All Estates articles – Page 9
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NewsTwo consultancies received over £20m each from new hospitals programme
The bulk of consultancy spending by the government’s new hospitals programme has so far gone on two firms, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE boss calls for big rise in capital spending
The health service needs a significant increase in capital spending to bring it into line with advanced economies, NHS England’s head of estates has said.
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NewsAround 20 trusts ‘still without electric vehicle charging points’
Around 20 trusts have not yet installed any electric vehicle charging points on their sites, HSJ analysis shows.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Silence on pivotal inquiries fuels safety fears
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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NewsNHS not ministers should decide future ‘new hospitals’, says DHSC chief
A permanent change in approach is needed for deciding which hospitals are built and when, and should be led by the NHS not politicians, the government’s ‘new hospitals programme’ boss has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalMaternity unit shut for four days after generator fails
More than 60 pregnant women have had to be diverted to other trusts after a generator failure forced a West Midlands hospital to suspend maternity admissions for four days.
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News‘Discrimination’ claim as ‘40 new hospitals’ snubs mental health
A chief executive has compared a lack of investment into mental health estate to ‘institutionalised discrimination’, after no new schemes were accepted on to the ‘40 new hospitals’ programme.
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NewsOutcry over 123 rejected ‘new hospital’ bids
Multiple trusts have expressed disappointment at being overlooked in the government’s latest announcement on the ‘40 new hospitals’ programme.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The good, the bad, and the overlooked
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The fate of ‘40 new hospitals’
After seemingly endless delays, the fate of the ‘40 new hospitals’ has finally been revealed by the government.
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NewsWhat’s changed in the ‘new hospitals’ programme?
HSJ has mapped and charted how the projects in the new hospitals programme have changed following government’s announcement today.
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NewsTrust refuses to wait for hospital rebuild
Waiting until 2030 to start redeveloping its hospital would be ‘hugely damaging’, a leading trust’s chief executive has said, after it was identified as one of eight schemes which will not be funded before that date by the government’s new hospitals programme.
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NewsRevealed: Eight ‘new hospitals’ delayed until next decade
The government’s flagship ‘new hospitals programme’ is set to receive around £10bn less than was requested by 2030, with eight schemes being pushed back into the next decade.
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NewsUniversity ‘exploring’ providing NHS diagnostics
A university is ‘exploring’ a move into providing NHS diagnostic services after spending £1.5m on equipment to train its radiography students.
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NewsExclusive: NHS still waiting for over £1bn capital funding announced five years ago
More than half of £2.7bn awarded to NHS organisations for capital projects in 2017 and 2018 has yet to be delivered, research by HSJ has discovered.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: CDCs, the election cycle and fixing primary care
On this week’s episode bureau chief Ben Clover talks to deputy editor Dave West about whether the election cycle affects the NHS’s capital projects.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trusts get creative as financial screws tighten
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The Lloyds Bank £56m
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The NHS’s latest PFI problem
A legal battle has erupted between a hospital trust and bank-backed PFI company over fire safety and payment refusals. We discuss why the case has potentially wider implications for other NHS trusts.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The estates gender imbalance in senior bands
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. This week’s column is by HSJ’s ...