All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 158
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NewsNHSE/I rows back on ordering trusts to provide remote appointments
NHS England and Improvement has watered down plans to force all trusts to offer remote appointments to patients booking consultations, after providers raised concerns it would be a ‘significant burden’.
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NewsTop US healthcare chief to join NHS England
The chief executive of a leading US healthcare organisation has been hired as NHS England’s new director of transformation.
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NewsPHE staff to be split between DHSC and new health security agency
The government today said Public Health England’s health improvement functions will be folded into the Department of Health and Social Care while the health protection elements form part of a new government agency.
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NewsFlagship death review programme had ‘unclear and limited’ impact
A flagship government programme to improve care for people with learning disabilities has had an ‘unclear’ and ‘limited’ impact after six years, an NHS England report has found.
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NewsPrivate providers fear unfair treatment under new NHS financial regime
Private providers have warned they face unfair treatment under new financial rules unless the NHS distributes additional funding for covid in an ‘equitable and transparent’ way.
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Covid block contracts to remain in place until autumn
System leaders now expect the financial arrangements for NHS providers introduced to help the service deal with the pandemic to be rolled over until the autumn, HSJ has learned.
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News‘No capacity anywhere’ to deal with unprecedented surge in children’s mental health demand
There is ‘no capacity anywhere’ to deal with an unprecedented surge in admissions of children with mental health problems, a senior clinician has told HSJ.
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NewsGender no longer needed to book covid vaccine
Booking a coronavirus vaccine using the national system no longer requires a person to specify their gender, to help boost access among transgender and non-binary communities.
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NewsMega-merger trust tells NHSE it cannot eliminate year-long waiters by next year
A large East of England trust has told NHS England it cannot eliminate its 52-week waiting list backlog in 2021-22 as it had previously promised.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Cohort penetration, as the covid-19 2021-22 cash is sort of sorted
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsLondon boroughs struggle with care home staff vaccine uptake
London boroughs dominate the list of areas with the lowest covid-19 vaccine uptake among care home staff, HSJ analysis of new NHS figures shows.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: How WRES leaders see its future
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. This week by employment ...
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NewsRob Webster heads CEO Top 50 as Dunn, Lawlor and Panniker fall from grace
Rob Webster is the first mental health trust chief executive to secure the number one spot in HSJ’s Top 50 chief executives list, which witnessed a significant churn from 2019, giving entry to new faces but also excluding many from the previous selections.
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NewsTrust chiefs predict ‘massive problem’ if centre starts elective recovery next month
The NHS should start off the next financial year focusing on staff recovery and postpone ratcheting up elective recovery efforts and other long-term priorities until the second quarter, senior figures have warned.
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NewsHSJ Awards 2020: HSJ Partnership of the Year
WINNER: Kite, a Gilead Company, NHS England and NHS Partners – Working in Partnership to Bring CAR-T Innovation to UK patients
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NewsVaccine centres must suspend new appointments amid ‘significant reduction in supply’
Mass covid vaccination centres and pharmacies must stop booking new first doses for April due to a ‘significant reduction’ in supplies, NHS England has announced.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: A critical window of opportunity for UEC reform
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter will track prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsTrust CEO leaves for national role
The chief executive of Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has been appointed the national lead for the implementation of the NHS long-term plan.
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CommentReconsidering the approach to regulating NHS services
Learning from the experience of the covid-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to strengthen a new and constructive dialogue between providers and the bodies that regulate them. By Leanora Vlope
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CommentThe difficulties of the government’s health reforms are starting to emerge
Richard Sloggett, former special adviser to the Secretary of State, shares his views on the reforms proposed in the Health and Social Care Bill