The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is a government initiative aimed at supporting the decarbonisation of heating systems in buildings, including GP practices in England and Wales. Through this scheme, GP ...

The results of a survey by the NHS Confederation's Community Network show the scale of underinvestment in NHS community services. Views of leaders in the community health services sector on the ...

The article of the week, from BW Healthcare Surveyors, offers top tips for GP practices to review the current utilisation of their premises to ensure they are receiving the appropriate notional rent ...

The community beds programme supports integrated care board and place-based commissioning and service leads to improve community bedded flow. The network shares guidance, good practice, and peer ...

Sir John Oldham has accepted a direct ministerial appointment to the Department of Health and Social Care. He will work closely with the secretary of state, Wes Streeting, to transform the health and ...

Adults with specific long-term conditions could benefit from improved care through: annual BMI measurements for all patients additional waist-to-height measurements for those with BMI under 35 early ...

Commissioning guidance has been published to support systems and providers in delivering accessible, high-quality abortion care. Developed as part of the NHS’s first comprehensive plan to improve ...

NHS eye care is an important primary care service. Contractual arrangements need not only to be in place but also effectively managed. Primary eye care gives rise to several commissioning and ...

Managing eye care contracts can raise complex issues, which are challenging to manage. To support you to deal with these PCC runs open surgery sessions where our annual contract holders can bring ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is launching a £10 million initiative to establish primary care commercial research delivery centres (PC-CRDCs). These centres will focus on ...

NHS England has announced the incoming team who will help lead the organisation’s transition into the Department of Health and Social Care. The team – called the NHS Transformation Executive Team – ...

The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN) has launched a new handbook highlighting the vital role of community nurse consultants (CNCs) in shaping the future of healthcare. As senior clinical ...