Integrated care board (ICB) teams have responsibility for commissioning primary care pharmaceutical, optometric and dental services. The Model ICB blueprint highlights this is an area for growth. ICBs ...

Patients with lung and breast cancer are to benefit from a blood test which can speed up access to targeted therapy. The new liquid biopsy test can help fast-track lung cancer patients to receive ...

This report features four case studies demonstrating how trusts are successfully improving services for children and young people across a variety of sectors: delivering mental health support to ...

The switch from analogue to digital landlines is being rolled out across the country as copper networks become increasingly unreliable and spare parts are no longer available. Putting safety at the ...

A project to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients from ethnic minorities is live. The Reframe Image Library features clinical photos of people from a range of communities to show how ...

Patients and pupils across England are set to benefit from nearly £1.2billion worth of essential maintenance fixes being rolled out at hospitals and schools. Over 400 hospitals, mental health units ...

Around 300,000 children, including those with conditions such as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, will be better supported to achieve and thrive as a successful programme to help boost attendance and ...

This improvement guide is for staff involved in planning and improving mental healthcare inpatient flow and the discharge of adult patients from mental health settings (including NHS, local authority, ...

The government has paid for new linear accelerator (LINAC) machines at 28 hospitals. The machines use modern technology and could help reduce delays to treatment and, in some cases, could reduce the ...

Internationally educated nursing staff have been making a critical contribution to UK health and care systems for the better part of a century but continue to face challenges to becoming a nurse in ...

More than 900,000 adults at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes have started using the NHS’s Healthier You programme to improve their health, since it was launched in 2016. A record 166,360 adults ...

A 30-minute e-learning module, developed by NHS England’s Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme and the Royal College of General Practitioners, informs GPs about the experiences of Black women ...