News and Events

National immunisation programme: planned changes for 2013 to 2014 June 2013 A letter has been published setting out planned changes to the national immunisation programme, with details of the specific programme for rotavirus for babies at 2 and 3 months. Read More →
Update on Novel Coronavirus Infection June 2013 A message from The Chief Medical Officer provides the latest information and guidance in light of the 2 clusters of severe human cases of the novel coronavirus infection, which were reported in May... Read More →
Instructions for approving registered medical practitioners under the Mental Health Act 1983 June 2013 A document has been published containing instructions that lay out the function of approving registered medical practitioners and of approving individuals to act as approved clinicians under the... Read More →
National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS funded nursing care June 2013 Guidance has been published which sets out the principles and processes of the National Framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS funded nursing care.

The national framework for NHS... Read More →
Creating better access for patients needing scans June 2013 Patients needing diagnostic imaging on the NHS should receive better, more efficient access after being referred by their GP, according to new guidance launched recently.

The new... Read More →
New framework to support and develop General Practice Nurses launched June 2013 A new framework to support general practice nurses in achieving and maintaining the necessary levels of competency across all areas of their generalist role has been published by the General... Read More →
Information sharing guidance offered to GPs June 2013 GPs can now access guidance on a new way of using anonymised patient record data to help commissioners improve NHS services.

Care.data is a new system being developed by NHS England, which... Read More →
Maternity and Child Health Datasets will drive improvements in the provision of services June 2013 How many children across England are seen by NHS child and adolescent mental health services? How many of these are young carers? How many women who are obese in their first pregnancy continue to... Read More →
Safeguarding children and adults – revised guidance June 2013 The Department for Education has published revised inter-agency statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children. It sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to... Read More →
Pharmaceutical Needs Information Pack June 2013 A new publication supports local authority health and wellbeing boards to develop and update pharmaceutical needs assessments (PNAs).

Each health and wellbeing board (HWB) must assess needs... Read More →
NICE issues updated guidance for GPs, health visitors, midwives, pharmacists and practice nurses June 2013 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is advising GPs and practice nurses to do more to identify adults who are not active enough and to encourage them to get... Read More →

Resources

Updated guidance to help assess children with fever June 2013 NICE has updated the traffic light system for predicting the risk of serious illness from fever in children under 5, and issued new advice on the use Read More →
Safeguarding Vulnerable People June 2013 NHS England has published its Safeguarding Vulnerable People in the Reformed NHS: Accountability and Assurance Framework. This updates and replaces A Read More →
Local Authority Child Health Profiles 2013 launched June 2013 A Child Health Profile has been developed for each local authority and were published by the Child and Maternal Health Observatory’s (ChiMat) recentl Read More →
Report on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases June 2013 Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are currently responsible for over 60% of global deaths. This burden is one of the major public health challenges fac Read More →
Practical and reliable children’s medicines information for parents and carers June 2013 The vision of Medicines for Children is that any parent, wherever they are, have information on their child’s medicines that they need and can trust. Read More →
Updated STI guidance for Primary Care June 2013 With growing numbers of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, being diagnosed in general practice in the UK, the Royal College of Gen Read More →
Guide to the Healthcare System in England June 2013 A new guide explains organisations in the healthcare system and how they work together and includes the Statement of NHS Accountability.

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Guidance for Health Staff on Identifying and Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking June 2013 Guidance has been published which provides guidance and sets out actions for healthcare staff who suspect that their patient may be a victim of human Read More →
NHS Primary Medical Services Directions 2013 June 2013 Newly issued directions relate to the NHS Primary Medical Services Regulations, which came into force on 1st April 2013.

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Essential commissioning guidance launched on working with local communities June 2013 New guidance for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) on how to work within communities rather than imposing top-down decisions was launched recently Read More →
Prompt diagnosis of social anxiety disorder leads to effective treatment June 2013 A prompt diagnosis of social anxiety disorder is crucial in ensuring people access the most clinically and cost effective treatment, according to NIC Read More →
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