Which issues are taking up your time? Sometimes when managing primary care contacts common themes emerge – whether that is around understanding the premises reimbursements that GP practices can claim, ...

The NHS has delivered more than 3.1 million additional appointments since July 2024 and hit the ambitious faster diagnosis standard for cancer. Monthly performance data shows that there were more than ...

More than 100,000 baby loss certificates have been issued to parents who have lost a pregnancy, allowing them to formally recognise their loss. Baby loss certificates offer a way of providing comfort ...

80,000 patients across the country have had shorter waits for life-changing cancer diagnoses because of the government’s investment to reduce waiting times.

The Government and the Wellcome Trust will invest up to £600 million to create a new Health Data Research Service. This will transform access to NHS data by providing a secure single access point to ...

An information giving interactive virtual course, comprising of three sessions, which introduces commissioners to the primary care medical contracts (GMS, PMS and APMS). This training contains ...

A draft guideline published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence aims to address widespread variation by recommending a standardised approach to rehabilitation across five major ...

General practices are facing unprecedented pressures. Increasing demands – not just a heavier workload but the increasing complexity and intensity of work can lead to a feeling of crisis. The long ...

PCC’s programme for women developing in a leadership role in health and social care focusses on growing the confidence to work across the system and the influence to reach across organisational ...

NHS England delegated commissioning responsibility for 70 specialised services to all integrated care boards (ICBs) in the North East and Yorkshire, London, South East and South West regions. In ...

NHS England has published supplementary guidance for arranging primary care services under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This provides additional information about how the PSR is expected to be ...

New figures show an extra 1,503 GPs have been recruited since 1 October. The recruitment boost will ease pressure on GPs and cutting waiting lists. Alongside changes to the GP contract for 2025-26, ...