Please see below the latest Primary Care Bulletin: Primary Care Bulletin, 25th April 2024 Appointment of NHS England’s new Chief Dental Officer Following an open recruitment process, NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have appointed Jason Wong MBE as Chief Dental Officer for England. The NHSE Experience and Partnerships Team are hosting a week … [Read more...]
Primary Care Bulletin – 18 April 2024 (issue 286)
Please see below the latest Primary Care Bulletin: Primary Care Bulletin, 18th April 2024 This includes information on: Death certification reform and medical examiners From 9 September 2024 all deaths in any health setting that are not investigated by a coroner will be reviewed by NHS medical examiners. The changes, which form part the new Death Certification … [Read more...]
Primary Care Bulletin – 04 April 2024 (issue 284)
New Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Taskforce to be set up NHS England is establishing a taskforce to look at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) service provision and its impact on patient experience. The NHS England-led taskforce will engage widely, including with primary care, the education, care, health and criminal justice sectors, to reflect … [Read more...]
Leadership Circles: Beating pandemic fatigue
NHS staff are 50% more likely to experience high levels of work-related stress compared with the general working population, damaging their health, affecting care quality and patient satisfaction, organisation performance and absenteeism. Poor staff health and wellbeing was also linked with turnover and intention to quit, along with higher levels of patient mortality in the … [Read more...]
Conversations on Grief: Spiritual Care at the End of Life: Talking about death and dying
Rev Dr Ruth Midcalf, HHFT’s Trust Chaplain joins us online to talk about how to support patients and their families and friends. You will also find out about the new Spiritual Care at the End of Life elearning course (6 interactive sessions x 30 minutes). The course provides an opportunity to explore two generic topics – why spiritual care at the end of life is important, … [Read more...]
