NHS England

NHS England is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health.

NHS England oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the NHS in England as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It holds the contracts for GPs and NHS dentists.

NHS England comprises around 6,500 staff in 50 sites around England. The bulk of its staff previously worked for the decommissioned primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.

History

NHS England is the operating name of the NHS Commissioning Board and, before that, the NHS Commissioning Board Authority. It was set up as a special health authority of the NHS in October 2011 as the forerunner to becoming an NDPB on 1 April 2013. It was renamed NHS England on 26 March 2013. Its legal name remains the NHS Commissioning Board.

Sir David Nicholson who became Chief Executive at the establishment of the Board retired at the end of March 2014 and was replaced by Simon Stevens. One of Stevens' first acts was to announce a restructure of its 27 area teams in response to a requirement to reduce running costs which would reduce staffing by around 500. The 27 teams outside London are to be reduced to 12 in 2015.

England

England ⁱ/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers much of the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight.

The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.

NHS

NHS may refer to:

Healthcare

United Kingdom

Four state-funded healthcare systems providing services that are free at the point of use

The term National Health Service is also used to refer to the four services collectively.

Canada

Schools

Other uses

Simon Stevens

Simon Stevens (born 1974) is an award-winning English activist, trainer, Huffington Post blogger and disability issues consultant known for his high profile work around disability issues in the UK. Stevens was awarded a “Enterprising Young Brits” award in 2004 as a "truly inspirational entrepreneur" for setting up Enable Enterprises in 1998.

In 2008, Stevens was presented with the Revolutionary Award, a category of the UK Catalyst Awards presented “For something that makes people in power more aware of the need for change.” The award was presented to Stevens by then UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown for his founding of Wheelies, a disability-themed nightclub in the online virtual world Second Life. Stevens also featured in the disability-themed 2012 Channel 4 hidden camera prank show I'm Spazticus.

In August 2015, Stevens was rated 43rd in "The Midlands Twitter-users with the biggest UK influence" by Birmingham Mail. In addition, in April 2013, he was rated 60th on the Disability News Service influence list, which according to the DNS website "highlight some of the many disabled people who make a difference in modern Britain."