All articles by Ben Clover – Page 37
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Hospital trust tops sickness absence table for fourth year in a row
South Tyneside FT has highest staff sickness absence rate of any acute trust for fourth consecutive year Southport and Ormskirk has second highest for second year in a row North West region has highest rate nationally A hospital trust has topped the staff sickness absence rate table for ...
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NHS land deals could raise billions, second Naylor review finds
Sir Robert Naylor says five London estates schemes have a potential value of more than £1bn each Housing associations interested in NHS staff leasing homes built on NHS land Five land redevelopments on NHS property in London are worth more than a £1bn each, Sir Robert Naylor revealed ...
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Five trusts responsible for over half of year-plus waiters
Highest number of year-plus waiters in England since August 2012 Small number of trusts responsible for majority of long waiting patients Overall performance sees 90 per cent of patients waiting no more than 18 weeks for treatment in February Data released today shows five trusts were responsible for ...
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AHSN bidding for national procurement contract
An academic health science network is bidding for a multimillion pound Department of Health procurement contract, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
Trust chief executive stands down ahead of CQC report
Chief executive of Isle of Wight Trust steps down ahead of CQC report Improvement director has been appointed Trust had struggled over the winter The chief executive of England’s only fully integrated hospital, mental health, community services and ambulance provider has stepped down ahead of the publication of ...
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NHS Improvement to hire regional procurement leads
NHS Improvement is appointing four regional procurement leads to spearhead the efficiency drive set out in the Carter review.
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HSJ Local
Competition row treatment centre rated requires improvement
North East London Treatment Centre rated “requires improvement” Centre is at heart of hard-fought procurement process between local NHS trust and Care UK An elective treatment centre at the heart of a competition dispute has been rated requires improvement by inspectors.
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HSJ Local
CCGs given legal directions over finance and appointments
Three east London clinical commissioning groups have been given legal directions by NHS England over finance and governance issues.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: How the East Was One
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ Local
New chair for special measures trust
A new substantive chair has been appointed to Barts Health Trust, six months after the departure of his predecessor.
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HSJ Local
Special measures trust lost patients' urgent referral records
Patients missed urgent referrals after a hospital trust lost track of their records, HSJ can reveal.
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Trusts 'will not be fined for failing waiting list and cancer targets'
NHS England and NHS Improvement have effectively dropped routine financial penalties for trusts that fail to meet elective and cancer waiting times targets, HSJ has been told.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: No devo news is big devo news
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Trusts spend £3.2bn a year on corporate services
NHS Improvement figures show trusts spend £3.2bn a year on corporate services Regulator estimates a possible £400m in savings and significant variation Thirteen trusts have corporate costs of more than 7 per cent of income NHS trusts spend £3.2bn a year on corporate services such as HR, finance, ...
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Revealed: Only three trusts hit 'reset' A&E targets
Just three hospital trusts have hit their lowered targets for accident and emergency performance, the latest data reveals.
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Councils must agree targets for rapid help to hospitals, say NHS Providers
NHS Providers has urged councils and NHS leaders to agree targets for short term reductions in hospital bed days, after the announcement of £1.2bn extra in social care funding for 2017-18.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Missing data causes harm to patients in south London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ Local
Patients come to 'severe harm' after teaching trust data failure
Two patients came to “severe harm” after their data was not completed properly at a teaching hospital.
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£100m to fund national rollout of 'Luton' A&E model
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced £100m for capital investment specifically in accident and emergency departments.
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Revealed: Trusts with the best and worst manager engagement
NHS staff feel senior managers do not involve them enough in decision making, according to the latest staff survey results, released this morning.