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NHS England, formerly the NHS Commissioning Board for England, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care.It oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the National Health Service in England as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. [3]
On 1 April 2011, community services previously provided by the primary care trust transferred to the trust as part of the Transforming Community Services initiative. It is one of the biggest provider of specialised services in England, which generated an income of £334.7 million in 2014/5. [ 10 ]
A major trauma centre (MTC) is a specialist unit within the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, set up to provide specialised trauma care and rehabilitation. They are usually found within larger hospitals in major cities which have the necessary infrastructure and staff to deal with major trauma cases.
The plan was to introduce competition into this market by making them independent businesses from 2016. By May 2014 there had been a number of amalgamations as some clinical commissioning groups brought their commissioning support services in-house. [3]
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.It is responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England, along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.
In July 2006 the number of ambulance service trusts was reduced to thirteen. Following consultation, on 1 July 2006 the number of ambulance trusts fell from 29 to 13. [3] The reduction can be seen as part of a trend dating back to 1974, when English local authorities ceased to be providers of ambulance services.
NHS Direct was the health advice and information service provided by the National Health Service (NHS), established in March 1998. The nurse-led telephone information service provided residents and visitors in England with healthcare advice 24 hours a day, every day of the year through telephone contact on the national non-geographic 0845 46 47 number. [1]
It was established on 4 November 1992 as Addenbrooke's National Health Service Trust, [2] and authorised as an NHS foundation trust under its current name on 1 July 2004. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Trust provides healthcare for people in the Cambridge area, in eastern England , and specialist services such as transplantation , treatment of rare cancers ...