All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 8
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CommentElective recovery remains stalled
The waiting list needs to be shrinking about 10 times faster
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England chair named
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed its preferred candidate to be the new chair of NHS England.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Tough talk on deficits
This week we take a closer look at Wes Streeting’s tough talk on NHS deficits – the health and social care secretary has told the NHS there can be no overspending without consequences.
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NewsAmbulance services underprepared for ‘mass casualty incidents’
Ambulance services would still struggle to respond effectively to a mass-casualty event like the Manchester Arena bombing, HSJ has learned, as nearly all have been denied the funding needed to bolster preparedness.
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NewsICBs ‘detached’ from patient safety risks
A new reporting system has left integrated care boards “detached” from patient safety incidents, a watchdog has found.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The (surprising) names linked to England’s top hospital job
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTwo trust CEOs become NHS England advisers
Two foundation trust chief executives have joined NHS England as unpaid national advisers for community health services and developing neighbourhood health.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Streeting’s deficit rhetoric won’t match reality
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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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: ACOs are back
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integrated care system correspondent Mimi Launder and deputy editor Dave West
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NewsTrusts cut thousands of non-clinical staff
NHS trusts cut nearly 9,000 posts between March and December 2024 as they try to balance the books, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE steps up ‘return to office’ drive
NHS England is to step up its efforts to get staff back to the office and warned of tougher monitoring, after previous attempts failed.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Barriers to learning
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsNHSE national director steps down after 10 years
Dame Cally Palmer is to step down as NHS England’s national cancer director, it has been announced.
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NewsNew push to stop sending patients ‘out of area’ after homicides
NHS England has told trust, system and regional leaders to push ahead with plans to eliminate out-of-area placements within three years, in response to an independent review into the care of a man who killed three people while being treated by a Nottinghamshire mental health trust.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Unpacking the planning guidance
NHS England published the 2025-26 planning guidance last week, so HSJ Health Check breaks down what it means for the service.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The trusts with the biggest challenge under new elective targets
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsReview uncovers ‘chaos’ at trust caring for man who killed three
A wide range of corporate failings contributed towards the climate in which a mental health patient killed three people in Nottingham in 2023, a review commissioned by NHS England has concluded.
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NewsInefficient block contracts reviewed by ICBs
NHS England has asked commissioners to review how much they are paying for non-elective care, to tackle the widely varying rates which have developed under block contracts.
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NewsRevealed: Dozens of safety probes kept secret by trusts
Trusts are still keeping reports that reveal serious patient safety concerns secret, HSJ has discovered.