All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 284
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NewsGPs ordered to give appointment data to national bodies as winter looms
NHS England has ordered the national collection of future GP appointment data for the first time, as part of its preparations for looming winter pressures.
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HSJ LocalFinancially struggling CCG has 'no plan' to hit deficit target
A clinical commissioning group that is in the capped expenditure process has said it has “no viable plan” to hit its control total this financial year.
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NewsNHS leaders locked in winter funding standoff
System leaders are locked in a standoff over winter resilience funding – with providers pushing for a raid on NHS England’s budget to fund additional beds, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Police find 'significant under reporting' of fraud in NHS
Significant amounts of fraud are going undetected in the NHS because trusts and their contractors lack the expertise to spot it, a police report obtained by HSJ reveals.
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NewsSTP to consider ACS plans after regulators intervene
Leaders in Leicestershire will decide this month how to establish a new accountable care system after receiving a “clear message” in favour of the proposal from regulators.
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NewsNHS England urged to improve physical healthcare in mental health units
A coroner has urged NHS England to improve physical healthcare support for patients in mental health units following the death of a new mother with post-partum psychosis in an inpatient unit.
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CCGs to stunt GP spending growth in national savings drive
Commissioners in Cheshire are set to cut the growth in their primary care budgets in response to the national capped expenditure process, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFormer London trust chief executive to lead troubled STP
The chief executive of a London acute trust has agreed to head a troubled sustainability and transformation partnership.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The murky business of aftercare
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsExclusive: Mounting aftercare costs eat into mental health budgets
The mounting cost of caring for people after they have been detained under the Mental Health Act is eating up an increasing proportion of mental health budgets for more than two thirds of commissioners, HSJ analysis suggests.
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NewsMackey calls for 'urgent' action over winter beds as DTOCs rise
Regulators have warned that urgent action is needed to ensure enough hospital beds are available over winter, saying that the government’s extra investment in social care failed to reduce the number of delayed discharges.
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NewsCourt orders Paula Vasco-Knight to detail financial assets
A disgraced former NHS chief executive has been ordered to reveal her financial assets
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NewsExclusive: NHS England asks STPs to nominate clinical reps
NHS England is planning to establish a new “national network” of sustainability and transformation partnership clinical leaders to address a lack of clinician engagement in the programme to date, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalExtra costs for CCGs after NHS England pauses procurement
Commissioners in two counties have incurred extra costs after NHS England delayed their procurement for an NHS 111 and out of hours GP service.
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NewsRevealed: New national plan to bring down child mortality rates
The way child deaths are investigated in England is to be overhauled following failure to consistently investigate them and share learning across the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England appoints new national director
NHS England has chosen a successor to Rosamond Roughton, national director for primary care delivery, who announced her departure earlier this year.
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NewsNHS England 'unethical' to propose withdrawing life changing drug
NHS England has been accused of being “totally unethical” after proposing to stop paying for a thyroid drug that is the “difference between living properly and not doing so” for patients.
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NewsUpdated: The NHS trusts with the highest DTOC rates
The NHS is unlikely to meet a government target to cut delayed transfers of care to 3.5 per cent of its overall 131,000 bed base by next month, analysis of official data published today suggests.
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NewsExclusive: Flagship primary care hubs lack funds
Areas developing a “scale” primary care model, previously praised by Simon Stevens, lack the resources to fully evaluate their models and have yet to work out how they will meet desired outcomes, new research has found.