All articles by Ben Clover – Page 21
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Breast cancer target performance drops 10pp in a year
Performance against a target for the NHS to quickly see patients with suspected breast cancer fell by more than 10 percentage points in the last financial year, new data reveals.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Quartering the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Whistleblower was ‘bullied to protect CCG chair’
The governing body of a clinical commissioning group bullied their head of governance in an attempt to protect their chair, who had breached a conflict of interest rule, an investigation has found.
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New NHS ops chief 'expects to return to trust' after secondment
The newly-appointed NHS chief operating officer is taking up the role on a secondment basis and has told staff at her trust she expects to “return to the trust after a period working at national level”, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Planned mergers will make two super CCGs
Clinical commissioning groups in London are planning mergers that would form the two largest CCGs in England.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: The dangers of dealing with dark forces
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ Local
Huge £175m IT deal will cover three prestigious trusts
A major hospital trust has gone to market for a £175m overhaul of its IT systems, with an option to expand into two neighbouring trusts amid merger rumours.
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HSJ Local
Trust apologises for surgeon's 'distress' in out-of-court settlement
A trust has reached an out-of-court settlement with a wrongly excluded senior surgeon and apologised for the “distress” the legal proceedings had caused her.
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HSJ Local
Deadline dash forces stricken trust to outsource elective work
The trust responsible for one in six of the NHS’ year long waiters has been forced to outsource 300 patients to help the service meet a national waiting times target.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: The bump
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ Local
First joint chief executive for CCG and trust
A trust and clinical commissioning group today launched a plan to appoint a joint chief executive across both organisations.
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HSJ Local
Trust with two legionella cases gets funds for water safety
A teaching trust had to appeal to NHS Improvement for funding to ensure the safety of its “fragile” water system after two patients contracted legionella, HSJ can reveal.
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News
A&E and cancer performance hit record lows
The English NHS produced a record low performance against key treatment targets in April, official statistics have today revealed.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Long-serving trust chief exec steps down
One of the NHS’ longest-serving chief executives is stepping down after 10 years of leading a trust.
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Exclusive: Trust ‘mired in grievance culture’
A probe into bullying and harassment at a hospital trust has criticised a “cosy” executive team “unable to challenge themselves or others”.
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HSJ Local
Neighbouring trusts enter into 'strategic alliance'
Two London trusts have entered into a “strategic alliance”, they announced this week.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: 'Closer working'
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ Local
Trust opens privately-run specialist centre
A hospital trust has announced the opening of its privately-managed orthopaedic centre.
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News
New CEO for trust with large deficit
Medway Foundation Trust has announced it has appointed its interim chief executive to the role permanently.
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News
Whistleblowing case reveals infighting concerns over 'unsafe' unit
A hospital trust delayed making changes to a “dysfunctional” cancer unit because staff were against closer working with a neighbour, evidence to a tribunal has alleged.