(KPIs) are available for use by local commissioners and providers. These clarify which organisations need to report against the KPIs listed and provides guidance to both commissioners and service ...

PCC’s programme for women developing in a leadership role in health and social care focusses on growing the confidence to work across the system and the influence to reach across organisational ...

Severely obese children are being supported to lose weight and live healthier lifestyles thanks to the roll-out of specialist NHS clinics and digital smart scale technology to deliver expert care at ...

Integrated care board (ICB) teams have responsibility for commissioning primary care pharmaceutical, optometric and dental services. The Model ICB requires this role to grow. ICB teams need to ...

The Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations came into effect on 1 January 2024. These regulations must now be used by NHS commissioners when procuring new contracts or making and managing ...

England thanks to the roll out of 13 new DEXA scanners. The new scanners were promised as part of the government’s Elective Reform Plan.

Expectant mothers will receive safer maternity care as a programme to help prevent brain injury during childbirth is rolled out across the country. The Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth (ABC) ...

This report sets out the high cost of the continuing failure to tackle the crisis in adult social care. Governments have stepped back from reform when faced with the cost. Too much emphasis is put on ...

The Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund was announced during the 2024 Spending Review and provides new capital funding of £102 million in 2025 to 2026 to support improvements in the ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has republished its guidance TA878 - Nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir, sotrovimab and tocilizumab for treating Covid-19. The recommendation to ...

Pupils sitting exams have been helped to manage stress and anxiety by NHS teams in the classroom. Almost 600 hundred colleges and sixth form centres have NHS clinicians offering one-to-one support, ...

AI-driven 3D heart scans cut the need for invasive tests. Rolled out across 56 NHS hospitals in England, the tech enables doctors to diagnose and treat patients with suspected heart disease faster by ...