All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 275

  • International lessons
    News

    Revealed: £30m tender to recruit GPs from overseas

    2017-06-27T15:06:00Z

    NHS England is preparing to tender a framework worth £30m for companies to source 500 GPs from abroad to help tackle the NHS’s shortage, HSJ has learned.

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    News

    Savings drive softened after 'top-down pressure' complaints

    2017-06-27T14:54:00Z

    NHS regulators have moved to clarify instructions that were issued to struggling health economies after local leaders complained of excessive “top-down pressure” and unrealistic expectations of the financial savings they were expected to deliver.

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    News

    Exclusive: NHS ‘needs £100m’ social care boost to hit A&E target

    2017-06-26T07:00:00Z

    Clifford Mann says extra social care cash needs to go on DTOCs or NHS won’t meet A&E goal NHS England A&E lead says huge boost in emergency staff needed Mann urges HEE to extend emergency medicine recuitment programme NHS bosses must persuade councils to spend £100m of new ...

  • Joe Gammie
    Expert Briefing

    Mental health is a Cinderella no more

    2017-06-23T12:36:00Z

    This is HSJ’s new fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.

  • Theresa May
    News

    Mental health workforce needs “greater than” PM’s promise

    2017-06-23T00:01:00Z

    Claire Murdoch says more than 10,000 staff are needed to implement the forward view for the sector Her comments follow Theresa May’s pledge last month that 10,000 more staff will be employed by 2020 Ms Murdoch said the actual number will need to be “greater” but would not say ...

  • News

    Mental health 'must be protected' from capped expenditure savings drive

    2017-06-23T00:01:00Z

    Struggling NHS regions subject to the capped expenditure programme should not attempt to reduce deficits by cutting mental health, according to national mental health director Claire Murdoch says capped expenditure regions should deliver the commitment of the mental health forward view She also says the centre would not expect ...

  • Claire Murdoch
    News

    Exclusive: 11 providers given £300m commissioning budget

    2017-06-23T00:01:00Z

    NHS England confirms second wave of sites to take on devolved tertiary mental health commissioning powers The 11 new sites will be given devolved commissioning responsibility for low and medium secure adult or tier four child and adolescent mental health services The 17 sites will all be live by ...

  • News

    Mapped: Cash-strapped CCGs fail to hit spending standard

    2017-06-22T07:00:00Z

    Commissioners in deficit or under financial pressure are less likely to meet mental health investment standard, new research finds Royal College of Psychiatrists analysis is based on FOI requests to all 209 CCGs The number of CCGs failing to raise mental health budgets each year by the same percentage ...

  • Nottingham
    HSJ Local

    Single leader to be appointed across four CCGs in ACS area

    2017-06-21T12:04:00Z

    A single leader will be appointed to drive health service commissioning across the greater Nottingham health economy, HSJ has learned.

  • Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
    HSJ Local

    STP director appointed to lead trust's turnaround

    2017-06-21T11:00:00Z

    Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust referral to treatment performance drops sharply to the worst of any specialist trust Intervention being handled regionally with STP involved in appointing an interim chief operating officer to oversee RTT recovery at the trust NHS Improvement expected to issue trust with formal undertaking to ...

  • Clifford Mann
    News

    Exclusive: Former royal college president to lead national A&E review

    2017-06-20T12:13:00Z

    Two well respected A&E consultants to lead GIRFT review of emergency care Cliff Mann says review will be “fair to staff” on the front line National report to reduce waste and improve efficiency due next year Two leading names in emergency medicine are to head a major project ...

  • Celia Ingham Clark
    News

    Revealed: New national patient safety director

    2017-06-20T10:25:00Z

    Senior NHS England clinician Celia Ingham Clark has been appointed as interim national patient safety director for England in a joint appointment across NHS England and NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.

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    News

    Exclusive: Regulator expands national mental health team

    2017-06-19T16:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement appoints five new members to mental health and learning disability team They will be part of the regulator’s nursing and medical directorates The appointments are part of plans for the regulator to help trusts integrate mental and physical health care NHS Improvement has recruited five new ...

  • Matthew Swindells
    News

    Exclusive: NHS England restructures its national teams

    2017-06-19T07:04:00Z

    NHS England has restructured its national senior management teams, the organisation has confirmed.

  • Bruce keogh
    News

    Keogh: Chief execs need support not ‘frightening and suppressive’ behaviour

    2017-06-16T13:37:00Z

    The NHS risks “a drift into…risk aversion and blame”, Sir Bruce Keogh has said, criticising the “terrible statistic that the life expectancy of a chief executive in our NHS is only two and a half years”.

  • primary care
    HSJ Local

    Commissioners challenge CQC over 'discrepancies' in GP ratings

    2017-06-16T11:10:00Z

    A commissioning group has challenged Care Quality Commission ratings after a quarter of its GP practices were listed as requiring improvement or inadequate.

  • Peter Dixon
    News

    STF encourages 'dishonesty and bullying', says respected former trust chair

    2017-06-16T07:00:00Z

    Distribution of £1.8bn fund described as “economic lunacy and grossly unfair” by Sir Peter Dixon He warns that rules around STF encourage “dishonesty” and “bullying” Sir Peter also criticises regulators for failing to provide strong leadership The regime governing how additional funding is allocated to NHS trusts has ...

  • Money
    News

    Commissioners made £900m underspend to cover provider deficit

    2017-06-15T15:35:00Z

    NHS commissioners recorded a net underspend of £902m at the end of 2016-17, covering off a provider sector deficit of £791m.

  • lindisfarne castle northumberland
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: Social care boss to lead vanguard CCG

    2017-06-15T14:23:00Z

    Northumberland CCG appoints interim accountable officer after sudden departure of Steven Mason last month Vanessa Bainbridge took up the role at the beginning of the month alongside her position as Northumberland County Council’s adult social care director The joint council-CCG role is intended to pave the way for creating ...

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    News

    Major new NHS devolution deal revealed

    2017-06-15T13:45:00Z

    A health and social care devolution style deal is being put in place in Surrey, it has been announced – the second after Greater Manchester.