This plan sets out how we’ll resuscitate urgent and emergency care, with a focus on getting patients out of corridors, keeping more ambulances on the road, and enable those ready to leave hospital to ...

Patients will receive better, faster and more appropriate emergency care as the government sets out reforms to shorten waiting times and tackle persistently failing trusts. The new package of ...

Clinical foreword When someone is so unwell that they need inpatient mental health care, we should be confident they can ...

4. The draft Model ICB Blueprint affirms that ICBs are essential to the future success of the NHS, delivering the ...

Around 3 in 4 patients find it easy to contact a GP, up more than 10% since last summer as the NHS drives to improve access. Almost every (99%) GP practice in England now has a digital telephone ...

Tens of thousands of patients with lung and breast cancer are to benefit from a “revolutionary” blood test on the NHS across England which can speed up access to targeted therapy. The new ‘liquid ...

To: NHS providers: chief executives chairs Integrated care boards: chief executives chairs cc: Chief finance officers Chief people officers Chief nursing officers Dear colleagues, The Secretary of ...

James McLean MBE, Regional Chief Nurse for the North West region, and Claire Morris, Senior Workforce Improvement Lead, share their insights from the first six months of the Enhanced Therapeutic ...

This toolkit will help commissioners, service managers, health play practitioners and clinical leaders to design, plan and deliver high-quality health play services for babies, children and young ...

Whether it’s at reception, on wards or in the discharge lounge, volunteers make vital contributions to NHS services. They ...

Tens of thousands of people have volunteered to help the NHS over the last year, according to new figures. From people in their late teens to those in their late eights volunteers have helped with ...

Introduction What services do these standards apply to? They are designed to be used by health play services providing therapeutic play to babies, children and young people in England – and by the ...