NHS England

NHS England, officially the NHS Commissioning Board, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the National Health Service in England as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It directly commissions NHS general practitioners, dentists, optometrists and some specialist services. The Secretary of State publishes annually a document known as the NHS mandate which specifies the objectives which the Board should seek to achieve. National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations are published each year to give legal force to the mandate.

This article is about the oversight body for the NHS in England. For the health service itself, see National Health Service (England).

NHS England
NHS Commissioning Board
Public body overview
JurisdictionEngland
HeadquartersLeeds, England
Employees6,500
Annual budget£129.9 billion (2020–21)
Public body executives
Parent departmentDepartment of Health and Social Care
Websitewww.england.nhs.uk

In 2018 it was announced that the organisation, while maintaining its statutory independence, would be merged with NHS Improvement, and seven "single integrated regional teams" would be jointly established.

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