NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) published several integrated care system (ICS)guidance documents and accompanying resources on 19 August to … Read More “Guidance on the functions and governance of the integrated care board”
A month ago, coronavirus cases were falling and the lifting of nearly all restrictions looked like it had been a … Read More “Waning immunity and rising cases”
Plans for the gradual introduction of new service requirements for Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and confirmation of how PCNs will … Read More “Primary Care Networks – plans for 2021/22 and 2022/23”
The QNI project seeks to understand what would attract a nurse to work within an NHS community service, and the … Read More “Recruitment of Registered Nurses from overseas to NHS community organisations in England.”
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”
This report presents the findings of a study, conducted at the University of Derby, which aimed to further understand levels … Read More “Understanding and addressing inequalities”
The year 2020 was originally designated as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health Organization … Read More “Year of the Nurse and the Midwife”
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”