Louise Schmidt is currently Assistant Director of Benefits and Assurance at NHS England, responsible for leading the benefits ...

I’m often asked what we mean when we talk about “benefits”. It’s a fair question and one that deserves a thoughtful answer.

Across the country, newly qualified nurses and midwives are about to graduate, ready to join the health and care system. For some, this period brings uncertainty, limited roles in preferred ...

The earlier mums access care, the sooner the NHS can also offer antenatal screening – and the midwife will also ask mums about their medical history, including any past pregnancies, their general ...

As part of this, the NHS will receive £8 million to support our own fleet’s decarbonisation. By investing in electric ...

Patients with advanced head and neck cancers in England will be fast-tracked into a trial of a new cancer vaccine, as the NHS expands its world-leading trial ‘match-making’ service. The ...

The first NHS IMPACT self-assessment to be made available supported acute and mental health providers. Following a period of co-production and testing the NHS IMPACT self-assessment is now available ...

The handy “Amazon-style” tracker allows people to check the status of their medications as easily as their online shopping and has already been used 715,000 times since May – equivalent to once every ...

Resources – King’s Improvement Science – King’s Improvement Science resources for quality improvement projects, implementation science research, patient and public involvement and evaluation.

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 series of ‘urgent and emergency care (UEC) improvement guides’ have been designed for providers and systems to consider embedding as good practice to reduce ambulance handover delays.

The Baseline for Improvement is complimentary to the NHS IMPACT Self-Assessment which a developmental tool for organisations and systems to use to assess their current position against the five ...