NHS staff delivered a record 18 million treatments in 2024, as the waiting list fell in December for the fourth month in a row. The overall backlog has dropped from 7.48 million to 7.46 million, while ...

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 ...

Public feedback about NHS and social care support helps services spot problems, identify what's working well, and areas for improvement. Six in ten people don’t remember ever having done this. You can ...

In the autumn budget the government announced specific funding of £102 million for primary care estates. The capital funding guidance 2025/26 provides further information. Funding will be managed in ...

Primary care colleagues are asked to note the roll-out of ePrescriptions for detainees upon their release, at over 120 places of detention. Most prescriptions will be issued to non-nominated ...

Mark Proctor, PCC associate considers how AI and automation can be successfully integrated into general practice to benefit everyone and reflects on recent developments to support the implementation.

Local communities will receive funding for family and school nurses, sexual health clinics and other public health services, thanks to a nearly £200 million boost in funding. As part of government ...

This report finds that in the first nine months since Pharmacy First was launched, community pharmacies have provided nearly 1.5 million consultations for the seven common conditions they were ...

The Dispensing Doctors Association, in conjunction with PCC, has published a briefing paper for Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments (PNAs) In England. Sign up to receive our daily news alerts straight to ...

Nearly 700,000 women across the country will take part in a trial to test how AI tools can be used to catch breast cancer cases earlier. Thirty testing sites across the country will be enhanced with ...

Tackling health inequalities remains one of the greatest challenges facing the NHS and the wider health sector today. This report argues that advances in digital technologies, data analytics, ...

The government’s mandate to NHS England sets out the objectives it should seek to achieve. This mandate will apply from 30 January 2025, until it is replaced. The objectives cover reforms to: cut ...