All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 323
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NewsFormer hospital chief executive charged with fraud
Paula Vasco-Knight faces three counts of fraud by abuse of position No plea has yet been entered Former chief executive’s trust believes charges relate to her former role as NHS England equalities lead A hospital chief executive and former national equalities lead who left her job after a ...
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CommentWhy the 18 week target might never be achieved again
The 18 week waiting times target might go away for good
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CommentWhat could a regional mayor do for the health of local populations?
Rob Newton asks what impact locally elected mayors are likely to have on public health
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NewsRevealed: 2016 winners of the HSJ Value Awards
Surgery Celebrating the achievements of organisations that provide oustanding value in healthcare
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to help 'blacklisted' primary care whistleblowers
NHS England launches re-employment scheme for primary care whistleblowers Patient experience director admits NHS has not given enough attention to whistleblowing at CCGs A new NHS England scheme aims to get primary care whistleblowers back into work, but a senior figure has admitted it needs to do more ...
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: War and peace
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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NewsCharity mulls legal challenge to hepatitis C policy
Hepatitis C Trust considering judicial review of NHS England’s decision to cap new treatments for the disease Charity argues the decision breaches principle that patients should get access to treatments approved as cost effective by NICE NHS England says removing cap would result in “dramatic offsetting cuts” elsewhere in ...
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NewsGPs vote to ballot on industrial action
GP representatives have voted unanimously to ballot the profession on potential industrial action, and the possibility of signing undated resignations.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: 2015-16 is the year that won't end
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Regulator to probe 'whistleblower' ambulance trust
REGULATION: NHS Improvement has launched an investigation into South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust, following allegations made by a whistleblower.
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NewsVanguards face funding cut in 2016-17
Acute care collaboration is the only vanguard area to get funding rise Most PACS and MCPs receiving less money in 2016-17 than previous year NHS England previously said funding would be prioritised to the areas it had most confidence in Data: See all the vanguard allocations Vanguards will ...
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CommentThe firebreak is not enough and the plan is unravelling at frightening speed
All parts of the NHS must work together if the cataclysmic financial storm is to be survived
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NewsNHS England to roll out personal health budgets
NHS England begins national rollout of integrated personal commissioning budgets Seven “pioneer” areas of maternity personal health budgets chosen Wheelchair vouchers to be replaced by personal wheelchair budgets NHS England is to begin rolling out integrated personal commissioning budgets nationwide, with the hope it will become the main ...
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NewsExclusive: Stevens floats 'combined authorities' for the NHS
NHS England chief backs “pooling of sovereignty” to implement STPs “Combined authority” would bring together commissioners and providers National leaders will “call decisions” on service change and overcome “veto power” The health service could create a form of “combined authorities” bringing together multiple commissioners and providers in order ...
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LeaderStevens will back ‘honest’ leaders to deliver the forward view
Simon Stevens is impatient to get on with realising the forward view. He will identify those leaders he can trust to help him deliver, and back them in the face of what may be fierce local opposition
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NewsStevens: NICE process makes it 'harder' to strike deals with pharma
Simon Stevens says NICE authorisation can make it “harder” to run a procurement for new drugs, because “implied price” set during appraisal NHS England chief executive says PPRS, NICE appraisals and NHS England commissioning need “aligning” Mr Stevens says inclusion of “affordability” in NICE process “a debate I expect ...
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NewsStevens warns trusts must make more savings this year
Some trusts were “mistaken” in believing they could choose their own level of deficit for 2016-17, Stevens says He warns that some trusts have still not agreed control totals and are forecasting “pretty big” deficits Warns that some trusts with large deficits in 2015-16 will need to “make more ...
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CommentRunning to stand still - the steady decline in cancer waiting time performance
Implementing strategies on cancer services for better outcomes and experience for patients
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News'Safe harbour' promise for NHS leaders planning controversial changes
Simon Stevens promises “safe harbour” for NHS leaders making controversial changes as part of STPs He says “support and shelter” needed to prevent “lots of leadership churn” as plans are implemented Cites Lancashire’s A&E downgrade as “a responsible set of actions under difficult circumstances” NHS leaders planning to ...
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NewsUp to 1.5m opt out of Care.data, new data suggests
HSCIC publishes fresh data on people opting out of Care.data Data reveals wide variety in opt out rates across country Campaigners say it is further evidence of botched Care.data rollout Up to 1.5 million people have registered to opt out of the controversial Care.data programme, requesting their records ...