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Influencing the future shape of primary care 27 Aug 2013 | 06:20 pm
How well is general practice integrated into the healthcare system in your area? What should be done nationally to encourage and facilitate better integration? We want to hear members' views so we can...
NHS Mandate under review – have your say 19 Aug 2013 | 07:44 pm
The Department of Health is refreshing the Mandate to NHS England for 2014 to 2015, and has launched a consultation to gather views on a number of changes. We will be responding on members' behalf and...
£500m to relieve pressures on urgent and emergency care 8 Aug 2013 | 02:05 pm
Under pressure A&E departments will receive an additional £500 million over the next two years to ensure they are adequately prepared winter pressures, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today (8 ...
Berwick patient safety report published 6 Aug 2013 | 07:42 pm
Adopting a culture of learning, ensuring adequate staffing levels and creating new criminal offences for recklessness or mistreatment, are among some of the recommendations put forward today to improv...
High Court overturns Lewisham Hospital downgrade 5 Aug 2013 | 06:56 pm
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt's decision to reduce maternity and A&E services at Lewisham Hospital has been quashed by the High Court today (31 July), which has ruled that Mr Hunt acted outside his pow...
NHS Direct seeks withdrawal from NHS 111 contracts 2 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
NHS Direct is seeking to withdraw from the NHS 111 contracts it entered into as they have proved to be "financially unsustainable", the organisation announced today (29 July).
Invitation to tender: How are people using e-mental health services and apps? 1 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
The NHS Confederation is inviting individuals and organisations to tender for an e-mental health mapping project, to establish how technology is currently used in the design and delivery of NHS-funded...
Mid-Staffs trust 'should be dissolved', recommend TSAs 1 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust should be dissolved and Stafford and Cannock Chase hospitals run by other organisations, trust special administrators (TSAs) recommended today (31 July).
First set of friends and family test results published 30 Jul 2013 | 04:37 pm
Over 400,000 NHS patients have completed the NHS Friends and Family test since it was introduced in April 2013, NHS England reports today (30 July).
Improving our website – we need your help 29 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
We are going to be making some major changes to our website and we are keen to hear from NHS Confederation members.
