Letter from Amanda Pritchard, Chief Operating Officer, confirming the intention to delegate some NHS England commissioning functions to integrated care … Read More “Intention to delegate commissioning”
The UK recorded 29,173 new cases on Sunday – down from 48,161 logged a week earlier on 18 July. The … Read More “Coronavirus infections continue to fall in UK”
The NHS is set to take another major step towards improving patient access to mental health services with the introduction … Read More “Mental health access standards”
Increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic, particularly amongst heavy drinkers, is likely driving an unprecedented acceleration in alcoholic liver disease … Read More “Alcoholic liver deaths increased by 21%”
A Government-backed report recommended GPs should do so for people who have poor access to healthy food. Expecting practice teams … Read More “Practice teams to prescribe fruit and veg”
Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI have today published their latest antibody surveillance report showing, almost 100% of people tested … Read More “Almost 100% of people have antibodies after second vaccine”
Current advice is that 16 to 18-year-olds can be offered a Pfizer jab if they are in a priority group, … Read More “Experts recommend Covid jabs for some under-18s in UK”
Patients waiting longer than 18 weeks for elective care dropped by more than 80,000 while those waiting more than a … Read More “Waits for treatment drop”
The figures, which are based on responses from 850,206 patients collected between 4 January and 6 April 2021, also showed … Read More “Receptionists helpful during Covid second wave”
The digital playbooks have been developed to support clinical teams to reimagine and redesign care pathways by showcasing tried and … Read More “Digital playbooks”