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HSJ Health Check · Friday · 26 min

NHS England’s final chapter

This week the government finally confirmed the fate of NHS England, announcing plans for a new quango to employ thousands of staff in NHS regional teams. Giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee, health secretary Yvette Cooper also confirmed the NHS will keep its own chief executive and that an NHS “group” will sit within DHSC. We cover the timeline for the changes, whether the announcement has done anything to unstick the reforms and why its so politically embarrassing. Also this week, as ministers weigh whether to extend Palantir’s FDP contract beyond March, NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has written to the company over its claims about the platform. We discuss the questions those claims raise and what they mean for a decision that’s fast running out of time.

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This week the government finally confirmed the fate of NHS England, announcing plans for a new quango to employ thousands of staff in NHS regional teams.

 

Giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee, health secretary Yvette Cooper also confirmed the NHS will keep its own chief executive and that an NHS “group” will sit within DHSC. We cover the timeline for the changes, whether the announcement has done anything to unstick the reforms and why its so politically embarrassing. 

Also this week, as ministers weigh whether to extend Palantir’s FDP contract beyond March, NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has written to the company over its claims about the platform. We discuss the questions those claims raise and what they mean for a decision that’s fast running out of time.

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