All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 387
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NewsCancer waiting time target breached for first time
Providers have breached the waiting time target for patients with suspected cancer starting treatment within 62 days following urgent GP referral for the first time since the target was introduced in 2009.
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SupplementsHSJ roundtable: An enhanced perspective on surgical recovery
Enhanced recovery programmes for surgery patients
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HSJ LocalInvestigation launched into maternal deaths
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust is to appoint a panel of external experts to investigate four maternal deaths at the hospital in the past ten months after an internal review found they shared no common features.
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Stevens steps back from '15 specialist centres' plan
The new NHS England chief executive has distanced himself from the organisation’s previously stated ambition to concentrate specialised services in “15-30 centres of excellence”.
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NewsStevens backs patient choice 'wherever possible' in NHS
NHS patients should be free to choose their provider whether public or private, Simon Stevens has said.
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CommentLeaders need to embrace Stevens' challenge to the old ways
The NHS chief offers a nuanced approach
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NewsNHS England seeks to drop safety, revalidation and tech roles
NHS England is seeking to give up some of its patient safety functions, medical revalidation and responsibility for technology, its new chief executive has indicated.
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CommentIf I was a politician I'd watch Simon Stevens like a hawk
The new chief is different from his predecessor
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NewsSimon Stevens’ first interview: parts of the NHS must be ‘completely reinvented’
Stevens uses first major interview to warn that “deep seated structural problems” will require parts of the NHS to “completely reinvent what we mean by a hospital”.
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LeaderSimon Stevens knows what difference he can make
Stevens hints at where he will make his stand
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NewsNotts trust biggest winner from tech fund
NHS England has published a comprehensive list of the winning bids from its first round of £182m technology funding.
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NewsReview of 'overdefined' specialised services underway
Responsibility for commissioning some specialised services, such as chemotherapy and renal dialysis, could be handed to clinical commissioning groups as part of an NHS England review.
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HSJ LocalTwo CCG leaders step aside amid NHS England probe
WORKFORCE: The chair and accountable officer of Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group have temporarily “stepped away” from their posts while NHS England conducts a probe into the group’s leadership, the CCG confirmed this afternoon.
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SupplementsDean Royles: The path to picking our Social Media Pioneers
We’re all seeing the benefits of engaging via social media
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SupplementsMeet the people using social media to make a difference
We highlight the work of clinicians, patients and families who are using social media as a powerful force for change
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CommentThe NHS needs a 'Bank of England moment'
How to transform the service’s reconfiguration policy
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HSJ KnowledgeSpending to save: The innovative response to the Francis report for the nursing workforce
How the focus on clinical practice is bringing about new ways of working at leading trusts
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CommentThe friends and family test works best if we forget about scores
Patient’s comments are far more important
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NewsNHS England shakes up top team as junior directors leave
The NHS England top team is to be shaken up amid a string of departures of less senior directors from the organisation.
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CommentCCGs must learn to 'co-commission' without conflict of interest
New plans mean greater CCG responsibility