All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 2
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NewsFirst chair for ‘NHS leadership college’ appointed
A former chair of NHS Improvement has been appointed to lead the new national “college” for senior managers and clinical leaders, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: DoFs are in the dark about deficit support
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By senior correspondents Henry Anderson and Zoe Tidman.
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NewsNHSE intervenes at governance crisis trust
NHS England has formally intervened over governance failures at a trust whose chair resigned after “exceeding her authority” by suspending its chief executive.
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NewsDHSC paying £1.8m for advice on ‘culture and pay’
The Department of Health and Social Care is paying a management consultancy £1.8m to help it “create and drive the right target culture” – and to advise on “pay strategy” – as it absorbs NHS England.
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NewsDHSC hires firm to help with wave of private finance deals
The Department of Health and Social Care has commissioned a “technical adviser” to develop the public-private partnership model for neighbourhood health centres.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE home birth proposals spark major safety fears
NHS England is considering allowing midwives to “withdraw” services from women deemed to be giving birth at home against professional advice, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Abolishing NHSE is the easy part
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
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NewsRevealed: Huge variation in NHSE regional job cuts
The level of job cuts across the NHS England regional teams is set to vary significantly, with London’s headcount reduced by around half but another region facing a cut of around just 15 per cent, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMotivation gap grows between bank and substantive staff
NHS bank staff motivation and engagement have increased in a new national survey, in contrast to falling scores among other colleagues.
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NewsNHSE accused of ‘admitting defeat’ on children’s waits
NHS England guidance suggesting adult services are the priority for bringing down long waits risks “failing” children, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has said.
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NewsNational A&E lead named by NHSE
NHS England has appointed a new national urgent and emergency care clinical lead after the previous director stepped down last month.
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NewsNHSE rows back on controversial target
NHS England has rowed back on what was widely understood to be a new target for the proportion of patients it wanted “diverted” away from waiting lists, after accusations it was rationing care.
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NewsPatients stuck in unsafe hospital for two more months
NHS England has accepted it will take until the end of June to move “priority” patients out of a hospital where there are “serious safety concerns”.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Streeting’s abominables
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE whistleblowing takeover ‘will have chilling effect’
NHS England’s plan to take over a key whistleblowing initiative will have a “chilling effect” on staff wishing to speak up, experts have warned.
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NewsNHSE reveals NHS App self-test specialties
NHS England plans to centralise at-home diagnostics for seven specialties through the NHS App, commercial documents reveal.
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NewsBlack staff ‘hit harder by management cuts’
Managers from diverse ethnic backgrounds say they are “losing roles at a higher rate” than others during a wave of NHS management restructures.
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NewsNHSE sets requirements for neighbourhood health centres
A building can be designated a “neighbourhood health centre” without offering mental health services, urgent or minor-injuries care, diagnostics or an on-site pharmacy, as determined by NHS England criteria published this week.
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NewsNHSE chair: Trusts sat on land worth ‘billions’
The chair of NHS England has stated that mental health trusts are sitting on land worth £3 billion, as she questioned claims about the sector not having enough money.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in February 2026, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.