NHS England is responsible for commissioning health services for people who are detained in immigration removal centres. This includes primary care, dental, mental health and substance misuse services ...

This report provides an overview of the financial and workforce challenges facing the adult social care sector and highlights the most significant and critical issues. It follows an independent ...

This programme aims to ensure that most eligible older adults in the catch-up cohort are vaccinated within the first 12 months of the programme. Practices can support this by continuing to invite ...

This report documents the experiences of more than 5,000 NHS nursing staff following a survey at the end of December 2024. Thousands of nursing staff responded, confirming that corridor care is ...

NHS eye care is an important primary care service and commissioners need to manage contractual arrangements appropriately. At times there will be disputes between the commissioner and the contractor ...

Almost 70,000 people with mental health issues were given employment support last year as part of the NHS Talking Therapies Programme – up nearly two-thirds on the year before. New data also shows ...

GP premises are essential to the delivery of NHS primary medical services and commissioners have the responsibility to make the necessary reimbursements for premises costs to GP contractors. This ...

This briefing provides an outline of mental health services in the NHS, the current levels of demand that NHS trusts are facing, and what trusts need in order to deliver a more proactive and ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a report which offers guidance on best practice for using surrogate endpoints in health economic models to guide health technology ...

People with Jewish ancestry have been identified as being at increased risk of cancer and offered risk-reducing options, as part of a genetic testing programme. Data shows that over 25,000 free saliva ...

The government’s elective care reform plan pledges to meet the NHS standard that 92% of patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks for treatment by the end of the parliament. This compares with ...

NHS England has published a letter to trusts, primary care networks, GPs and integrated care boards regarding good practice guidance for ensuring more consistent and equitable access to clinical ...