All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 40
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NewsNHS England names new regional director
NHS England has appointed a long-serving trust chief executive as its new regional director for the North West, it confirmed today.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Who gets what
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsNHSE and ICBs to highlight ‘resource gaps’ in wake of stabbings
NHS England is asking systems to highlight “gaps” in resources for intensive community mental healthcare in public in the wake of the Valdo Calocane stabbings.
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NewsExclusive: GPs to escalate action over contract row
GP leaders have promised to ramp up their collective action and accused some NHS England officials of wanting to “deliberately starve” general practice as their contract dispute intensifies.
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NewsNineteen hospitals targeted for ‘urgent support’ before winter
NHS England has revealed the hospitals it is targeting for “urgent support” to avoid deterioration in emergency care performance ahead of winter.
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News‘Conflict of interest’ concerns over consultants hired to fix NHS finances
Concerns have been raised that consultants advising systems on savings plans could be “marking their own homework”, with many of the firms having already done similar exercises for the same organisations.
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NewsNew ICS funding system ‘inherently unfair’, officials were told
Multiple commissioners and providers told officials they believed a new NHS England specialised services funding model is ‘inherently unfair’ as it will disadvantage some of the most deprived health systems, it has emerged.
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NewsTrust investigating offensive comments by senior manager
A trust is investigating after videos emerged showing one of its senior managers making apparently racist and sexist remarks with colleagues on a work call.
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NewsNHSE warns service will have to cut activity unless it gets more funding
NHS England has told the government that it will have to “slow down” efforts to cut waiting lists without a fresh funding injection, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The next big NHS care scandal?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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LeaderThe NHS’s national clinical leaders need a clearer, stronger role
There are many candidates competing for the title of the most difficult leadership role in the NHS. However, national medical director has one of the most compelling cases, with chief nursing officer coming a close second.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Tony Blair’s digital health record proposal
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsOnly the ‘super wealthy’ can afford to be NHS chairs
Chair and non-executive director roles are becoming harder to fill due to inadequate pay and “onerous” time commitments, research by HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ LocalFormer trust CEO reverses retirement after four months
An acute trust chief executive who retired in the spring has returned to the NHS in a senior interim role.
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NewsPrimary care excluded from drug deal because GPs and commissioners cannot be trusted
Primary care will continue to be denied access to drugs whose price has been reduced as part of a deal between government and the pharmaceutical industry because “commissioners, doctors and pharmacists” cannot be trusted with confidential information about costs, according to an NHS England letter.
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NewsDispute between trust directors triggers NHSE enforcement action
NHS England has taken formal enforcement action against a trust after expressing “significant concerns” over a “deterioration” in how its board operates.
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NewsAI data-sharing deal ‘breaks national guidance’
An agreement to share patient data struck between a specialist trust and a start-up company does not comply with NHS England guidance, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts with the worst summer A&E handover delays
Patients stuck in ambulances queuing outside A&Es have waited an average of over two hours at two trusts this summer, data published for the first time reveals.
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NewsProcurement checks on trusts relaxed by government
The Cabinet Office has raised the threshold for spending controls imposed on NHS trusts from £10m to £20m nearly two years after they were first introduced.
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NewsNHS to run seven ‘tests’ to prepare for emergencies
NHS England has told organisations to run seven ‘tests’ to prepare for emergencies after admitting “further work” is needed to improve the resilience of the health service.