All articles by Ben Clover – Page 47
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees block contract for A&E
FINANCE: A south London acute trust has agreed a block contract with its commissioners for the first half of this financial year.
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HSJ LocalLewisham and Greeenwich Trust sets £20.2m deficit plan
FINANCE: Lewisham is aiming for a deficit of roughly four per cent for 2016-17, board papers reveal.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: What the consultants are doing
What is going on in England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsDH signed off £3bn in working capital loans last year
Explore the trust by trust data The Department of Health paid £3.1bn in working capital loans to trusts in 2015-16, HSJ analysis of official data shows.
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NewsJim Mackey: 'The NHS is in a mess'
Jim Mackey says he does not expect to fix the NHS’s problems but demands “progress” A&E is key priority and workforce identified as key problem News comes as data shows continued decline in performance this year NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey has told senior managers the health ...
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NewsTen trusts responsible for 20 per cent of A&E breaches
Continued decline in A&E performance − a priority area for the health service Ten trusts responsible for 20 per cent of target breaches Emergency care improvement programme team to be sent into a further 12 areas Ten hospital trusts clocked up 20 per cent of all accident and ...
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NewsNearly half of London GP practices have a vacancy, survey finds
A survey has found 49 per cent of London GP practices have one or more vacancies.
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HSJ LocalMajor teaching trust appoints top Dutch chief executive
Professor Marcel Levi to take over at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust Sir Robert Naylor will step down in September and Professor Levi will start in January Deputy chief executive Neil Griffiths will cover the top role from September APPOINTMENT: A new chief executive has been announced ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Chain-gang
What is going on in England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsThree trusts set to lose specialist heart surgery
NHS England announces winners and losers in which trusts provide congenital heart defect services Central Manchester, Royal Brompton and Leicester set to have work transferred to other sites Swathe of trust to cease “occasional” procedures after NHS England sets out new standards Work follows 15 years of conflict between ...
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NewsHSJ expert view: Reforming heart services remains a long haul
Today’s announcement on congential heart disease services is the latest battle in a very long war.
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NewsTrust will use 'all means at our disposal' to fight service closure
Leicester and Royal Brompton promise to challenge NHS England plans to reconfigure congenital heart disease services NHS England decision would see both trusts lose most complex “level one” proceedures The trusts warn that the loss would destabilise other key services Two trusts that stand to lose services under ...
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HSJ LocalTrust to spend £12m on clearing waiting list backlog
PERFORMANCE: A teaching hospital is to spend £12m clearing its backlog of elective patients who have waited more than a year.
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HSJ LocalCQC: North Middlesex A&E 'has turned a corner'
Trust’s A&E rated “inadequate” But Sir Mike Richards says it has ”turned a corner” Chief executive on “emergency leave” PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has rated a trust’s accident and emergency department ‘inadequate’ but said it had ”turned a corner” and made improvements since April.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Free chief appointed accountable officer at neighbouring trust
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of a hospital chain has become the accountable officer for a struggling neighbouring trust.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Centralising electives and pricey dermatologists
What is going on in England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsTrusts could be graded on agency spend in new performance framework
NHS Improvement consulting on single performance framework for foundation trusts and non-FTs Agency spending among proposed measures in finance and governance categories Trusts would be banded into four grades NHS Improvement is consulting on a new performance framework that would see foundation trusts and NHS trusts subject to ...
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HSJ LocalCCG 'disappointed' to be given legal directions by NHS England
PERFORMANCE: A London clinical commissioning group has become the second CCG to be given legal directions by NHS England this year, over waiting times performance in its health economy.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Suspension, validation and a surprise admonishment
What is going on in England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsPrivate health boss accuses NHS of 'delusion'
The chief executive of England’s biggest private hospital group has said the NHS is in a similar position to the British car industry before its collapse.