All articles by Dave West – Page 27
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Outstanding trust but STP is bottom of the class
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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HSJ LocalCCG leaders step down amid NHS England investigation
Two senior clinical commissioning group leaders have stepped down, and the CCG is being investigated by NHS England, it has emerged.
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NewsNHS England director accused of voyeurism resigns
NHS England has confirmed Jonathan Fielden, its former national director of specialised commissioning, who is being investigated by police on suspicion of voyeurism, has resigned from the organisation.
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NewsNew CCG ratings revealed
Overall ratings have been published of clinical commissioning groups for 2016-17, with double the number rated “outstanding” as the previous year.
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NewsMapped: STP ratings, finances and system performance
Exploring STPs’ ratings, leadership, finances, emergency care performance and delayed transfers.
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NewsLagging STPs are still in line for capital funds, says Swindells
STPs rated in the bottom two categories today are still in need of, and in contention for, additional capital funding in coming years, Matthew Swindells has said.
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NewsRevealed: First ratings of all 44 STPs
STPs have been publicly rated for the first time, with five labelled outstanding and five placed in the lowest category of “needs most improvement”.
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NewsFirst accountable care system managing director revealed
An NHS England director has been appointed to the first managing director post of an “accountable care system”.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: STPs, busy being born or busy dying?
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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NewsStevens: NHS could create new national 'council' to share decision making
The NHS England chief executive wants to create a standing group of national and local health leaders so “the national bodies and frontline NHS leaders… can better connect and align”.
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NewsStevens: Capped expenditure areas must 'get on with' savings
The NHS England chief executive has said organisations in the capped expenditure process “need to get on with” making planned savings, with the current search for further “hard choices” completed in most of them.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury must provide transformation funding, insists Simon Stevens
The government will have to provide nearly all the capital funding for service transformation in the next year or two because raising it from land sales and the private sector will take several years, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsVanguard funding 'should not be stopped next year'
Funding for new care model vanguards should not be stopped next March as planned, because the project needs more time to provide models for other areas to use, NHS Providers has said.
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Second NHS ‘devolution’ deal aims for 2018 launch
Work is underway on formal delegation arrangements for the second major NHS “devolution” project, with the aim of going live next April.
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NewsNHS England and NHS Improvement reveal joint regional restructure
NHS England and NHS Improvement have appointed two joint regional directors, in order to “test a more integrated approach” between the two organisations.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: 'Difficult choices' run out of steam
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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NewsKeogh: Chief execs need support not ‘frightening and suppressive’ behaviour
The NHS risks “a drift into…risk aversion and blame”, Sir Bruce Keogh has said, criticising the “terrible statistic that the life expectancy of a chief executive in our NHS is only two and a half years”.
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NewsCommissioners made £900m underspend to cover provider deficit
NHS commissioners recorded a net underspend of £902m at the end of 2016-17, covering off a provider sector deficit of £791m.
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NewsMajor new NHS devolution deal revealed
A health and social care devolution style deal is being put in place in Surrey, it has been announced – the second after Greater Manchester.
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NewsCQC: Social care £2bn not just for cutting hospital delays
Additional government funding for social care this Parliament is “there for social care in its entirety”, not only preventing delays in hospitals, the sector’s chief inspector has said.