Richard Barker, Interim National Director of Commissioning Operations and Information, said: “While it was pleasing to see improvements in Referral to Treatment Times and Diagnostic Waiting Times compared with last month, in A&E we really are now seeing the effects of the delayed flu spike which peaked in February and March this year compared with […]

All England Appraisal Network: Lead Appraiser’s Conference 2016 This was held on two dates and locations: 23 February 2016 – Metropole Hotel, Leeds 1 March 2016 – Human Rights Action Centre, London Material from both days, including plenary, workshop and seminar sessions is available for delegates here.

The revolutionary 100,000 Genomes Project has taken another step forward as a new NHS Genomic Medicine Centre (GMC) recruited its first patient to the programme. The ground-breaking 100,000 Genomes Project, launched by the Prime Minister in 2012, will transform diagnosis and treatment for patients with cancer and rare diseases and drive forward improvements in the […]

NHS England has today launched a 30-day consultation on a proposed method to support decision-making on relative prioritisation in specialised commissioning. Each year, a significant number of proposals are put to NHS England for investment in new drugs, medical devices or interventions for use by specialised services in England. NHS England has to make difficult […]

NHS England has today announced a new nationwide system for purchasing expensive medical devices and implants which will see savings of over £60 million ploughed back into specialist care in its first two years. Currently NHS England spends £500 million a year reimbursing specialist units for devices such as implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for people […]

NHS England has today announced a £1.75m investment in an innovative family-based initiative to help more people to be cared for in a home, not a hospital. The Shared Lives model will support people who have needs which make it hard for them to live on their own, by carefully matching them with a carer […]

The board meeting was broadcast live as part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible. You can view separate recordings of each agenda item below: Items 1 – 3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8 Item 9 Board papers View the agenda and board papers

The Technical Guide to Allocation Formulae and Pace of Change for 2016-17 to 2020-21 revenue allocations to Clinical Commissioning Groups and commissioning areas has now been published. The technical guide sets out the methodology and actual calculation of the allocations which were agreed at the 17 December 2015 NHS England Board meeting and published on […]

NHS England has issued an update on the industrial action by junior doctors that is taking place today (Wednesday April 6). NHS trusts have reported today that 46% [1] of junior doctors (out of a possible 26,000 working on a typical day) have reported for duty on the day shift. Combining junior doctors, other doctors […]

This update follows a joint statement issued in September 2014 when NHS England and PHE announced their plans to work together to test the feasibility of developing a national palliative care clinical dataset. The feasibility work involved a number of pilot sites trialling the dataset and feedback from these sites indicate that the dataset has […]