All articles by Jack Serle
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NewsMinisterial power grab ‘greatest threat’ to NICE existence
The government plans to take direct control of the cost effectiveness thresholds used by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence are “the greatest threat yet to its existence,” according to one the agency’s founding directors.
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NewsTrump drug deal to leave NHS with unfunded bill
The NHS is seeking further funding from government to help it absorb extra costs arising from a new drug pricing deal, partly inspired by the threat of tariffs on UK medicines made by US president Donald Trump.
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NewsContract awards go ahead as ICBs plead they are running out of staff
Integrated care boards have told a court imminent redundancies meant they needed to be able to award more than £100m in contracts while they still had the staff.
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NewsUpdated: NHSE suspends planned consultant contract to fix NHS board performance
NHS England has suspended a planned contract to spend £15.6m on management consultants to create an NHS board improvement programme to build capability and iron out variable performance across local organisations.
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NewsNHSE picks seven trusts for £5bn investment
NHS England has announced the seven trusts it intends to award contracts totalling £5bn to run the NHS Genomic Medicine Service over the next decade.
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NewsEx-NHSE director joins consultancy
One of the senior directors who left NHS England in the spring has taken up an executive role at a large management consultancy.
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NewsLocal systems must ‘comply’ with new medicines access policy
NHS England wants to standardise local drug formulary teams and operations while it develops a single national formulary over the next two years, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTech firm wins £1.2bn national workforce contract
The NHS Business Services Authority has awarded a £1.2bn contract to Indian technology firm Infosys for a new workforce management system.
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NewsNew head for innovation network
Ben Bridgewater has been appointed executive chair of the Health Innovation Network, the umbrella body for the 15 regional health innovation groups.
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News13 trusts trial procurement process designed to ‘save billions’
Thirteen trusts are piloting a procurement system that places less emphasis on price.
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NewsFormer NHSE director to chair health alliance
Former NHS England chair Richard Meddings has been appointed to the same post at Birmingham Health Partners, an alliance of six of the city’s NHS trusts, two of its universities and the local health innovation network.
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NewsSingle ICB finance system launches after years of delay
NHS England’s new national accounting and finance system – covering all integrated care boards and some other NHS organisations – has gone live after an 18-month delay and years of preparation.
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NewsGovernment to put ‘realistic’ price on NHS data
The government has hired a consultancy to make a “realistic” estimate of the value of NHS data to industry, researchers and academics.
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NewsICB broke commissioning rules on £92m contract
An integrated care board broke commissioning regulations when trying to secure a contract for a system-wide mental health service, according to the independent oversight panel.
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News£114k performance bonus for new DHSC commercial director
The Department of Health and Social Care’s new director general for commercial and growth could receive annual remuneration of £342,000 if they are awarded their full bonus.
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NewsDHSC seeks £120m saving from 'unwarranted price variation'
The Department of Health and Social Care is recruiting expert advisers to help update the list of prescribable products in community settings in a bid to save up to £120m.
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NewsScanner procurement cancelled under threat of legal challenge
A leading specialist cancer trust has had to cancel and re-run the procurement of a cutting-edge scanner to stave off the threat of a legal challenge..
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NewsNHSE launches programme to enable ‘patient power payments’
Work has begun to create a new national feedback system to support the government’s proposed “patient power payments”, which would see individual members of the public able to affect how much money providers and commissioners receive for treating them.
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NewsNHS manager facing bribery charge found dead
An NHS manager at a prestigious London teaching hospital was found dead by police after bribery charges were brought against him.
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NewsOut of court settlement in £4.4bn procurement challenge
The NHS has settled a £4.4bn procurement challenge out of court, HSJ can reveal.