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  • Accessible Information Standard Review: Survey for health and social care professionals, and organisations commissioning or providing NHS or adult social care services

    The Accessible Information Standard was published by NHS England, following approval as a new ‘information standard’ for the NHS and adult social care system, in July 2015. Officially called SCCI1605 Accessible Information, the Accessible Information Standard (‘the Standard’) directs and defines a specific, consistent approach to identifying, recording, flagging, sharing and meeting individuals’ information and communication support needs, where those needs relate to a disability,... More
    Closed 11 March 2017
  • Accessible Information Standard Review: Survey for patients, service users, carers and parents

    The Accessible Information Standard was published by NHS England, following approval as a new ‘information standard’ for the NHS and adult social care system, in July 2015. Officially called SCCI1605 Accessible Information, the Accessible Information Standard (‘the Standard’) directs and defines a specific, consistent approach to identifying, recording, flagging, sharing and meeting individuals’ information and communication support needs, where those needs relate to a disability,... More
    Closed 11 March 2017
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Consultation

    NHS England has now concluded consultation on five service specifications for Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHs) Tier 4. We have published a summary report of the consultation outcomes which gives an overview of stakeholder feedback to our proposed specifications. Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Consultation Outcome Report The revised specifications have now been developed and can be found on our Child and Adolescent Mental Health... More
    Closed 28 February 2017
  • proposed redesign of learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder services

    People in the North West region and beyond are being urged to have their say on the proposals that have been drawn up by local health and care leaders to modernise services. The proposals include the closure of Mersey Care Whalley site formerly called Calderstones hospital, as called for by Sir Stephen Bubb's 'Winterbourne View - Time for Change' report and the Public Accounts Committee. NHS England is consulting widely across the North West and beyond to ensure that the views of people... More
    Closed 23 February 2017
  • Homecare in Hospital Call out

    Publications Gateway Reference: 06228 The homecare in hospital model When a person is admitted to hospital, any care services they are already receiving at home are reviewed before being stopped. Any care at home package would be continued upon admission to hospital, at least for the first 48 hours. Depending on the level of care package, home care workers would maintain contact remotely or by visiting the person in hospital, as deemed appropriate. ... More
    Closed 17 February 2017
  • Draft multispecialty community provider (MCP) Contract Package for Engagement

    We have now published a draft version of the multispecialty community provider (MCP) contract and a set of supporting documents for engagement. While the package focusses on implementation of the MCP model, many of the principles are transferable to other new models of care. The draft MCP Contract is the product of intensive joint work with a number of vanguard sites across the country, co-developing the approach to tackle the issues sites are facing and to ensure that the Contract will... More
    Closed 20 January 2017
  • Proposed action to cut sales of sugary drinks

    NHS England’s Chief Executive Simon Stevens is calling on patients and the public to have their say in a ten week consultation on plans to cut the sales of sugary drinks sold in hospitals. Our formal consultation gives details of a proposed new fee to be paid by vendors and seeks views on an outright ban, as well as alternative measures to reduce sales of sugary-drinks. Simon Stevens committed in the Five Year Forward View , to improve the health of NHS England’s workforce. A... More
    Closed 18 January 2017
  • Consultation Guide on Commissioning Policies: Funding of Treatment outside of Clinical Commissioning Policy or Mandated NICE Guidance - A. In-year service development, B. Individual Funding Requests, C. Funding for experimental and unproven treatments, D. Continuing funding after clinical trials

    When first established, NHS England published a set of a set of so-called 'generic policies' to guide its decision-making for all directly commissioned services. They were called 'generic policies' as they applied to all NHS England's commissioning responsibility, rather than being service-specific. Over the last three years, most of these policies have been covered in other existing comprehensive policy documents. Four areas still require stand-alone policies, and they are the focus of... More
    Closed 15 January 2017
  • Strengthening Patient and Public Participation in the work of NHS England

