This article considers a recent report titled Key Interventions to Transform Eye Care and Eye Health. It looks at the potential of high-street optometry practices to transform the delivery of eye care ...

Local councils are using AI to identify when a pensioner has had a fall, to stop people fall into rent arrears, to map which houses need loft insulation, to give people bigger bins, and – instead of ...

Many GP practices rent their surgeries, whether from NHS Property Services, from other NHS organisations or from private landlords. Many practices do not have formal leases in place to govern their ...

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

NHS eye care is an important primary care service. It is important that commissioners agree the contractual arrangements so services can be made available to patients and appropriately manage them.

NHS England is continuing to raise awareness and encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated against high-risk HPV, which is linked to over 99 per cent of all cervical cancers and to come ...

The government has confirmed funding and a realistic timetable to put the New Hospital Programme on track to deliver all of its hospital projects. This credible timeline for delivery will ensure that ...

Integrated care boards share their approaches to population health management, how they are targeting issues in their own population and the proactive preventative work they are undertaking. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Community Pharmacy England has launched its fourth annual pressures survey, and all pharmacy owners and staff are asked to share their views. The survey provides crucial evidence as part of ongoing ...

The vaccine brand used for the pre-school booster is changing from Boostrix-IPV® to REPEVAX®. These vaccines are clinically equivalent and should continue to be offered to children at 3 years 4 months ...