All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 2
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CommentWhy decommissioning fails
Attempts to decommission failing or out-of-date services are rarely defeated by weak evidence. More often, they do succeed because the costs of decommissioning are immediate and visible, while the benefits are delayed, diffuse and difficult to prove
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NewsICB clusters told to merge
Clustered integrated care boards should merge by next April, even if it is likely they will cut across future regional government footprints, NHS England has said.
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News‘Attractiveness’ of ‘underpaid’ chair roles under review
The roles of trust and integrated care board chairs are being reviewed by NHS England to ensure they remain “coherent, effective and attractive to high-calibre leaders”, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Who runs the NHS?
Sparks are flying over how the centre of the NHS will be run once NHS England is wound up next year. HSJ Health Check discusses the options and why they matter, as well as our exclusive interview with the minister leading the changes through Parliament.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: Power to the people
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By senior HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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NewsWe have ‘minimised’ Health Bill power grab, says minister
The government has sought to “minimise” the new powers given to the health and social care secretary in its Health Bill, according to the minister leading it through Parliament.
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NewsTrusts ‘should recruit more managers locally’
NHS organisations should recruit more managers and leaders from local communities rather than conventional entry routes, health minister Karin Smyth told HSJ.
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NewsNHS CEO might not report to health secretary
The new NHS chief executive may soon report to a senior civil servant rather than the health secretary, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: How place got lost
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by deputy editor Dave West and correspondent Caitlin Tilley.
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NewsNew ‘simpler’ NHSE performance regime for acutes has 50% more metrics
The number of metrics used to measure the performance of acute trusts by NHS England has been increased from 23 to 35.
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NewsKnighthood for hospital chief
A trust group CEO currently working as NHS England’s deputy chief executive has been awarded a knighthood in this year’s King’s birthday honours, for services to the NHS.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2026, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsBiggest climbers and fallers in trust league table
Sharply divergent performance in the last quarter of 2025-26 saw dramatic movement within NHS England’s league table for acute trusts, with six providers moving up or down rankings by 30 places or more.
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NewsTake more risks with new technology urges health secretary
The new health secretary has promised to “back” NHS leaders who take risks by increasing the use of new technology, in his first major speech in the role
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NewsCorridor care cases hit 90k in May
More than 90,000 cases of corridor care were recorded in English NHS hospitals in May – an average of 3,000 per day – according to the first official stats on the scale of the problem.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts sharing £86m prize for March A&E sprint
NHS England has revealed the trusts which will share an £86m prize pot for delivering improvements to A&E waiting times in March.
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News‘Innovation freeze’ threatening NHSE AI plans
NHS England has warned that it may be unable to lawfully deploy AI features on the NHS App from next year, due to incoming medical device regulation changes.
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NewsTrust boards told to ‘grip’ cyber security
Trust boards must demonstrate they have “grip” of their cyber security, NHS England said.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals with the most ‘red line’ 24-hour waits
At least one in 10 A&E patients wait more than 24 hours at many hospitals, despite NHS England telling trusts to adopt a “zero tolerance” approach to such long waits, new figures have revealed.
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NewsMinisters to consider scrapping separate national NHS CEO
The post of NHS chief executive could be abolished or combined with that of permanent secretary when NHSE England is merged into the Department of Health and Social Care, under proposals being considered by officials, HSJ understands.