The Medium Term Planning Framework requires ICBs to publish either their 5 Year Strategic Commissioning plan in its entirety or the elements of the plan which meet the legal requirements of the Joint ...

Part of a wider movement: increasing activity among NHS staff and patients feeds into a nationwide “movement for movement,” helping to raise physical activity levels across communities and contribute ...

We all know that corridor care is unacceptable; it creates an exceptionally poor experience for patients – particularly older patients – and their loved ones, generates low morale for our staff, and ...

Corridor care is a significant patient safety and experience issue; the NHS is committed to reducing this activity in hospitals across England in both emergency departments and inpatient wards.

Do count it as corridor care if the patient is waiting for more than 45 minutes outside of a bedspace or cubicle, with or without privacy and dignity, and / or is unsafe. Do count this as corridor ...

The focus of this report is on the Children and Young People’s Patient Experience Survey 2024, which captured feedback from 25,821 children and young people and their parents and carers. The sampled ...

This summary of changes will help costing practitioners and other stakeholders implement the 2026 National Cost Collection. It does not replace a full and proper review of all the documentation. It ...

The Approved Costing Guidance explains how NHS trusts should cost at patient level using the costing standards and then submit cost data for the financial year 2025/26 using the National Cost ...

A new £75 payment will replace the current 1.2 UDAs for unscheduled care. For providers to whom the 8.2% applies, this will be credited in 2 parts: a £15 fixed credit per required course of treatment ...

Commissioning accountability and responsibility for all ‘highly’ specialised services, high secure mental health services and a small number of specialised services will transfer to DHSC. The national ...

Martha’s Rule has now been included in the NHS Standard Contract. Service Condition 33: Patient Safety of the NHS Standard Contract 2026/27 requires all NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts to ...

Nearly 1 in 4 people have missed an NHS appointment because they forgot or arrived too late, according to a new survey. The NHS has launched a new campaign urging people to turn on ‘push alerts’ from ...