All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 118
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The (incomplete) picture of eating disorder performance
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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NewsDeaths of covid hospital patients hit record low
The deaths of covid positive patients in English hospitals has hit a record low.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Why two ICS bosses quit
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentOur ICS promises partners they will own what they create
Helen Hirst discusses the approach adopted to design the ICS and ICPs, and manage the changes to clinical commissioning framework for serving local communities
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NewsRevealed: the London trusts yet to vaccinate a quarter of their staff
There is a gap of around 30 percentage points in staff uptake of the covid-19 vaccination between different London trusts, according to figures seen by HSJ.
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NewsTory MP: No business in the world would treat their staff like the NHS
The NHS must significantly improve its training offer to staff, or risk losing many of them according to two Conservative MPs who are also clinicians.
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NewsExclusive: NHS plans to keep electives at 80pc in next covid surge
NHS England has asked hospitals to prepare for a potential further surge of covid cases reaching around half the level of first wave of the virus last year – and to seek to deliver 80 per cent of normal elective activity throughout it, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The true character of ICSs is still up for grabs
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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NewsExclusive: NHS warned multiple times that imaging shortages may kill
Coroners have warned the NHS nearly a dozen times in recent years that a lack of imaging capacity could lead to more deaths, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England covid comms control was ‘truly dreadful’, claims health system leader
A leader of Greater Manchester’s health and care system has claimed NHS England’s approach to communications is “truly dreadful” – a claim which has been rejected by the national body’s medical director as “obviously not correct”.
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Expert BriefingHospital group chief installed at neighbouring trust
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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CommentModern surgery is harming surgeons, the NHS must invest in robots or see them quit
CEO of Milton Keynes University Hospital, Professor Joe Harrison, explains why UK surgeons need greater tech support now
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HSJ PartnersWhy support for unpaid carers matters
Jen Kenward emphasises that unpaid carers are vital to sustaining our health and care systems, and without them, we simply would not cope
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HSJ LocalTrust acts after 'inappropriate' payments to board members
An acute trust is taking “remedial action” after an external investigation found thousands of pounds had been “incorrectly” paid to board members, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The rebirth of care.data (sort of)
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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NewsFears digital health will be brought ‘to its knees’ by vaccine passport
Private health tech companies have told HSJ they fear they will be ‘crowded out’ by the government promoting the NHS App as the main provider of the covid-19 vaccine passport.
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NewsExclusive: Alarm raised years before hospital’s ‘inadequate’ rating
Multiple concerns were raised about an inpatient hospital for several years before it was rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGovernment launches £5bn PPE procurement drive to prepare for winter covid surge
A new £5bn procurement framework is being developed for personal protective equipment, aimed at meeting current demand and any potential winter surge in covid-19 cases.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in March 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty
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NewsNHS scrambles to avoid underspend of ‘billions’ against bumper covid budget
The NHS is scrambling to avoid a substantial and ‘embarrassing’ underspend against the budgets it negotiated with the government for additional covid costs, HSJ has learned.