The NHS Alliance fully supports the work of NICE and the Nice Implementation Collaborative, and welcomes the new NICE clinical guideline on atrial fibrillation. Full implementation of this guideline will reduce strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation and we commend the work of the NIC in bringing together the consensus statement on NOACs. We are […]
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NHS Alliance response to the publication of Improving community pharmacy services – A Call to Action by NHS England
The NHS Alliance is focused on breaking down the historic boundaries and silos that get in the way of truly progressive and innovative community based patient care. We fully support the mobilisation and integration of community pharmacy in our new vision of comprehensive integrated service delivery. We welcome the publication of the Community Pharmacy ‘Call […]
Pathfinder Alternatives to Transfer Service wins NHS Alliance Acorn Award
The Pathfinder Alternatives to Transfer Service has won a prestigious award for Working Together at the NHS Alliance Acorn Awards for their urgent care project. The project, a joint initiative between the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust and Mastercall Healthcare was a winner in the best example of integrated primary care category at […]
Christchurch Locality GP Commissioning Group wins NHS Alliance Acorn Award
Christchurch Commissioning locality, as part of Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group, has won a prestigious award for Making a Difference at the NHS Alliance Acorn Awards for their community health and wellbeing project. The project, led by Jan Childs, Practice Manager of Stour Surgery, was a winner in the best example of a practice working with […]
Secretary of State for Health launches Tomorrow’s Leaders Network
At yesterday’s NHS Alliance conference, the Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt MP, launched the NHS Alliance’s Tomorrow’s Leaders Network, with an on stage Q&A session after his conference speech. The Secretary of State introduced the Tomorrow’s Leaders Network, and then fielded questions from four members of the new network – a GP, a […]
NHS Alliance forms partnership with provider of mandated friends and family test, iWantGreatCare
NHS Alliance, the leading representative organisation for provision in primary care, has formed a strategic partnership with iWantGreatCare, the UK’s only service allowing patients to rate and review their doctors, hospitals and GP practices. The agreement comes as NHS Employers and the General Practitioners Committee of the BMA announce changes to the GMS contract in […]