NHS England is required to undertake an annual assessment of each ICB in respect of each financial year and publish a summary of these assessments. Guidance for completing the 2023/24 assessments was ...

Last week was the busiest yet for the NHS this winter, amid sky-high virus rates which have left hospitals ‘jampacked’ with patients. New data published today shows that more hospital beds were ...

This report is a summary of the assessment of each ICB covering how effectively they have led their local NHS system and their contribution to each of the four core purposes of an integrated care ...

Hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry in England have been identified as being at increased risk of cancer and offered risk-reducing options, as part of a new NHS genetic testing programme. New data ...

NHS staff have ramped up the flu vaccination campaign by jabbing almost a quarter of a million more people this winter compared to last winter. Services across the country have faced extreme pressures ...

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme to those aged 50 in England.

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 ...

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 ...

I am Lesley Harper, a registered Dietitian working for the Integrated Care Board (ICB) in Somerset. Recently I have been working closely with my public health colleagues to roll out a collaborative ...

Who is this toolkit for? The toolkit is designed for integrated care board (ICB) antimicrobial resistance (AMR) leads to use in self-assessments or peer reviews. It supports compliance with ICBs’ ...