Care Pathways

NHS supported resources launched to help older generations use digital

18.10.19: As we celebrate the twelfth annual Get Online Week, the largest digital inclusion campaign in the UK, the Good Things Foundation have published a new report outlining the positive impact that digital can have on older people. The evaluation...

Northumbria NHS FT rated Outstanding for the second time

16.10.19: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has awarded Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust an Outstanding rating for the second time. The trust provides community care, mental health services and secondary care for around 500,000 people acro...

The Health Foundation calls for government overhaul for a healthy society

16.10.19: The Health Foundation has today (Oct 16) urged government to consider policy changes to housing, transport and education after new report shows a risk to the future of young people. The report, A heathy foundation for the future, calls for...

NHS taskforce aimed at young people’s mental health, learning disability and autism care

10.10.19: NHS Chief Simon Stevens has announced today (October 10) the setting up of a new taskforce to improve current specialist children and young people’s mental health, autism and learning disability services in England. This forms part of...

NHS opens first specialist children's gaming addiction clinic opens

08.10.19: Children and young adults with serious addictions to computer games will be offered help and care by the NHS following the launch of the country’s first specialist clinic. The new service is an extension of the NHS Long Term Care plan...

‘Nursing workforce have shrunk at an alarming rate’ says RCN, as nursing vacancies rise to record highs

08.10.19: The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has published a report today, called ‘Standing up for patient and public safety’, outlining the serious staffing crisis and its potential causes. The report warns of the need for legal responsi...

NHS Campaign launched to support and protect doctors in Scotland

01.10.19: The Royal College of Physicians has launched a new campaign called ‘Time for Doctors’ - the focus of which is to improve the working life of NHS doctors in Scotland, and in turn improve patient experience to the best possible care. ...

Working together to provide the best care and support within maternity and neonatal care

26.09.19: Professor Gillian Leng, deputy chief executive and director of health and social care, introduces the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) latest impact report on maternity and neonatal care. During 2017/18, ther...

NHS hospitals go ‘back to the future’ for dementia patients

24.09.19: The NHS has revealed today that their dementia wards will be decorated in 1940s and 1950s style. The wards, rooms and corridors will undergo the retro transformation to create a calming environment for those suffering. The familiar surround...

‘Worrying’ statistics shows half of student midwives consider leaving training for financial reasons

24.09.19: A survey carried out by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has found that half of student midwives have considered leaving their midwifery courses due to financial pressures and debt. The survey, published today, was exclusively for studen...

Royal Bolton Hospital officially opens new £4m urology unit

16.09.19: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has officially opened its new £4m urology unit, The Bolton Centre for Urology, this week. NHS Improvement chair Baroness Dido Harding opened the new facility at the Royal Bolton Hospital, being welcomed by...

The Power of Language in Childbirth and Parenting

06.08.19: While maternal and infant health in the UK is better than many parts of the world, one sector of our community is being left behind. Helena Nikiel talks to Sarah Todhunter about her work with Polish Antenatal Classes.   There are clearl...

HRH The Princess Royal visits Royal Cornwall Hospital maternity services

29.07.19: HRH The Princess Royal - who is a patron of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) - met with midwives, maternity support workers (MSWs), student midwives and other members of staff at The Princess Alexandra Maternity Wing on 26 July for royal reco...

The Oldham Model

28.05.19: Dr Carolyn Wilkins OBE, accountable officer of NHS Oldham CCG and chief executive of Oldham Council, provides an overview of the health and social care integration work taking place in the borough. Under the Oldham Cares banner our alliance...

Going back to school at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10.04.19: Steve Hams, director of quality and chief nurse at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHFT), demonstrates how cultural change has improved care for patients. Staff have gone back to school as part of a ‘social movement&rs...