Senior leaders at NHS Improvement and NHS England have reaffirmed their commitment to race equality across the NHS’s workforce in a new strategy, that has been approved today, as a key driver for improving patient care and experience. In our public board meeting, our chair Baroness Dido Harding stated the NHS must ‘turbo-charge’ its efforts […]

We have today announced a new joint senior leadership team – the NHS Executive Group – with NHS England. As part of closer working arrangements between the two organisations, we will share a new combined management group with NHS England, chaired by our two chief executives. Under the new structure, the seven integrated regional teams […]

Two members of our board have announced their departure from NHS Improvement. Our Executive Director of Regulation and Deputy Chief Executive, Stephen Hay, and our Executive Medical Director and Chief Operating Officer, Dr Kathy McLean, will be stepping down from their roles and leaving the organisation at the end of April next year. Both are […]

Three of our executive directors have announced they will be stepping down from their roles. Steve Russell, Executive Regional Managing Director for London, Lyn Simpson, Executive Regional Managing Director for the North, and Adam Sewell-Jones, Executive Director of Improvement, will be leaving NHS Improvement. The departures of Steve, Lyn and Adam come as we continue […]

The Long Term Plan for the NHS will signal a reset on performance over the next five years, as frontline staff and managers continue to ensure record numbers of patients get the healthcare and support they need. Our latest report on the performance of the provider sector, covering July to September 2018, shows that hospitals […]

Our Chief Executive and Chair offer their thoughts on this sad news. It is with great sadness that we inform you of the news that Professor Tim Evans died on Friday 9 November 2018. Many of you will have worked with Tim, who was National Director for Clinical Productivity and had worked at NHS Improvement […]

The new national Recovery Support Programme (RSP), provided to all trusts and systems in segment 4 of the NHS System Oversight Framework (SOF 2021/22) was launched on 13 July 2021. The RSP replaces the former quality and finance special measures programmes and further information can be found on the RSP webpage. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital […]

Joint response to a learning review looking into how the system responded to concerns about poor quality of care and poor trainee experience at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (NMUH). NHS Improvement, NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) have published a joint response to a Deloitte learning review looking into how the system […]

We have announced plans to work more closely with Health Education England to ensure the national workforce system is well aligned. The government’s announcement of the five-year funding settlement and the development of the long-term plan has demonstrated the importance of national, regional and local organisations working together effectively to support the NHS. As part […]

Trusts across England saved £288 million in the last financial year by securing the best deals for commonly bought items, such as syringes, disposable gloves, loo roll and shoe covers. The money freed up can be reinvested into other services and equipment. Savings so far Trusts are able to compare how much their neighbours have […]