    NHS England’s ambition is for patients and the public to be at the heart of everything we do, in line with the values of the NHS Constitution. This work is underpinned by our Patient and Public Participation Policy and Statement of Arrangements and Guidance on Patient and Public Participation in Commissioning. The documents set out our commitment to participation and outline how we will work with patients and the public to enable them to influence the health services they use. We would... More
    Closed 31 December 2016
  • Framework for Patient and Public Participation in Primary Care Commissioning and accompanying information for patients and the public

    Publications Gateway reference number: 05084 NHS England’s ambition is for patients and the public to be at the heart of everything we do, in line with the values of the NHS Constitution. We are working to strengthen participation in all of our work, including policy making and commissioning (the process of planning, buying and monitoring health services). The Framework for Patient and Public Participation in Primary Care Commissioning is a guide for commissioners – and anyone else... More
    Closed 31 December 2016
  • Modernising Radiotherapy Services in England - developing proposals for future service models

    NHS England has published proposals for modernising radiotherapy services, to ensure that high quality, safe and effective services are accessible across the country, regardless of where patients live. The proposals, which have been developed by an expert group of clinicians, commissioners, and patient representatives, focus on the development of networks of non-surgical clinical oncology services. A networked approach to service delivery means that only those patients with more rare... More
    Closed 23 December 2016
  • St Martins, Bristol - Patient Questionnaire

    Questionnaire to gain patient views on St Martins practice in Bristol and to understand how they are likely to be affect by any changes to GP services. This is also designed as a way of gaining better understanding of any issues for patients that we may not be aware of. More
    Closed 16 December 2016
  • PAG/PLDP Member post-course evaluation

    Thank you for attending the PAG/PLDP member training. Please provide some feedback on what you have learned and what you found useful to enable us to evaluate the training. Thank you More
    Closed 4 December 2016
  • Survey on HIV services within the Wakefield district and Dewsbury

    The purpose of the survey is to obtain the views of people who use HIV services within the Wakefield district and Dewsbury, we will take your views on board as much as possible. This will be used in conjunction with a range of other considerations such as workforce, financial, model and locality of service. More
    Closed 30 November 2016
  • Application form: Patient and Public Voice (PPV) expert advisers of the NHS Citizen Programme Board

    NHS England is committed to ensuring that public and patient voices are at the centre of shaping our healthcare services. Every level of our commissioning system needs to be informed by listening to those who use and care about our services. The NHS Citizen Programme Board is looking for three Patient and Public Participation Expert Advisers. One of the candidates will serve as the Programme Board Chair and will be responsible for the administration of the Board and ensuring an objective... More
    Closed 10 November 2016
  • Quick Guide: Urgent dental care

    Many thanks for reading the quick guides. These have been developed by NHS England and partners to bring clarity on how best to work with the care sector. More
    Closed 6 November 2016
  • Quick Guide: Extending the role of community pharmacy in urgent care

    Many thanks for reading the quick guides. These have been developed by NHS England and partners to bring clarity on how best to work with the care sector. More
    Closed 6 November 2016
  • Consultation on the Clinical Commissioning Policy Proposition: Commissioning Medicines in Children

    Publications gateway reference: 04657 NHS England has today (5 October 2016) launched a 30 day public consultation on a clinical commissioning policy proposition for commissioning medicines in children. There has already been extensive engagement on this national policy, it has been developed with the support and input of lead clinicans and patient and public representatives. This approach has helped ensure that the views of key stakeholders have informed and influenced the development... More
    Closed 4 November 2016
  • Managing conflicts of interest in the NHS: A consultation

    In March 2016 the NHS England Board announced that a Task and Finish Group of experts (to be chaired by Sir Malcolm Grant, chairman of NHS England) would look at the issues around how conflicts of interest in the NHS could be managed. Over the summer the Group has been developing proposals to ensure that the NHS can: Actively manage conflicts of interest and associated issues of gifts, hospitality, other payments and influence Provide the public with information so that... More
    Closed 31 October 2016
  • Quick Guide evaluation

    Many thanks for reading the quick guides. These have been developed by NHS England and partners to bring clarity on how best to work with the care sector. More
    Closed 30 October 2016
  • Feedback form on future of Saltash Road Surgery, Plymouth

