All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 8
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NewsExclusive: Former hospital chief set to run DHSC
A former Downing Street official who has also run hospitals and worked for NHS England is due to be appointed permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, according to multiple senior sources.
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NewsChris Hopson to leave NHSE
NHS England has confirmed Chris Hopson, its chief strategy officer, will leave at the end of June.
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CommentThe tiny number of contract disputes reflects well on NHS commissioners
Andrew Taylor, head of the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel, highlights the key lessons for the NHS and private providers from the first year of the Provider Selection Regime.
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NewsICB cuts could fund ‘neighbourhood development’
Savings from cutting integrated care board teams could be used to create a “neighbourhood development fund”, NHS England’s new chief executive has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Commissioning’s unlikely saviour
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West
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NewsStreeting adviser to join NHSE as strategy chief
Wes Streeting’s adviser Tom Kibasi is due to be appointed as the lead strategy adviser at NHS England, HSJ understands.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The future of ICBs and NHSE
This week the team look at the continuing fallout from the ICB cuts and pending abolition of NHS England, following the first interview with new boss Sir Jim Mackey.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: 15% more hopeful
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsUnion standoff with Mackey over subcos expansion
NHS England’s chief executive has said new NHS subsidiary companies must pay NHS terms and conditions for current and future staff – while Unison has written to trusts to try to prevent the expansion of subcos.
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NewsLast-minute ICS bailouts ‘fuel distrust with NHSE’
Integrated care systems across the country have received last-minute bailouts to improve their financial positions at the end of 2024-25, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Freedom to speak up
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentNHSE took the wrong road on eye care – will DHSC make better choices?
Ministers may have wrestled back healthcare policy from NHS England, but bold decisions are needed to drive a real shift from hospital to community, explains Adam Sampson, chief executive of the Association of Optometrists
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NewsDon’t call NHSE ‘the biggest quango in the world’, says new chair
NHS England’s new chair has “called out” the language used over NHS England’s abolition, including terms used by the prime minister and health and social care secretary.
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NewsCap on elective care funding to be scrapped
NHS England is scrapping plans to cap how much trusts can earn from elective work in 2025-26.
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NewsRevealed: The ICB staff targeted for redundancy
Staff working in assurance, regulatory, performance management, communications and engagement roles should be prioritised for redundancy by integrated care boards, NHS England has indicated.
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NewsCQC tells trust to move care of sick babies
A trust has moved the care of some sick babies out of one of its neonatal units at the Care Quality Commission’s request.
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NewsDeparting NHSE boss ‘calls out’ A&E variation
NHS England’s outgoing chief operating officer has claimed there is too much unwarranted variation in the service’s emergency care performance.
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NewsMackey: I will stick up for the NHS
The new chief of NHS England has said he will fight the service’s corner if he has policy disagreements with ministers, but that his organisation was a “complication” the government could no longer “justify” preserving.
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News‘Big consolidation’ of ICBs coming, says new NHSE chief exec
A “big consolidation” of integrated care boards is being planned, according to new NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey.
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NewsNHSE reveals new digital chief to ‘maintain stability’
NHS England has appointed Ming Tang as interim chief digital and information officer.