Letter circulated throughout NHS about vaccination of frontline health and social care workers
On 7th January, NHS England and NHS Improvement sent a letter to key figures throughout the NHS about the immediate requirement to vaccinate frontline health…
NHS enters third phase of COVID response with push to restore services and prepare for winter pressures
Naked Prosthetics MCP Driver Sir Simon Stevens, NHS Chief Executive, and Amanda Pritchard, NHS Chief Operating Officer, have detailed, in a letter to various key…
NHS England releases guidance to CCGs concerning legal rights to personal wheelchair budgets
Following the extension of personal wheelchair budget (PWB) eligibility in December 2019, new guidance has been published by NHS England and NHS Improvement to CCGs…
Eight CCGs to merge into one to provide more joined-up care for patients and better utilise staff time
The eight clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Kent and Medway have been given conditional approval by NHS England and NHS Improvement to merge and form…
Medstrom works as central data co-ordinator for NHS Improvement National Pressure Ulcer Prevalence Audit
Following earlier success of the first national UK pressure ulcer prevalence audit, NHS Improvement has conducted a second audit and, again, worked with Medstrom Healthcare…
BHTA says more OTs needed as part of the solution for tackling ‘bed blocking’
More occupational therapists to deliver better and quicker assessments, better integration of care and social services and improvements to procurement policies are just some of…
Councils respond to £2 billion social care funding spending rules
Cllr Linda Thomas, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, has responded to the Government framework published on the 31st March 2017,…