As part of NHS England’s improvement work (NHS IMPACT) colleagues – including the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST) and Getting it right First Time (GIRFT) – have been working with ...

A stroke is a serious life-threatening condition that happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. When someone has a stroke, it is estimated they may be losing around 2 million ...

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David Webb, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England, and Ali Sparke, Director for Dentistry, Community Pharmacy and ...

Ruth Buchan is a pharmacist who works as Community Pharmacy Clinical Lead at West Yorkshire ICB. She was previously Chief ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is calculated using weight in kilograms divided by the height in metres squared (kg/m2). This allows for differences in weight due to height. In the HSE series a BMI of 30kg/m2 ...

Oxytocin is one of the most commonly utilised drugs in labour and childbirth. An oxytocin infusion can be administered to augment contractions during labour or in a much higher dose to treat ...

What are national programmes of care? The specialised services commissioned by NHS England have been grouped into six national programmes of care (NPoC). Each has an NPoC that coordinates work across ...

Cases of measles are rising in the North West. Measles is an infection that spreads very easily and can cause serious problems in some people. If you think you or your child may have measles please ...

NHS England is working with NHS Blood and Transplant on a national programme of work to better identify blood groups for all current patients in England living with inherited anaemias, including ...

Management of common symptoms for people approaching the end of their life can be challenging. What are we doing to support professionals? In order to ensure that they have the right guidance to ...

Thank you for all you are doing to support vaccinations and immunisations delivery. You will be aware that practices are required to participate in a national vaccination and immunisation campaign ...