Board Vacancies and Commercial Spend

The Board vacancies and commercial spend data collection will support the NHS England’s (NHSE) Talent Management strategic objective to develop one single, efficient, cost effective and flexible Data Collection for all workstreams at Executive Director, Non-Executive Director, and Chair-level in line with the Long-Term Workforce Plan.

NHS England will provide a template on the Data Collection Framework (DCF) that will enable the collection and analysis of information on Executive Director, Non-Executive Director and Chair vacancies, including the associated commercial spend for the filling of those vacancies. The data will be submitted by all Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and NHS Providers in England.  

This Notice is served on:

• NHS Trusts
• Clinical Commissioning Groups

and, from 2022-23:

• Integrated Care Systems
• Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships

Quarterly collection

1 April 2025: Reference to a new collection tool from the SDCS (Classic) to the DCF in April 2025.

29 June 2022: Page updated to add note about closure of CCGs and ongoing obligation of ICBs.