All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 86
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NewsNew clinical waste strategy launched to guard against repeat of 2018 crisis
Trusts will significantly expand their capacity to treat clinical waste in-house to improve national and regional resilience as part of a new national strategy.
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News‘Substantial’ leadership and behavioural issues at major trust, review finds
A review into allegations of bullying and poor culture at University Hospitals Birmingham has revealed “substantial” concerns about culture, behaviour, leadership and governance, a council report reveals.
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NewsNHSE admits elective impact as trust chiefs warn of dangers of doctors’ strike
Ministers and NHS England have not sufficiently warned the public of the risk to patient harm posed by next week’s junior doctors strike, some of the NHS’s most senior trust chief executives have warned.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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Comment'You utter bastard, Rummage!'
The country’s most challenged integrated care system has been told to restructure. The board remains as committed as ever to protecting the most vulnerable – themselves. Julian Patterson has the details
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NewsFormer number one CEO called in by NHSE to help struggling trust
A former trust chief executive who led his organisation to two consecutive ‘outstanding’ ratings has been drafted in to help a trust hit by a maternity scandal and performance issues.
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NewsLeap in staff scared to report safety concerns
NHS staff are significantly less comfortable raising concerns and are less confident in their organisation to address them, the service’s annual staff survey has revealed.
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CommentMake the mental health of NHS staff a priority
As work-related stress and the cost-of-living crisis takes a toll on mental health of NHS staff, policymakers need to ensure national-level action complements and enables local initiatives to reduce stress, improve physical wellbeing and manage workloads of staff, writes Zosia Walecka
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: How 1,000 patients fell through the cracks
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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NewsMinisters blasted by scandal inquiry chair
The government’s response to the East Kent maternity scandal inquiry has been condemned as ‘very disappointing’ by its chair.
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NewsTrusts told to comply with raft of new green building standards
Trusts must seek additional approvals for new building developments if they cannot comply with a series of new green standards, including the total amount of carbon produced by projects.
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NewsNHS England considers ‘centrally negotiated’ energy contract
NHS England is considering plans for a centrally negotiated energy contract, HSJ understands.
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NewsNHSE treats me like ‘a band 7’ says ICB chief
An outspoken integrated care board leader has criticised NHS England’s micromanagement, adding that it was ‘not in the make-up’ of some healthcare chiefs to collaborate.
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NewsWe let down manager who suffered racial discrimination, says Pritchard
Amanda Pritchard has told NHS England staff the organisation ‘let down’ a senior nurse who suffered racial discrimination, and its handling of her concerns was ‘inadequate’.
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NewsTrusts not using new procurement route risk losing share of £250m fund
NHS England is making a dynamic purchasing system its approved route to market for trusts buying equipment and systems to run virtual wards and remote monitoring programmes, HSJ can reveal.
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News30pc cut to ICB staffing budgets
Integrated care boards have been told to cut their running costs — most of which is their staff — by 30 per cent.
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NewsRace and deprivation set back medical trainees, GMC analysis finds
New research shared with HSJ has ‘laid bare’ the inequalities experienced by medical trainees, with black doctors more likely to perform worse in exams than any other ethnic group.
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NewsConsultancy firm wins £13m contract for NHSE merger work
NHS England is paying management consultancy PA Consulting up to £13m under a new contract to help merge its national directorates and regional teams with those of NHS Digital and Health Education England.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Tooting or Waterloo?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentThe answer to improving urgent mental healthcare
Figuring out the best way to help people experiencing a mental health crisis to access the care they need is not a new challenge