Guidance and regulation

Sets out standards required for NHS organisations concerning patient confidentiality.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 7 November 2003

Information for NHS bodies who need to make and recover hospital charges from overseas visitors.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 19 February 2024

Guidance for integrated care partnerships on integrated care strategies.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 1 February 2024

• Guidance on the preparation of integrated care strategies

  This guidance on the preparation of integrated care strategies was first…

• Annex A: people and organisations to consider involving

  We expect each integrated care partnership (ICP) to determine the…

• Annex B: glossary

  This annex defines the terms used in ‘Guidance on the preparation of…

The Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework is designed to help drive continuous improvement in commercial practices across the public sector.

• From: Government Commercial Function
• Updated: 11 March 2024

Information about NHS England's objectives and funding arrangements as it commissions public health services.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 8 February 2024

A mechanism for the department to meet some of the costs of charity-funded research in the NHS.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 15 April 2024

Statutory guidance published on Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 24 August 2022

Annual amendment in the tariff and ceiling of charges payable by compensators for the recovery of NHS charges under the NHS injury costs recovery scheme.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 20 April 2021

Information for overseas visitors on charging for NHS healthcare

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 31 December 2020

Outlines ways in which people can be lawfully resident in the UK, in order to support implementation of the overseas visitor hospital charging regulations.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 23 November 2022

Sets out legal responsibilities for the management of information in NHS organisations.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 21 September 2007

Information and resources for NHS trusts to help with the management and charging of overseas visitors and migrants.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 3 February 2022

These directions require the Care Quality Commission to exercise the functions set out in this direction from 1 October 2023.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 2 October 2023

Sets out the CIA Model and guidance on how it should be used to support economic appraisals in business cases in the NHS.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 30 December 2019

These directions required NHS England to establish a division to be known as the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) on 1 July 2022. These directions were revoked on 1 October 2023, and accordingly the HSIB no long…

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and 1 others
• Updated: 2 October 2023

Frequently asked questions on the EHIC incentive scheme for NHS organisations.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 1 August 2018

Guidance for NHS trusts on the application of the NHS injury costs recovery (ICR) scheme for 2024 to 2025.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 2 April 2024

Introduction to the system of Payment by Results (PbR) for healthcare providers.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 25 March 2013

Information for NHS patients and service users.

• From: Closed organisation: Monitor
• Updated: 9 March 2015

A plan to turbocharge recovery of the COVID-19 backlog in elective care by leveraging the capacity across the whole system and empowering patients to choose where they are treated.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 4 August 2023