NHS dentistry and eyecare are important primary care services. Commissioners must ensure contracts are in place and appropriately manage them. At times there will be disputes between the commissioner ...

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 ...

Are your plans for transforming services based on needs? PCC is providing hands on support to develop eye health needs assessments, working closely with commissioners, and engaging with professionals ...

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 ...

GP premises are essential to the delivery of NHS primary medical services and commissioners have the responsibility to make the necessary reimbursements for premises costs to GP contractors. This ...

The Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) Programme has been renamed the Lung Cancer Screening Programme. The programme aims to find lung cancer earlier, often before symptoms develop. So far, lung cancer ...

We are sharing a short blog by Mike Ferguson, PCC associate. Don’t be fooled by the truth, considers the need to think differently and challenge embedded cultures. More….. Sign up to receive our daily ...

This report reveals the extent of GP unemployment in England, how practices need to hire more staff but don’t have the funding or the space, how some GPs are travelling across the UK to get work, and ...

The NHS Payment Scheme sets rules for determining the amount payable by a commissioner for the provision of NHS health care services and some public health services. This consultation on the proposed ...

While the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed the risk from mpox remains low, having 12 more vaccination sites across the country will improve access to the jabs. Every region will now be ...

This report argues that, while the government’s forthcoming 10-year plan will be essential to the health service’s recovery, senior health officials seem to be unambitious when it comes to taking the ...