All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 308
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NewsHSJ annual lecture: Hunt promises new 'Ofsted style ratings' for CCGs
Ofsted style ratings are to be given to each area of the country for performance in a range of clinical areas including cancer, dementia and mental health, Jeremy Hunt will announce today at HSJ’s annual lecture.
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Funding pressures are threatening NHS innovation, ministers warned
Efforts to develop and spread the use of innovative drugs and technologies in the NHS could be threatened by ‘unprecedented’ funding pressure, a government commissioned review has warned.
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NewsUpdated: KPMG wins £1m contract to design NHS Improvement
UPDATED: KPMG has won a contract to design how NHS Improvement will be created and function.
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CommentAnalysis: When will England breach the 18 week target?
Forecasting is a tricky, uncertain business
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HSJ LocalNHS England suspends clinical leader rule for struggling CCG
NHS England has temporarily suspended its rule requiring a clinical commissioning group to have clinician in one of its top two roles, in the case of a struggling Midlands CCG, it has emerged.
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NewsNHS England: New primary care director 'subject to safeguards’
NHS England has said that one of its new directors will be subject to ‘clear safeguards’ to ensure his business interests do not conflict with his national role.
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NewsMonitor moves to mandate new mental health payment systems
Mental health providers could be required to adopt new payment systems from April next year, in a bid by Monitor to finally move the sector away from block contract funding.
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NewsStevens sets five NHS 'tests' for government spending review
Simon Stevens has set ‘five tests’ for whether the government’s spending review meets the NHS’s needs, including ‘front-loaded investment’, to fund the changes set out in the Five Year Forward View.
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NewsClinical commissioners attack 'oppressive' regulatory regime
Clinical commissioning groups have hit out at what they describe as an ever growing bureaucracy and an ‘oppressive’ reporting process imposed by national bodies, which they say is making their jobs more difficult.
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HSJ LocalNew review backs long standing vascular centralisation proposal
STRUCTURE: Vascular services in south Hampshire should be concentrated in a specialist centre at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, an expert review has concluded.
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NewsSouth West London refused entry to 'success regime'
South West London NHS organisations have asked to join the ‘success regime’, the national programme of directive support for struggling health economies, but have been turned down.
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HSJ LocalCCG's ‘dire’ finances could trigger NHS England ‘turnaround’
A clinical commissioning group in the South West has warned it could be put in “turnaround” by NHS England if its “dire” financial situation is not rapidly improved.
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HSJ LocalNHS trust preferred bidder for Bristol children’s services contract
COMMERCIAL: An NHS trust has been announced as the preferred bidder for a children’s community services contract in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
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HSJ LocalTaunton and Somerset takeover bid stopped
STRUCTURE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has had its bid to run a neighbouring provider halted, after national leaders decided any newly combined body would not be sustainable, it has been announced.
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NewsAnalysed: The biggest NHS providers of specialised services
University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust saw the largest increase in its specialised services income last year, new information obtained by HSJ reveals.
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News'Planning together': Does Simon really mean it?
Simon Stevens’ speech at the King’s Fund this week has been described as his most important since he returned to the NHS.
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HSJ LocalTrust investigation rejects claims of 'over-treatment'
QUALITY: An internal investigation has rejected claims that some patients at a North West trust are being ‘over-treated’.
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SupplementsThe NHS needs to play its part in sustainability
Compare environmental, social and financial effects
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NewsExclusive: NICE safe staffing U-turn followed meeting with Hunt's office
A decision by NICE to reverse its plans to publish work on safe nurse staffing levels came immediately after an email exchange between its chief executive and Jeremy Hunt’s office, HSJ can reveal.