    Short-term arrangements are in place to keep Saltash Road Surgery open until 31 March 2017, following Dr Robert Gardner's resignation. NHS England now needs to decide on the surgery's longer-term future. More
    Closed 21 October 2016
  • Consultation on Specialised Services clinical commissioning policies and service specifications

    Publications Gateway ref: 04657 NHS England has today (10th August) launched a 45 day public consultation on a proposed clinical commissioning policy proposition on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. There has already been extensive engagement on this policy and it has been developed with the support and input of lead clinicians and patient and public representatives. This approach has helped ensure that the views of key stakeholders have informed and influenced the development of... More
    Closed 23 September 2016
  • Plymouth patient survey - Ernesettle, Trelawny and Mount Gould surgeries

    NHS England aims to find new GP providers for Ernesettle, Mount Gould and Trelawny surgeries in Plymouth from April 2017. This is your chance as a patient to help us define the scope of services. More
    Closed 23 September 2016
  • Application form for NHS England Learning Disability and Autism Advisory Group

    Are you a person with a learning disability, a person with autism or a family carer? Do you want to be part of NHS England's new Advisory Group? The Advisory Group will help NHS England with its work on learning disability and/or autism. If you are interested, please view the full information pack to find out about applying . You will need to complete the application form by Friday 16th September. If you have any difficulties please contact the Learning Disability... More
    Closed 16 September 2016
  • Call for best practice – Upskilling care home staff

    Publications Gateway ref: 05660 This is a call for best practice to support the upskilling care home staff project of the Independent Care Sector Programme. What is the call for?: Examples of joint working between care homes (both nursing and residential), homecare providers, housing organisations and NHS organisations to upskill care home staff. Types of activities we are looking for: provision of e-learning/formal training; hybrid working models; buddying and examples of training... More
    Closed 12 September 2016
  • Patient & Public Voice Partner Programme of Care (POC) Board Application

    NHS England is committed to ensuring that public and patient voices (PPV) are at the centre of shaping our healthcare services. Every level of our commissioning system needs to be informed by insightful methods of listening to those who use and care about our services to inform service development. There are a range of opportunities for patients, carers and patient representative organisations to get involved in shaping the work of NHS England. Please see below for our current... More
    Closed 14 August 2016
  • Kate Granger Compassion in Care Awards nomination form

    Nomination form for the Kate Granger Compassion in Care Awards, being led by NHS England for the first time this year (taking over from NHS Employers). More
    Closed 7 July 2016
  • Application form: Patient and Public Voice (PPV) partner of the Workforce 2020 Advisory Board

    NHS England is committed to ensuring that public and patient voices are at the centre of shaping our healthcare services. Every level of our commissioning system needs to be informed by listening to those who use and care about our services. NHS England, and a number of its key partners, are working together on Workforce 2020, a programme designed to expand and strengthen the workforce in primary care. The Workforce 2020 Advisory Board is part of the governance arrangements for the... More
    Closed 7 July 2016
  • Specialised Services clinical commissioning policies and service specification - Wave 13

    NHS England ran a 30 day consultation on 'Tenofovir Alafenamide for treatment of HIV 1 in adults and adolescents' and 'Treatment of iron overload for transfused and non transfused patients with chronic inherited anaemias' early this year. The following documents that were part of the original suite of documents posted online as part of the consultation were incomplete: Evidence Review: Comparison between tenofovir alafenamide and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. Evidence... More
    Closed 22 June 2016
  • Application for Specialised Commissioning Quality Assurance Implementation Programme Board

    Application form: Specialised Commissioning Quality Assurance Implementation Programme Board NHS England is committed to ensuring that public and patient voices are at the centre of shaping our healthcare services. Every level of our commissioning system needs to be informed by listening to those who use and care about our services. The NHS England Specialised Commissioning Quality Assurance Implementation Programme Board is looking for two Patient and Public Voice members, to join the... More
    Closed 17 June 2016
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