All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 286
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NewsWhat we learned from Stevens and Keogh at the health committee
Several critical points were made by NHS England’s chief executive and medical director to MPs today - including Sir Bruce Keogh distancing himself from the junior doctors contract row.
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NewsStevens calls for new NHS 'investment fund'
Simon Stevens urges new government to take advantage of record low borrowing costs to set up NHS “investment fund” NHS England chief warns it is an “open question” whether current capital will be enough to cover basic maintenance Brexit campaign’s “£350m” bus “should be impounded as ‘exhibit A’”, he ...
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CommentHunt stays put - but faces a whole new set of challenges
Mike Birtwistle assesses how Jeremy Hunt might handle the very different demands of the new ministerial team
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NewsHSJ Live 19.07.16: Stevens pleas on infrastructure fund and workforce
Simon Stevens has called on the government to create a “substantial NHS 70th Birthday Public Fund for Infrastructure”, ahead of is appearance at the Commons health committee this afternoon
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NewsTransformation funds plugging hospital deficits, say MPs
There are “grave doubts” over attempts to integrate health and social care due to unprecedented financial pressures on the NHS, a group of MPs has concluded.
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NewsSix areas take on new mental health commissioning powers
Six areas chosen to take on new commissioning powers for tertiary mental health services Providers were invited to submit bids to NHS England by the middle of June A key aim of the pilot is to reduce the number of patients going to out of area beds Six ...
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NewsNearly £4bn pledged to mental health services
NHS England document outlines how £3.97bn will be invested in mental health by 2020-21 £1.8m pilot scheme for six regions to take on new commissioning powers for tertiary mental health services £12m in the next two years to expand services that make mental health assessments available to those arrested ...
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Mackey talks tough on staff growth, and Hunt stays in health
Your essential update on the week in health
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HSJ LocalSerious failings at Liverpool trust to be investigated further
Damning report detailed a catalogue of governance and care failings at Liverpool Community Health Trust between 2011 and 2014 Rosie Cooper MP calls for “independent investigation” into actions by the TDA, NHS England and CCGs Health minister Ben Gummer says NHS Improvement will be commissioned to undertake a review ...
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NewsNAO: Major contract collapse reveals 'significant risks' to patients
National Audit Office delivers withering verdict on organisations involved in collapse of £750m Cambridgeshire contract NHS regulation system means patient welfare can “fall between the cracks”, says senior MP There were “important gaps” in the advice provided by the Strategic Projects Team The NHS’s fragmented regulation system is ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Muddling through a legal tangle
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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NewsNHS England blames HIV legal action for new treatments delay
NHS England says it cannot guarantee funding for 18 new services until outcome of judicial review on HIV prevention Jonathan Fielden says legal action “preventing us confirming the new opportunities for so many” Charity behind judicial review insists delays “of the NHS’s own making” NHS England has blamed ...
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NewsVanguard CCGs say Health Act prevents 'accountable care' plan
CCGs warn current legislation will prevent rapid implementation of some new care models Lancashire North and Cumbria are involved in ongoing work to set up two ACS systems, but say commissioner roles cannot be transferred to a provider Restrictions have prompted proposals for a substantial boundary change for the ...
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NewsHSJ expert view: Big hires mark new chapter in digital policy
NHS England made three big appointments as part of restructure of senior tech team These include controversial ex-Addenbrooke’s chief executive as chief clinical information officer Also follows arrival of Matthew Swindells as national director of operations and information Signals that ducking the digitalisation challenge will no longer wash ...
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NewsThree trusts set to lose specialist heart surgery
NHS England announces winners and losers in which trusts provide congenital heart defect services Central Manchester, Royal Brompton and Leicester set to have work transferred to other sites Swathe of trust to cease “occasional” procedures after NHS England sets out new standards Work follows 15 years of conflict between ...
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NewsHSJ expert view: Reforming heart services remains a long haul
Today’s announcement on congential heart disease services is the latest battle in a very long war.
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NewsEx-hospital chief hired to top NHS England role
Former Addenbrooke’s chief Keith McNeil will become NHS England’s first chief clinical information officer Will Smart, currently chief information officer at the Royal Free Hospital, will become the new NHS chief information officer Appointments are part of a substantial restructure of NHS England’s senior technology team NHS England ...
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NewsExclusive: Regulators reveal conditions on £1.8bn 'sustainability' fund
In a document sent to trust finance directors, trusts are told their quarterly financial targets will be a “binary on/off switch” to secure STF funding. 70 per cent of its STF allocation will depend on hitting financial target, while 30 per cent will depend on performance against the headline ...
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NewsCQC hires new whistleblowing guardian
Henrietta Hughes, a GP, is appointed as nation whistleblowing guardian Follows quick departure of the previous recruit The Care Quality Commission has appointed a new whistleblowing guardian, after the first recruit resigned within two months in post.
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Expert BriefingDeep South: Smart's verdict on Southern Health
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell