All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 99
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NewsGovt cuts £330m from NHS budget and gives it 13 priorities
The government has reduced the NHS revenue budget for 2022-23 by £330m, after the Treasury refused to fund the Department of Health and Social Care for additional ongoing covid costs, HSJ understands.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Inside the Shropshire maternity scandal
It’s been a sobering week for the NHS, with the long-awaited review of the NHS’s latest safety scandal and the annual Staff Survey both being published.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: A final wake-up call for ministers
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsEvery ICS expected to break even in ‘harsh’ new regime
Every health and care system — including those carrying huge deficits going into the pandemic — will be told to deliver financial balance in 2022-23, according to draft guidance seen by HSJ.
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NewsEthnic minority career opportunities still lower than four years ago
A smaller proportion of NHS staff from ethnic minority backgrounds believe they are given equal opportunities for career progression or promotion than in the last four years, the NHS Staff Survey reveals.
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NewsPCR tests dropped for elective patients
Patients going into hospital for planned surgeries will be asked to test for covid using a lateral flow device rather than a PCR test from Friday, NHS England has said.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: NHSE’s 12-hour delay data dithering is just wrong
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsTwo out of five NHS staff would not recommend their organisation as a place to work
NHS staff are significantly less likely to recommend their organisations as places to work or believe they employ enough people to deliver effective care, the service’s annual staff survey has revealed.
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NewsScandal inquiry issues 15 actions for trusts nationally
Repeated care and governance failures were routinely ignored by a hospital trust where poor maternity care resulted in almost 300 avoidable baby deaths or brain damage cases, the most damning review of maternity services in the NHS’s history finds today.
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CommentTrusts must resolve tensions between local and regional priorities as reforms bite
Georgia Butterworth writes about place-based working and the ingredients for success
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NewsExclusive: NHSE pushes ‘private patient opportunities’ in leaked guidance
Official draft guidance has encouraged trusts to grow their ‘private patient opportunities’, despite facing huge backlogs of NHS work.
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NewsNHSE tells trusts to prioritise education over fear trainees are being 'messed about'
Junior doctors and student nurses are being ‘messed about’ as hospitals continue to struggle with operational pressures, prompting NHS England to call on local leaders to prioritise their training.
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NewsDischarge policy reviewed as NHSE warns ‘capacity may decrease’
Two national reviews are taking place into hospital discharge policy, it has emerged, amid major changes to funding and legislation.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Merger ‘kicked into long grass’ amid warring departments
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsAcute trust fined £111,000 over 91-year-old's 'awful' injuries
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been fined more than £100,000 after it pleaded guilty to causing an elderly patient avoidable harm.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Rishi’s big asks of the NHS
NHS spending is being scrutinised more than ever, with trusts asked to double the amount of annual efficiency savings they make.
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NewsExclusive: A&E tents ‘borderline immoral’ and ‘dangerous’, claims royal college
The use of temporary treatment areas for patients arriving via ambulance at over-crowded A&Es is ‘borderline immoral’ and ‘a danger to patient safety and dignity’, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2022: Procurement Project of the Year
WINNER: Bond Solon, Capita and NHS England and NHS Improvement: Ensuring Safeguarding is Core Business Throughout the NHS
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2022: Best Pharmaceutical Partnership with the NHS
WINNER: MSD, 8 NHS Cancer Alliances and Five National Representative Organisations: The Do It For Yourself Campaign and Supporting the Recovering of Lung Cancer Services From COVID-19
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NewsThird acute trust to be prosecuted by CQC
The Care Quality Commission is to prosecute an acute trust after a patient was injured when allegedly exposed to ‘avoidable harm’.