Rates of vaccination are declining in the UK. The King's Fund research explores how Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has achieved some of the highest uptake rates in the country despite the ...

Essential knowledge for integrated care boards, as strategic commissioners they need to be familiar with effective contract management for all four primary care provider groups – dental, medical, ...

A report from the National Audit Office looks at how the NHS identifies and supports people living with or at risk of frailty before they reach the point of medical crisis or hospital admission. With ...

Mothers and babies in England will receive safer care as a safety signal system is rolled out across NHS maternity services. The tool rapidly analyses data being routinely recorded by maternity teams ...

People requiring social care are benefitting from more hours of improved, safer care, thanks to the government’s digital revolution. Digital social care records are an essential part of the ambition ...

Patients attended A&E last winter for everyday niggles such as hiccups and ingrowing nails. There were more than 200,000 A&E attendances last winter for conditions that could have been dealt with ...

Patients at nearly all GP practices (98.7%) in England can access their surgery online, following changes allowing patients to submit online consultation requests open during work hours (8am – 6.30pm) ...

The December edition of PCC Insight considers the challenges ahead including the cultural shift needed to realise the 10 Year Health Plan’s vision. Articles include primary care and the new landscape ...

Background The Employment Rights Bill introduces a new statutory duty requiring employers to inform all workers of their legal right to join a trade union. This aims to improve awareness of trade ...

The NHS’s 10-Year Health Plan sets out a bold vision to reshape care delivery through the creation of 250 neighbourhood health centres (NHCs) by 2035. This transformation has major implications for ...