokers in England, 6 in 10 want to quit but most...
Patients with high-risk skin cancer have new treatment option
21/09/2018
Hundreds of patients with a type of advanced skin cancer are set to benefit from a new treatment, dabrafenib plus trametinib. More.....
Vaccination coverage is falling
21/09/2018
Figures published by NHS Digital show that coverage for nine of the 12 routine vaccinations for babies and young children is falling. Coverage for the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine for children reaching their second birthday fell to 91.2 % in England in 2017/18 compared to 91.6% per cent...
Flu immunisation for early years settings including child minders
21/09/2018
Guidance for early years childcare settings on the nasal spray flu (influenza) vaccination for preschool children. More....
Sexual safety on mental health wards
21/09/2018
A CQC report calls for new national guidance to improve the sexual safety of people on mental health wards, following analysis of how mental health trusts in England report sexual incidents. The report shares findings from a review of patient safety incidents, which found that more than a third of...
Carers action plan 2018 to 2020
21/09/2018
The government has published a plan to improve support for carers in England over the next two years. It aims to ensure that services and systems work for carers and to build research and evidence to improve outcomes for carers. More....
Developing the long term plan for the NHS: tell us what you think
21/09/2018
As part of the process for developing a long term plan for the NHS it is vital that all those who rely on and work in or alongside the NHS have the opportunity to contribute their ideas and insights. To make it easy for these groups to have their say on the different aspects of the plan we have...
Written complaints statistics
21/09/2018
Written complaints to GPs and dental services were up by 4.5% last year according to recent report by NHS Digital. A report published this month found that there were 94,637 written complaints to primary care services in 2017/18.
The truth about child sexual abuse
21/09/2018
The truth project is part of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, which was established to investigate organisations and institutions that have failed to protect children. Victims and survivors are encouraged to come forward to share their experiences in a confidential setting where...
Online resource to support and assist adults with Type 1 diabetes
14/09/2018
NHS England’s deputy national clinical director for diabetes, Dr Partha Kar, has written to colleagues to draw attention to the nhs.uk online diabetes resource which provides practical information at diagnosis, such as videos on how to inject insulin, how to check blood glucose levels and the check...
New information standard for digital maternity records
14/09/2018
A new standard has been published to support the introduction of digital maternity records that will ensure that record information is consistent and can be shared more easily across healthcare services in England in the future. As part of the national plans to improve maternity services, the NHS...
A taxing question: how to pay for free personal care
14/09/2018
A report by charity Independent Age looks at various funding options for older people's social care, including what each option would cost the individual and what the funding situation might look like in ten years’ time. More...
Are you getting breathless?
07/09/2018
If you're finding it harder to do the things you used to do, this might be able to help. Download the flyer below for more information.
NHS England announces groundbreaking new personalised therapy for children with cancer
07/09/2018
NHS patients are to benefit from Europe’s first full access deal on breakthrough CAR-T therapy. NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens announced that children and young people in England will receive a groundbreaking cancer treatment, the first in what is expected to be a rapidly expanding class...
Better self-management could cut demand for urgent care
07/09/2018
A briefing from the Health Foundation explores the link between how well people feel able to manage their long-term conditions - such as asthma, diabetes and depression - and their use of health care services. The findings show that avoidable health care use would fall and people’s quality of life...
