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5 Mar 20
The £33.9bn NHS Long Term Plan did not include detailed plans to secure the workforce needed to deliver them, according to the National Audit Office.
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10 Dec 19
Different methods of measuring hospital waiting times are hiding the scale of pressure on NHS emergency departments, according to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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11 Oct 19
Doctors are warning the NHS is in “year-round crisis” as figures revealed the worst September on record for A&E departments.
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25 Jul 19
Potentially avoidable ailments like chest infections, pressure sores and urinary tract infections accounted for 41% of hospital admissions in England in 2016-17.
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2 May 19
The NHS has “plunged deeper into crisis” after services reported the worst performance rates on record over the winter period, a trade body has found.
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18 Sep 18
Official data has revealed the waiting list for routine operations on the NHS rose by 29% in the year to July.
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25 Jun 18
NHS England chief financial officer Paul Baumann is to leave the role after six years.
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7 Feb 18
A review of unprocessed correspondence may cost NHS England up to £2.4m, a National Audit Office report has revealed.
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8 Dec 17
Sustainability and transformation partnerships should tell NHS England if it is “getting in the way”, the HFMA annual conference heard yesterday.
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3 Nov 17
NHS England should be scrapped and £100bn worth of commissioning power be devolved to 38 new super councils, the Reform think-tank has stated.
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31 Mar 17
Proposals to improve cancer and mental health care as well as access to GPs have been outlined by NHS England but waiting times will take a hit.
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23 Sep 16
New spending limits for regional health systems have been proposed in a two-year blueprint for the NHS, which expands the use of Sustainability and Transformation Plans to drive reforms across the...
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3 Aug 16
The plan by national NHS bodies to get NHS finances back on track is welcome. But there is a danger it could give the impression that the problem is all down to financial management
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2 Aug 16
National NHS bodies have proposed creating a two-year payment tariff in the health service in a bid to increase certainty across the sector following the announcement of a financial reset.
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21 Jul 16
National NHS bodies today intervened to “reset” the health service’s finances and put them on a sustainable footing.
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5 May 16
GP practices are “in crisis” with demand for consultations growing at three times the rate of increase in the number of family doctors, according to the King’s Fund.
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21 Apr 16
Spending on GP services is to increase by £2.4bn a year under a plan set out by NHS England today to “get general practice back on its feet”.
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10 Mar 16
The performance of NHS accident and emergency departments in England fell to a new low in January this year, according to official figures published today.
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22 Jan 16
The Public Accounts Committee has today criticised the Department of Health and NHS England for prevailing weaknesses and inconsistencies in diabetes services.
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11 Jan 16
Government ministers and NHS England have today pledged a “revolution” in mental health treatment in England, with a funding boost of nearly £1bn set to be invested in improvements both in hospitals...
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16 Dec 15
Nearly half of the £3.8bn funding increase for the NHS next year is being ringfenced in a sustainability and transformation fund intended to improve the financial health of the service.
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19 Oct 15
NHS England has recruited Dr Donald Berwick, a former senior health official under Barack Obama in the United States, to help develop new models of care across the country.
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13 Oct 15
Three NHS leaders have been appointed to drive forward aspects of the Five Year Forward View, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens announced today.
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3 Aug 15
Sir Malcolm Grant has been reappointed as chair of NHS England for a further three years, commencing on 31 October.
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4 Jun 15
NHS England is to intervene directly in the running of health services in three areas of England in an attempt to overcome systemic issues that are hindering improvement in regional health economies.