GP pressures 2023
This report, based on a survey of general practice staff, highlights the current workload and workforce pressures facing GPs and their teams, and the impact these are having on patients. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Dealing with difficult situations – courageous conversations
Sometimes we find ourselves in difficult situations with people who appear resistant to what we are trying to do or even hostile. These situations can have a negative impact on our resilience and self-esteem. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Liver scans find one in 10 people have liver damage
An initiative to check for liver cancer in high-risk communities has been rolled out as part of a NHS drive to catch more cancers earlier and save lives. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Menopause awareness training
This menopause e-learning programme is for all colleagues – those going through the menopause and colleagues who can provide support to them. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Virtual wards treat 100,000 patients in a year
More than 100,000 patients have been treated in NHS virtual wards in the last year, with 16,000 patients treated in January alone. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHS primary medical services directions
The government has published the Alternative Provider Medical Services (Amendment) Directions 2023. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Commissioning for older adults
Published by the British Geriatrics Society and aimed at system leaders and commissioners, Joining the Dots: A blueprint for preventing and managing frailty in older people sets out considerations for planning and commissioning health and social care for older people, alongside actions for systems to create the conditions for high-quality integrated care. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Maximising the benefits of research
This guidance sets out what good research practice looks like. It supports integrated care systems (ICSs) to maximise the value of their duties around research. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Enhancing your emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognise, manage, and comprehend one's own emotions as well as those of others. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Primary care optical services – ask the expert surgeries
Commissioners of primary care optical services often face complex contractual and commissioning issues. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 13, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NHS prescription charges from 1 April 2023
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 ( ‘the Amendment Regulations’) have been laid before Parliament to increase certain National Health Service charges in England from 1 April 2023. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 13, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people
This guide draws together resources and provides a one stop shop for professionals who put in place services and approaches to support children, young people and adults who have a learning disability or who are autistic to lead healthier, happier, longer lives. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 13, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Why are delayed discharges from hospital increasing?
This report finds that in December 2022, more than 13,000 of a total of around 100,000 hospital beds in England were occupied by patients who were medically fit for discharge. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 13, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Schools talks to mark 75 years of the NHS
To help mark its 75th anniversary, the NHS has teamed up with Inspiring the Future to inspire children to consider a career in the healthcare service. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 13, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Delivering the emergency services network
According to this report, plans for a new communication network for emergency services have fallen behind schedule, with the Home Office spending almost £2 billion on it since the programme began in 2015. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 13, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
