All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 23
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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.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE finance chief quits in top team overhaul
Julian Kelly, NHS England’s chief financial officer, is to step down in a matter of weeks as part of an overhaul to bring NHSE under closer government control, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsVirtual ward cost similar to inpatient care, says contentious study’s author
The cost of discharging patients to virtual wards becomes “equitable” with inpatient care over time, analysis suggests – despite initial findings that it was much more expensive.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Clues to the 10-Year Plan
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder
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NewsEx-NHSE board member joins major private provider
A former NHS England board member has been appointed vice chair of private provider Spire Healthcare.
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News‘Profound’ improvement takes trust out of ‘recovery’
An ambulance trust is set to be promoted from the bottom tier of NHS England’s performance regime after nearly three years.
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NewsTrusts overspending with ‘no consequence’, says senior MP
Reforms will be lost in the “black hole of the NHS” unless the health service fixes productivity and stops overspending with “no consequence”, senior MPs have said.