All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 240
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NewsHEE chief bids for extra funding to fill workforce gaps
Health Education England will be asking for new money to allow it to tackle widespread workforce shortages in the NHS, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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NewsBig beasts back debate but warn ditching four hour target 'too dangerous'
Senior NHS leaders have welcomed a debate on emergency targets but warned scrapping the four hour standard completely could be “too dangerous”.
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HSJ PartnersCollaboration is key to improving patient outcomes
Simon Grime explores opportunities for the NHS to work in partnership with industry online
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NewsWaste disposal firm considered plan to 'hurt the NHS' to protect profits
A company discussed plans to potentially “hurt the NHS” in retribution for contract changes that threatened its profits, according to a damning high court ruling.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The capital's scan backlogs
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentCowper’s Cut: A system problem
Andy Cowper acknowledges that NHS management is hard and the political environment is insufficiently multipolar.
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NewsRegulators agree joint plan to share care concerns quicker
Eight regulators have signed up to a new “protocol” about when to share concerns with each other to prevent poor care in health and social care settings.
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CommentDementia is conspicuously absent from new NHS priorities
The government must put dementia at the heart of its priorities, not in 10 years’ time, but now. By Hilary Evans
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NewsSpike in consultancy spending by NHS England
NHS England reported a steep increase in management consultancy spending in 2017-18, despite a clampdown in the use of external support across the health service.
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News£62m cut to 'digital exemplars' to boost cyber spending
Tens of millions of pounds earmarked to create a new cohort of digitally advanced trusts was diverted to pay for urgent cyber security improvement in the wake of the WannaCry attack, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrailblazer sites to be selected to test £1.5bn plans
Between 10 and 20 regions will be selected as “trailblazer” sites to test out £1.3bn proposals to improve children and young people’s mental health.
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NewsCompanies exclude AHSN from work on major savings contracts
An academic health science network has been dropped from a partnership that is tasked with delivering millions of pounds of savings for the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Taking the financial hit from the pay deals
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsExclusive: Overseas GP recruitment falling 'significantly' short of target
Local health chiefs have been told to significantly reduce their expectations for the number of GPs that will be hired through NHS England’s international recruitment programme.
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NewsHancock to target NHS’s ‘very, very old school management’ culture
Matt Hancock accused the health service of showing a lack of respect for staff and having “very, very old school management which make it far less pleasant than it should be to work in the NHS”.
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NewsSecret pay deals, falsifying records and 'failure to co-operate' could see managers labelled unfit
A government review into the regulation of NHS managers will consider whether seven specific areas of misconduct, including discouraging whistleblowing should be specified under a new fit and proper person test.
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NewsDeficit stricken CCG wants merger with neighbour to help NHS 'punch our weight'
Two clinical commissioning groups in a financially struggling health economy are proposing to merge by April next year to enable them to “punch our weight”.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Our digitally enthused health secretary
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and what impact they are having on delivering health services
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NewsPrivate provider has third hospital placed in special measures
A private provider has had a third mental health hospital judged “inadequate” and placed in special measures by watchdog inspectors.
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NewsHospital boss and US health chief join NHSI board
A former hospital boss and US health chief are among four new non-executive directors appointed to the board of NHS Improvement this morning.