All articles by Ben Clover – Page 20
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NHS-owned staffing agency appoints new chief exec
NHS Professionals has appointed a new chief executive.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: No learning, no remorse?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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Patients wait more than 150 weeks for treatment at teaching hospital
Patients waiting more than 150 weeks for treatment, clinicians resisting outsourcing and mass breaches of the 52-week waiting time target at a large teaching hospital have been revealed by reports released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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‘Defensive’ trust removed patient criticism from royal college report
A world-famous hospital withheld information from regulators over a scandal in which children were needlessly given potentially dangerous drugs and invasive tests, it can be revealed.
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Union ballots for strike over company’s cleaning crew cuts
A union is balloting its members over strike action at a hospital trust, amid claims the number of staff cleaning theatres is being cut.
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Serious incident declared over cancer diagnostics backlog
A serious incident has been declared at a trust after a backlog in scans delayed five patients’ cancer diagnosis.
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First quarter A&E performance worst since records began
The NHS has recorded its worst first quarter accident and emergency performance since records started, data released this morning revealed.
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Fired consultant wins right to appeal after Bawa-Garba report released
A consultant has won the right to appeal his employment tribunal, after fresh evidence was unearthed about his department during the fallout from the Bawa-Garba case.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Another joint chair for London?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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Trust chair leaves three months early
A trust chair has stepped down three months before the end of his term.
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Trust owed £46m by overseas private patients
A specialist trust is owed £45.9m by international private patients, HSJ can reveal.
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GPs owe £173m of back rent to property firm, says NAO
NHS Property Services is owed £173m in back rent by GPs, but does not have powers to collect the debts, a new report has found.
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£920k payout in warring surgeons case
A clinical director was dismissed from his job at a district general hospital after a subordinate raised concerns about him performing “unsafe” private work, a tribunal has revealed.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Throwing your weight around
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Integrated care trust comes bottom in patient experience survey
An integrated care trust received the lowest score in England from the inpatient survey, partly down to people’s experience of being discharged.
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Patient satisfaction with waiting times falls
Public satisfaction with waiting times have declined, according to NHS-commissioned research.
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FT outsources more than 100 patients to private sector for chemotherapy
A foundation trust is outsourcing more than 100 patients to a private facility for chemotherapy.
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Revealed: CCGs with highest rates of lung cancer detected in A&E
Two counties have six of the 10 worst performing areas for having lung cancer picked up in A&E, new data reveals.
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ED staff ‘wanted to delay ambulances’
The Care Quality Commission found standards have dropped at a struggling emergency department where a nurse told inspectors: “We don’t want to release the ambulances because we know they will return with more patients.”
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Lung cancer death trust is an outlier on surgery
The trust at the centre of a lung cancer deaths scandal has been identified as an outlier for providing surgery on fewer early stage patients than is normal.