All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 16
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NewsNHSE innovation leader steps down
A senior director in NHS England’s transformation directorate is stepping down in the summer, HSJ has learned.
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LeaderWhat the abolition of NHSE means for the service’s leaders
A few hours after Sir Jim Mackey told trust CEOs that NHS England was to be abolished, its outgoing chair Richard Meddings held his leaving do in the same room.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The end of an era
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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HSJ LocalTwo more directors exit trust where ‘poor behaviour was tolerated’
Two non-executive directors have left the board of a mental health trust just a few months after the early departure of its chair.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The ups and downs of the NHS Staff Survey
This week we take a closer look at the trends in this year’s NHS Staff Survey, published yesterday.
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NewsCut corporate services spend, trusts told
NHS England’s incoming chief executive has set out plans to cut corporate staffing, sub-contract support services, and introduce an NHS-wide voluntary redundancy scheme.
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NewsDiscrimination hits record high for second year running
Discrimination against NHS staff has reached its highest level for the second year in a row, while one in seven have experienced physical violence from the public, according to the health service’s annual survey in England.
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NewsNHSE to be formally abolished
Government will legislate to abolish NHS England and make it “fully integrated” into the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsNHSE slows progress on national procurement strategy
NHS England is scaling back its ambitions for NHS procurement less than 18 months after it published a major new strategy intended to give the NHS a “a globally renowned” healthcare procurement operation.
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NewsICBs ordered to cut costs by 50%
Integrated care boards have been told to cut their running costs in half by October.
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NewsPoor support ‘driving rise in deaths after discharge’
The rate of patients dying by suicide shortly after discharge from mental health units has increased in recent years, with researchers calling for better post-discharge support.
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NewsRevealed: The ICBs with greatest ‘opportunity’ to avoid admissions
The systems which NHS England says have the greatest “opportunities” to boost their use of same-day emergency care can be revealed for the first time.
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CommentCutting NHSE in half is a big mistake
Jon Restell criticises the government’s proposed NHS workforce cuts, arguing that they undermine reform efforts and destabilise the system, while stressing the importance of supporting NHS managers for long-term success
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NewsNew NHSE incentive scheme ‘doesn’t make sense’, experts warn
Details of how a new £150m NHS England urgent and emergency care performance incentives fund will be allocated have been revealed – but experts have warned favouring acute trusts in this manner “doesn’t make sense”.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Mackey’s new incentives
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsElective payment cap could be axed
NHS England and the government are considering scrapping a cap on elective payments which is set to take effect at the end of the month, HSJ understands.
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NewsNHSE chief operating officer quits
Two more NHS England board members are stepping down, as much of the organisation’s senior leadership team is overhauled following the appointment of transition CEO Sir Jim Mackey.
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NewsCentral staff to be cut by 50%
NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care are planning a huge cut of around 50 per cent in central staffing, NHSE has announced.