Fabian Society This briefing contains articles by experts and policy makers which identify the decisions the government will need to get right, covering topics including funding, charging and the social care workforce. A number of contributors pick up on the theme of urgency: as Labour approaches the midpoint of its first term in office, they … Continue reading Care to share: building the National Care Service
Posted: July 7, 2026, 7:35 am
NHS England – July 2026 These minimum standards set out what patients and carers should expect when patients are referred for planned (non-urgent) NHS care in England. These standards have been developed with patients, unpaid carers and patient representatives, alongside clinicians and NHS teams. They act on feedback we have heard and, for the first … Continue reading Minimum standards for planned patient care
Posted: July 7, 2026, 7:29 am
Health Foundation – July 2026 Key points How efficiency varies across NHS acute trusts – The Health Foundation
Posted: July 7, 2026, 7:26 am
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Alongside an anti-racism position statement, the CQC has published this research on how it can become an anti-racist organisation. The work sets out how the CQC is strengthening its approach to anti-racism in how it regulates, listens, and works as an organisation. It supports a more consistent approach to identifying and … Continue reading How can the Care Quality Commission become an anti-racist organisation?
Posted: July 3, 2026, 7:40 am
NHS England Letter from the Chief Nursing Officer for England and NHS England’s Chief Operating Officer regarding the Nottingham maternity review findings on post-death care and key actions required following the Fuller inquiry. When dignity after death is not preserved, the NHS betrays the trust that is placed in it and not only fails those … Continue reading Nottingham maternity review findings on post-death care and key actions required following the Fuller Inquiry
Posted: June 30, 2026, 6:53 am
NHS England NHS England has published an updated clinical standard that sets out national expectations for children and young people’s oral healthcare, using a structured, level-based model of care. The oral health and dental care for children and young people clinical standard covers care allocation, referral and triage, anxiety management, sedation and general anaesthetic pathways, safeguarding, governance, … Continue reading Clinical standard, oral health and dental care for children and young people
Posted: June 30, 2026, 6:50 am
National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation – 30 June 2026, Baroness Amos has published the final report and recommendations of the Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation. The final report highlights key areas of concern, identifies barriers to delivering change and sets out a robust package of eight recommendations aimed at delivering long-term systemic and cultural … Continue reading Independent Investigation into Maternity and Neonatal Services in England
Posted: June 30, 2026, 6:47 am
Independent Healthcare Providers Network This report shows that while GPs overwhelmingly support the principle of giving patients a choice of where they receive their NHS treatment, NHS referral systems and administrative barriers are making it difficult to deliver consistently in practice. The report, based on polling of more than 800 GPs, found that while a … Continue reading The choice gap: why patient choice exists in policy but not always in practice
Posted: June 29, 2026, 11:40 am
Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB); 2026. This report is intended for healthcare organisations, policymakers and the public to help improve patient safety in relation to the online prescribing of medications by independent prescribing organisations Online prescribing: opportunities to improve patient safety.
Posted: June 29, 2026, 11:37 am
National Voices; 2026. This report summarises what young people, unpaid carers, and people with a learning disability told National Voices about the conditions needed for safe, trustworthy and equitable use of AI in healthcare. Participants were broadly supportive of AI in healthcare, provided it is implemented with appropriate safeguards and human oversight. The report forms … Continue reading Good regulation for AI in healthcare: what people with learning disabilities, carers and young people told us.
Posted: June 29, 2026, 11:36 am
NHS Improvement News and Alerts
The head of the NHS has today issued a stark warning to staff that they face the sack or even prison if they access patient records without a legitimate reason, as part of a new crackdown by the health service. Sir Jim Mackey today said that staff looking at medical records for personal reasons or out of curiosity was “wholly unacceptable, […]
Posted: July 8, 2026, 10:23 am
Around a million families are being urged to protect their children against the spread of measles and other potentially deadly childhood illnesses, as part of a new NHS vaccination drive. Children aged from 12-months to 11 years old who have missed one or both doses of the vaccine, will be invited as part of the […]
Posted: July 6, 2026, 11:01 pm
A major rollout of new artificial intelligence (AI) tools across the NHS is being accelerated to help cut waiting lists and improve care for millions of patients. A new AI triage tool in the NHS App that helps direct patients to the most appropriate NHS service, as well as widespread access to AI notetaking tools […]
Posted: July 4, 2026, 9:30 pm
Patients are to receive at least 3 weeks’ notice from the NHS for all new planned medical appointments, under plans to overhaul patients’ experiences of the health service. NHS Chief Executive, Sir Jim Mackey, today said that trying to get clarity from the NHS had been “like walking through treacle” for far too many families, […]
Posted: July 3, 2026, 9:41 am
Thousands more people at risk from a virus which causes pneumonia and other serious lung infections will be able to get vital protection on the NHS this winter. From September, all adults aged 65-74 who are living with a chronic respiratory disease and those with immunosuppression due to disease or treatment will be offered the respiratory syncytial virus […]
Posted: July 1, 2026, 11:38 am
Nearly 2,000 people unknowingly living with HIV have been diagnosed by a pioneering NHS programme, which tests anyone needing a blood test in A&E, saving lives and preventing new infections, shows new data. Under the first-of-its kind, large scale programme, adults in need of a blood test in A&E in 88 areas of England with […]
Posted: June 25, 2026, 9:30 pm
Hundreds of women with aggressive cervical cancer are to be offered a new immunotherapy on the NHS, which could help more women survive and stay cancer-free in the long-term. Pembrolizumab – which experts describe as being able to ‘take the handbrake off the body’s immune system’ to target cancer – will now offer a new […]
Posted: June 24, 2026, 11:01 pm
The latest NHS England management data has shown the real life and immediate impact of the Medical Training Prioritisation Act. The Act came into force in March responding to concerns about increasing competition faced by UK-trained doctors for postgraduate medical training posts. It has delivered what it promised despite being urgent legislation coming into effect […]
Posted: June 21, 2026, 9:30 pm
Visits to the hay fever advice on the NHS website have more than doubled in the past week as temperatures rise this weekend. There have been 12,990 visits to the hay fever page on nhs.uk in the past four days (14-17 June), compared to 5,632 in the same period the week before, a rise of 131 […]
Posted: June 21, 2026, 8:36 am
Football fans are being urged not to ignore health problems, as new analysis reveals a significant drop in A&E attendances while the Three Lions are playing. Analysis of A&E attendance data during Euro 2024 found there were just under 17,000 fewer attendances than expected during England matches across the tournament – roughly a quarter of […]
Posted: June 16, 2026, 11:01 pm
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