February 11, 2022
Health inequality
The DHSC has launched two distinct independent reviews into ‘significant’ inequalities in health, to support its incoming Health Disparities White … Read More “Health inequality”
Category: Patient and Community Issues
February 10, 2022
New 10-year ‘national war on cancer’
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid will launch a call for evidence to underpin an ambitious 10-Year Cancer Plan … Read More “New 10-year ‘national war on cancer’”
February 9, 2022
Improving cancer care
Improving cancer care will be a huge challenge, ministers are being warned as they promise a new 10-year strategy for … Read More “Improving cancer care”
February 8, 2022
Specialist community public health nursing
The NMC have published the findings from their consultation on their draft new post-registration standards for specialist community nursing and … Read More “Specialist community public health nursing”
February 4, 2022
Government’s 6,000 new GP pledge
The Government’s manifesto pledge to recruit 6,000 new GPs by 2024 could ‘widen’ inequities in access to care if the … Read More “Government’s 6,000 new GP pledge”
February 3, 2022
Next steps for general practice
Guidance for Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to focus on three key priority areas while continuing to use their professional judgement … Read More “Next steps for general practice”
January 28, 2022
Record number of urgent cancer referrals
GPs referred almost a quarter of a million patients for urgent cancer checks in November 2021, data released by NHS … Read More “Record number of urgent cancer referrals”
January 27, 2022
Ethnic minority-led GP practices
In February 2021, CQC began work to examine concerns raised by some GPs that ethnic minority-led GP practices were more … Read More “Ethnic minority-led GP practices”
January 26, 2022
High Street pharmacies in England to help people lose weight
To be eligible for the programme, people need to have a body mass index (BMI) of over 30. BMI is … Read More “High Street pharmacies in England to help people lose weight”
January 25, 2022
Accelerating patient access
From April 2022, patients with online accounts such as through the NHS App will be able to read new entries … Read More “Accelerating patient access”