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Our NHS our future: NHS next stage review
Lord Darzi was asked by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health to lead the NHS Next Stage Review in July 2007. Local clinical working groups have developed improved models of care for their regions to ensure that the NHS is up to date with the latest clinical developments and is able to meet changing needs and expectations.
Our health, our care, our say
The Our health, our care, our say White Paper sets out a vision to provide people with good quality social care and NHS services in the communities where they live. NHS services are half way through a 10 year plan to become more responsive to patient needs and prevent ill health by the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
Primary care
Policies, initiatives and standing arrangements within primary care: health services that play a central role in the local community - GPs, pharmacists, dentists and midwives.
- Primary care
- Primary care contracting
- The Innovation in Primary Care Contracting programme
- Investing in primary care
- Management of lists of primary care practitioners
- Primary care computing
- Primary care trusts
- Practitioners with special interests
- Urgent care
- Dentistry and dental services
- Treatment centres
- Eye care services
Secondary care
Policies, initiatives and long-term arrangements in secondary care.
Integrated care
Policies, initiatives and long-term arrangements in integrated care.
Emergency care
About the Department of Health's ten-year emergency care modernisation programme.
Entitlements and charges
This section outlines NHS charges for those who can afford to contribute and for overseas visitors, and explains entitlement to help for those likely to have difficulty paying NHS charges, and arrangements for NHS patients seeking treatment abroad.
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Categorised policy documents, non-clinical guidance, links and other resources.
National Service Frameworks
National service frameworks (NSFs) are long term strategies for improving specific areas of care. They set national standards, identify key interventions and put in place agreed time scales for implementation.
Medicines and pharmacy
Community pharmacy, prescriptions and prescribing, supply and pricing of medicines, and relations with the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
International policy
Information on the Department's international activities, and guidance on NHS treatment for asylum-seekers.
Fertility
Information on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, and on NHS infertilitt services.
Maternity
Advice and recommendations on maternal and infant nutrition plus information about Maternity Matters, the Government commitment to developing a high quality, safe and accessible maternity service.
Patient choice
Policy and guidance on improving patient choice including how, when and where they receive treatment and giving the public a bigger hand in shaping local care systems.
Self care
Research shows that supporting self care can improve health outcomes, increase patient satisfaction and help in deploying the biggest collaborative resource available to the NHS and social care - patients and the public.
Offender health
Offender health is a partnership between the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health, working to improve the standard of health care for offenders.
Long term conditions
Policy and non-clinical guidance on long term conditions.
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