This guidance contains the National Cost Collection (NCC) reconciliation and submission information for the ambulance sector.

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We all know that corridor care is unacceptable; it creates an exceptionally poor experience for patients – particularly older patients – and their loved ones, generates low morale for our staff, and ...

Commissioning accountability and responsibility for all ‘highly’ specialised services, high secure mental health services and a small number of specialised services will transfer to DHSC. The national ...

Letter from Dr Amanda Doyle, National Director for Primary Care and Community Services, providing information on arrangements for the 2026/27 GP contract.

Corridor care is a significant patient safety and experience issue; the NHS is committed to reducing this activity in hospitals across England in both emergency departments and inpatient wards.

The focus of this report is on the Children and Young People’s Patient Experience Survey 2024, which captured feedback from 25,821 children and young people and their parents and carers. The sampled ...

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Figures out today show that more than 1.2million patients were handed over (1,234,731) to A&Es by ambulances so far this winter. This is the highest since the same period in 2021/22, and almost 52,000 ...

The Approved Costing Guidance explains how NHS trusts should cost at patient level using the costing standards and then submit cost data for the financial year 2025/26 using the National Cost ...

A new £75 payment will replace the current 1.2 UDAs for unscheduled care. For providers to whom the 8.2% applies, this will be credited in 2 parts: a £15 fixed credit per required course of treatment ...

Do count it as corridor care if the patient is waiting for more than 45 minutes outside of a bedspace or cubicle, with or without privacy and dignity, and / or is unsafe. Do count this as corridor ...