New for 2024, this interactive virtual course, comprising of two sessions, introduces commissioners to primary medical contract variations primarily focussing on general medical services (GMS) and how ...

A former international sprinter who retired as an NHS nurse after nearly fifty years of service and teams helping deploy AI to improve patient care are among the winners of this year’s NHS ...

The King's Fund has published a report 'Population health in Greater Manchester: The journey so far', funded by Greater Manchester Locality Directors of Public Health and the Greater Manchester ...

The Yorkshire & Humber neonatal network is made up of 19 different hospitals and covers a geographical area ranging from York to Chesterfield (North to South) & Grimsby to the Pennines (East to West).

Across England, practices are working at an unprecedented level of activity with daily appointments running at almost 1.5 million. Despite this, the value of funding into the national contract is at a ...

Group clinics are recognised within modern general practice as a way of embedding personalised care for people with long term conditions (NHS England 2023). Trials and systematic reviews of group ...

People from Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities facing mental illness or distress encounter barriers in accessing personalised mental health care, including personal health budgets, which are ...

Today is World Menopause Day. It aims to break taboo and improve women’s health and wellbeing by raising awareness about the symptoms of menopause and the support options available. Each year there is ...

For the first time, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended a targeted treatment option for ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer, to be given after surgery to reduce ...

Patient safety across health and social care is set to be bolstered as the government takes action to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of key patient safety organisations. The move, aimed at ...

NHS eye care is a key primary care service. Its high profile means it is important that commissioners deal with their contracting responsibilities in the best way they can so services can be made ...

The government is launching a crackdown on waste in the NHS. A new strategy – the Design for Life Roadmap – is being published to radically cut the number of single-use medical devices in the health ...