All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 30
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NewsSix ICBs require staff to work from office at least one day per week
Six integrated care boards have policies which require hybrid working staff to be in the office either one or two days per week.
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HSJ LocalPatient experience is often ‘horrendously poor’ admits trust CEO
A trust chief executive has warned of the “dire” economic challenge facing his system, saying children and young people are already facing “horrendously poor” experiences due to dependency on out of area beds.
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NewsNHSE seeks consultancy firm for £40m ‘strategic partnership’
NHS England is set to spend up to £40m on management consultancy support for its commercial directorate, according to procurement documents seen by HSJ.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The £4bn hole in the NHS’s building plans
In the wake of HSJ’s disclosure this week that the cost of building “40 new hospitals” in the NHS has increased by £4bn, our episode digs into what’s driving this and asks if it will get past the Treasury.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: ‘Prizes for performance’ could be here to stay
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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HSJ LocalNational boss appointed to troubled ICS after ‘serious concerns’ from NHSE
A national director has been drafted in to lead the recovery of a health system over which NHS England has raised “serious concerns”.
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NewsNHSE ‘reviewing contracts’ over supplier’s racist comments
NHS England is “exploring” relationships between the health service and tech firm TPP — and considering wider measures with other suppliers — in the wake of alleged racist comments by the company’s chief executive Frank Hester, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Marsden meets its Waterloo
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrusts’ performance on key recovery target revealed
Ten trusts have just 1 per cent or fewer of their outpatients on “patient initiated follow-up” pathways, against a target of 5 per cent, official data suggests.
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NewsDisabled staff now twice as likely to face capability review
Disabled NHS staff are more than twice as likely to enter capability processes based on performance than their colleagues, according to NHS England.
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News‘40 new hospitals’ programme is £4bn short, say officials
The government’s flagship programme to build “40 new hospitals” requires another £4bn to complete the schemes by the end of the decade, according to officials.
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NewsTwo more directors accuse trust leaders of ‘Islamophobia’
Two more non-executive directors have criticised the leaders of Bradford Teaching Hospitals, accusing them of using “Islamophobic tropes” and retaliating against “dissenting opinion”.
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NewsGrowth in minority ethnic NHS staff almost three times greater than increase in white workers
The number of NHS staff from ethnic minority backgrounds has soared over the last five years, rising from less than one in five in 2018 to more than one in four in 2023, according to information released by NHS England.
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NewsPritchard ‘disgusted’ by IT supplier’s ‘racist and violent’ comments
Amanda Pritchard says she “completely shares” concerns about the “racist, sexist and violent” comments alleged to have been made by the chief executive of an NHS IT supplier.
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NewsLeaked national tech workforce plan proposes local pay rises
The NHS’s new “digital workforce plan” is set to propose that employers be given the ability to make “extensive use” of local recruitment and retention incentives to ensure the service can compete for the most talented technology staff.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentNHSE's productivity deal threatens to pull local services apart
Whatever has happened since the 2022 Budget offered extra capital funding in exchange for improvements in A&E performance feels like a strange mix of policy development, financial incentive design and performance theatre, writes Siva Anandaciva
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Scandal at ‘the safest trust in England’
This week, we discuss the implications of a long-awaited independent review into a patient safety scandal at Salford Royal Hospital, where former head of the spinal division John Williamson harmed multiple patients.
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NewsDecade long battle ends with decision on cancer services
Children’s cancer services in London and the south east will be hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, NHS England has announced, following more than a decade of safety concerns surrounding the current model.
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NewsNHSE recovery target in doubt as 18-month elective waits continue to rise
The number of 78-week breaches on the NHS waiting list has risen for the sixth consecutive month, despite a fall in 65-week waiters and the overall list size, according to official data published today.