The UK has ordered a further 35 million Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccines due to arrive from the second half of next year, the … Read More “Pfizer jabs for potential 2022 booster programme”
The guideline, published on 19 August 2021, replaces the recommendations from NICE’s 2008 guideline on antenatal care and aims to … Read More “Guideline advising on care throughout a woman’s pregnancy”
Officials say the NHS scheme could save around 2,000 lives in the next five years by detecting and then treating … Read More “Chemists to offer free blood pressure checks”
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will monitor how ethnicity and ability are represented in its workforce, after less than half … Read More “CQC to address staff concerns”
The relaxed rules in England and Northern Ireland are expected to significantly reduce the number of people being compelled to … Read More “Self-isolation ends”
The NHS is a global leader in achieving high levels of vaccination coverage. Throughtheir place in local neighbourhoods, GP practices … Read More “Enhanced Service Specification”
As providers come together across organisational boundaries to work collaboratively inneighbourhoods, places and integrated care systems (ICSs), partnerships between primaryand … Read More “ADDRESSING THE CARE BACKLOG”
A total of 87% of PCN leaders taking part in a survey underpinning the new report said no service specifications … Read More “PCN leaders want ‘no’ new service specifications”
Patients in England will soon be able to access a dedicated service to answer their specific queries about Covid vaccination … Read More “New service to answer patients’ Covid vaccination records queries”
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”