NHS England and Monitor have set out their strategic intent and commitment to work together in a partnership agreement. The agreement outlines the respective duties, roles and responsibilities of each organisation and the strategic context, placing patients and improved outcomes at the heart of the shared vision. It sets out the partnership objectives, values and […]
£150,000 dementia prize fund launched Frontline health and care professionals are being invited to bid for a share of the £150,000 NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia. The competition is open to anyone working in dementia care including GPs, specialist nurses, social workers, support workers, charities and patient support groups. £260 million technology fund to […]
Well good afternoon everybody. Yes. This is not a pre retirement do by the way, this is a real thing and I have been told I’ve got to keep my chimp in the back, whatever that means. But you’ll be able to judge how successful I am as we go through all of this. Well […]
NHS England today (Tuesday) announced that Sir David Nicholson has decided to retire from the NHS, and as Chief Executive of NHS England, in March 2014. Sir David has worked in the NHS for 35 years in over 14 organisations covering all care groups and parts of the NHS. He was NHS Chief Executive for […]
The Department of Health has published an updated NHS Constitution following a consultation that sought views on a number of proposed changes. Important areas we have improved in the NHS Constitution include: patient involvement feedback duty of candour end of life care integrated care complaints patient information staff rights, responsibilities and commitments dignity, respect and compassion In […]
The Chairman of the NHS’s new national body has welcomed the change of the organisation’s name to NHS England. The new body, which has until now been known as the NHS Commissioning Board, will have overall responsibility for the £95 billion NHS commissioning budget from 1 April 2013. From this date it will be called […]
Complaints about NHS service provision from 1 April 2013 Currently, a complaint about service provision may be made to either the provider of NHS-funded care or the PCT that commissioned the service. Under the new NHS system architecture, from April a complaint will be made to either the provider, or to either the NHS Commissioning […]
The NHS Commissioning Board today announced interim arrangements for the post of Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive. Later this year the Board plans to advertise for a permanent replacement. Dame Barbara Hakin, currently the Board’s National Director for Commissioning Development, will take up the role on a temporary basis from the second half […]
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed Neil Churchill as the Director of Patient Experience (Domain 4). In this new and exciting role, Neil will ensure that improving patient experience is at the heart of the system, providing leadership for patient experience across the NHS and taking leadership responsibility for improvement of domain four of the NHS outcomes framework, patient […]
The Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board, Professor Malcolm Grant, today (Thursday) made the following statement at the organisation’s public board meeting held in Manchester. He said: “I want to make a statement about the Chief Executive. We stand at the moment poised at the commencement of one of the great momentous changes in the […]