All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 48
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Accountability
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentBring on the chief health AI officer
As electronic health records pave the way, GenAI tools promise transformative gains, requiring strategic focus and investment. By Robert Wachter and Harpreet Sood
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News‘High trust’ GP contract sought by NHS England
An NHS England primary care director has said she is hopeful it will be able to shift to a more “high trust” contract with general practice, less reliant on micromanaging poor performance.
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NewsNHSE sued after incomplete video clip led to framework exclusion
A technology company is suing NHS England after the firm’s omission of a 17-second video clip from a tender meant it was excluded from a pivotal procurement framework, High Court documents have revealed.
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News‘Limited scope’ for senior manager pay rises warns government
NHS deficits mean there is “limited scope” for senior manager pay rises, the government has claimed.
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NewsCEOs told ‘hit A&E target this month or risk funding cuts’
Hospital chiefs have been asked to confirm their trusts will hit the four-hour A&E target this month in a bid to restore confidence in the NHS, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: ‘Martha’s Rule will mean that she didn’t die completely in vain’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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CommentIntegration: the answer to everything
Martin Plackard, NHS Blithering’s director of communications and head of system fruition, has published a comprehensive guide to integrated care. ‘It tells you all you need to know – and more,’ he told Julian Patterson
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The systems most reliant on the private sector
There has been a huge increase in the proportion of treatments done by the private sector compared to before the pandemic, and for the first time we’ve worked out which parts of the country send most patients to independent hospitals.
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NewsGovernment ‘taskforce’ to plan ‘future of general practice’
Government will launch a “taskforce” this year to consider the “future of general practice”, it has announced, while describing this year’s GP contract as a “stepping stone” towards “more fundamental reform”.
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NewsNew director ‘competency’ requirements unveiled by NHSE
NHS board members must speak up against discrimination, challenge others constructively and help foster a safe culture, under a new NHS England assessment framework.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The trusts going Further, Faster
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsExclusive: £1bn raid on capital budget to cover pay rises and strike costs
Capital budgets have been raided by almost £1bn to fund day-to-day cost pressures, including unfunded pay rises and industrial action costs, new documents reveal.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Audit ‘horror stories’ risk spreading to NHS
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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NewsNHSE approves 20 procurement framework hosts ahead of clampdown
A first set of organisations that set up and run procurement frameworks has been approved by NHS England as part of preparations to force trusts to buy services through accredited routes.
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NewsNHS to target same elective activity next year
Health systems will be asked to deliver the same amount of elective activity next year as they were tasked with completing in 2023-24, HSJ understands.
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NewsThirty trusts report more 12-hour waits, despite national improvement
Long A&E waits have got worse at more than one in five acute trusts, despite an improving trend nationally.
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NewsOver 30 sepsis deaths linked to ‘systemic’ failings, investigation reveals
Major progress made in sepsis care during the previous decade has been significantly reversed amid repeated failures in recognising and treating the condition.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The threat of regime change
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE looks to scrap ‘follow ups’ target
NHS England is looking to ditch a key elective target that aimed to deliver large reductions in follow-up appointments, HSJ has learned.