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Legal firms will face a new cap on the amount of costs they can recover in negligence cases.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, talks about mental health service improvements and maintaining NHS performance standards.
Barcodes are being used to trace NHS patients and their treatments, manage medical supplies and monitor the effectiveness of equipment.
Changes include a reward system for high quality service and a pharmacy access scheme for isolated areas with higher health needs.
Department of Health to challenge bureaucratic red tape on health and social care frontline, to increase focus on patient contact and care.
Action to support nursing, midwifery and AHP students complete their courses and enter the future health workforce.
Consultation on how changes to student funding for nurse, midwife and allied health professional degree places can be implemented.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Letters for NHS organisations on what is needed for continuity of services after the BT and CSC NHS IT systems and services contracts end.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Government, NHS England and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee agree changes to the GP contract in England.
Review will look at ways to improve NHS IT, including electronic health records, to achieve a paper free health and care system by 2020.
Carter Review says hospitals must standardise procedures, be more transparent and work more closely with neighbouring NHS trusts.
Sustainability and transformation fund will give NHS the resources it needs as part of the Five Year Forward View to sustain services.
Health board in South Wales calls in innovative companies to address problem of fragmented information, making it easier to predict need.
A cap on charges for agency staff will reduce NHS spend by £1 billion over 3 years, and agency staff will be no better off than NHS colleagues.
Sir Hugh Taylor invites you to contribute your views to the Accelerated Access Review.
Lord Carter says hospitals could save billions of pounds by better use of staff, medicines, supplies and more efficient processes.
Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt writes about the need for delivering safer services and lower costs in the NHS.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt orders clampdown as part of tough new financial controls to cut down on waste in the NHS.
How NHS organisations can maximise benefits and reporting return on investment, and comply with national systems and standards.
Secretary of State for Health talks about the importance of using technology and information to improve patient care and public health.
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