This briefing will help NHS trusts to understand upcoming reforms, consider improvements to patient communications, and optimise their use of available postal services.

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) services provide intravenous antimicrobial treatment outside hospitals, administered by healthcare professionals or patients/carers. This guidance ...

GP premises are essential to the delivery of NHS primary medical services. Commissioners have the responsibility to make the necessary reimbursements for premises costs to GP contractors, but there ...

This review was commissioned by NHS England in October 2022. The report looks at the full economic costs of delivering NHS pharmaceutical services, and how these costs vary across and within: ...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have published new advice to help GP practices embed equality considerations in the NHS services they provide, specifically around guarding against the ...

Just 1 in 5 people in 2024 said they were satisfied with the way the NHS runs. This is the lowest level of satisfaction recorded since the survey began in 1983. More….

NHS England has published a letter from Sir James Mackey, chief executive, NHS England. This outlines the initial steps that leaders across the NHS need to take to recover the financial position.

At a time when the focus is on developing the new 10-year plan and on the stated three shifts. Are integrated care boards working with patients and the public? The people who, according to the NHS ...

The National Academy for Social Prescribing has published a range of resources that may be useful for link workers and other primary care staff. It includes an animation explaining the role of link ...

The establishment of a new government brought a renewed commitment to babies, children and young people’s mental health. The new government has made a series of commitments in relation to children and ...

Changes to the Health Protection Notification Regulations from 6 April will expand the list of infections that registered medical professionals need to notify the UK Health Security Agency of, through ...

Almost 600,000 beds were taken up by patients with COVID, flu, RSV or norovirus this winter (594,937 from 25 November 2024 – 30 March 2025), as NHS services experienced a ‘quad-demic’ of viruses. The ...