NHS launches next step of urgent care review

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NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens and the NHS Five Year Forward View partners announced on Friday eight new vanguards that will launch the transformation of urgent and emergency care for more than nine million people.

This comes as NHS England also revealed the success of Regional Major Trauma Networks which, after they were set up just three years ago, have seen a remarkable 50 percent increase in the odds of survival for trauma patients revealed in a new independent audit by the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN)

Community health services explained

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With out-of-hospital care needing to become “a much larger part of what the NHS does,” according to the Five Year Forward View, the NHS Confederation’s new quick guide answers the simple question, ‘what are community health services?‘

Providing an overview of what community health services are, what they do and the staff that make up its workforce, the handy guide provides a picture of the role these services play in supporting and caring for people up and down the country.

HSJ: Expanded roles for non-medical staff

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HSJ reports that under the NHS Five Year Forward View there are plans to expand the roles and responsibilities of non-medical NHS staff over the next 5 years.

Read more about the plan at http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/futurenhs/