Many services are locally commissioned from primary care, both from individual practices, primary care networks and in some cases federations. Commissioners need to ensure that the spend is ...

Both the flu and COVID-19 vaccines should continue to be offered to all eligible frontline health and social care professionals, including clinical and non-clinical staff who have direct contact with ...

The Support level framework (SLF) is an online tool to support practices and primary care networks (PCNs) in gaining an understanding of what they do well, what they might wish to do better, and where ...

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 ...

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its screening programme to those aged 50 in England. People aged 50 ...

The long-awaited National Health Service (General Medical Services – Premises Costs) Directions 2024 (PCDs) were published in May 2024. Nine months on, this three-hour facilitated workshop will review ...

Online searches for NHS advice on common childhood illnesses surged in 2024, according to new figures compiled by NHS England. Five of the ten most visited health conditions on the NHS website last ...

To help build a health service fit for the future the government is holding the largest national conversation on the future of the NHS. Alongside the call for the public, staff and the wider health ...

NHS England is running cancer campaigns to tackle barriers to timely presentation, targeting adults over 50, particularly from lower socio-economic groups and Black and South Asian backgrounds who are ...

On 6 January 2025, the Prime Minister announced a new national plan published by NHS England setting out how the NHS will reform elective care for patients in England. This briefing highlights the key ...

Community Pharmacy England has published the latest article of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy ...

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) serves a diverse population over 1,211 square kilometres, operating five hospitals and various community services. Since signing the Armed Forces Covenant in ...