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NHSE Primary Care bulletin - 23 November
NHS England and NHS Improvement publish a frequent bulletin for primary care covering all guidance and information published for general practice, pharmacy, dental and optical.
General practice and the use of CVDPREVENT audit data for purposes of the national obesity audit
NHS England’s Long Term Plan commitment to build an evidence base for interventions for people who are overweight and living with obesity.
e-Referral Service (e-RS) – browser address change
e-RS web-based users should change the browser address (URL) they use to access e-RS by the end of November.
Shingles Vaccination Programme Technical Guidance published
NHSE confirming the 2023/24 national vaccinations and immunisations catch-up campaign will focus on measles, mumps, and rubella
Primary Care 111 feedback for NHS Pathways
We are very keen to hear about your experience managing patients sent from NHS 111, how you manage direct appointment booking, and what you think needs to change.
Antenatal vaccinations during the autumn vaccine programme
To ensure as many people as possible are vaccinated by the end of October, our letter asks that vaccinations for flu, COVID-19 and pertussis are offered at the same time.
Patient choice
Enabling greater patient choice will require the NHS to respond in a number of ways, and the following sections outline the actions and activities within Primary Care, Secondary Care and ICBs.
NHSE Controlled Drugs Newsletter - Summer Edition
Please download the latest edition
Letter from NHSE re Measures to improve Patient Choice
The letter sets out actions to be taken in Primary care, Acute Care and by ICBs.
Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care
NHS England's national support offer details how they will support general practice across every level of the system to implement the Delivery plan.
NHS response to COVID-19: Stepping down from NHS level 3 incident
We informed the NHS England Board today that the NHS would be stepping down the COVID-19 incident. We outline the changes this decision will make later in this letter.
Polio and MMR vaccine catch-up campaign
This week NHS England has announced the start of this London-wide catch-up campaign for polio and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children aged 1 to 11 years old.