Portsmouth CCG reaches electronic prescription milestone

Portsmouth has become the first area in the country where prescriptions for all patients can be sent electronically.

First Outstanding ambulance trust maintains rating

West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Outstanding for a second time.

NHS spends £92 million on private ambulances

New research has revealed that major ambulance trusts across England are increasingly relying on private ambulances to attend 999 calls.

Northumbria chosen as national training centre for organ donation

Northumbria University has been selected by NHS Blood and Transplant as a national training centre for organ donation.

Five years of Spine II celebrated by NHS Digital

NHS Digital is celebrating five years of Spine II being brought in house, saving the service £150 million in the process.

Government announces review of hospital food

The government will work with the NHS to improve food quality in hospitals and provide consistently safe, nutritious and tasty food.

£250m framework for building and asset improvement works

Fusion21 has announced the launch of its national Building & Asset Improvement Works Framework – worth up to £250 million.

Health needs to be at heart of Brexit negotiations

In the lead up to Brexit, 17 signatories have sent an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for health to be at heart of Brexit negotiations.

New measure for cancer services in Wales is UK first

All cancer patients in Wales are now having their waiting time measured from when their cancer is first suspected.

More considered approach to prescribing medicines needed

Age UK has called for a more considered approach to prescribing medicines for our older population.

NHS staff told to toe government line on Brexit

NHS England is being made to ensure that all their communications are correctly ‘aligned’ to the government’s stance on Brexit.

London councils save NHS £4.6 million a year

Adult social care services in London have saved the NHS around £4.6 million a year through avoiding unnecessary hospital stays.

NHS to fund drug to stop deadly bleeding

NHS England is to fund a life changing treatment for thousands of people with severe Haemophilia.

£25 million to secure the future of hospices

Boris Johnson has announced £25 million to protect hospices and palliative care services which support people at the end of their lives.

The campaign called ‘Where Best Next?’ aims to see around 140,000 people every year spared a hospital stay of three weeks or more.

Community projects that can improve children and young people's mental health and stop issues from escalating to the NHS have been given a £3.3 million funding boost.

A pilot scheme which sees work coaches refer people with mental health conditions to get support without the need for a GP or clinical assessment has been given a funding boost

Quarter of hospitals have air pollution at dangerous levels

More than ten million patients a year are exposed to a dangerous level of air pollution when they visit hospital.

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