All HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FT articles – Page 8
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HSJ Local
Homerton looks north to expand rehab service
COMMERCIAL: The east London foundation trust said it would look to expand its stroke rehabilitation service into Enfield and Haringey, as part of its growth strategy.
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HSJ Local
Homerton passes CQC check but with minor concerns on nutrition
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but minor concerns were noted on nutrition, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
London trusts fail ambulance handover targets
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance handover times have deteriorated across the capital since the government relaxed accident and emergency targets last year, a report has said.
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HSJ Local
London consortium writes to CCP over 'monopoly' merger
STRUCTURE: A London commissioning consortium has complained to the Co-operation and Competition Panel about a merger that would create the biggest provider organisation in England.
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HSJ Local
New medical director for Salisbury FT
WORKFORCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust has appointed Christine Blanshard as medical director.
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HSJ Local
Continued under-performance on ambulance handover times at London A&Es
PERFORMANCE: A strategic health authority report has revealed continued under-performance on ambulance handover times at the capital’s accident and emergency departments.
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NewsCQC attacks NHS elderly care levels
Inspections into care standards have raised serious concerns about the way NHS hospitals treat elderly people.
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HSJ Local
Confidential report sets out quality issues for every provider in the region
PERFORMANCE: A confidential report commissioned by NHS London has listed the strategic health authority’s quality concerns about the capital’s provider bodies.
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HSJ Local
Homerton breaches MRSA targets
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital breached two MRSA targets for 2010/11 in February, but the foundation trust insists that there have been no “clinically significant” cases since August 2010.
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HSJ Local
Homerton just shy of budget surplus target
FINANCE: Homerton hospital was predicting a £1.7m surplus in month ten, slightly behind plan, documents released to HSJ show.
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NewsAmbulance trust announces 890 post cuts
London Ambulance Service Trust has said it expects to cut 890 posts over the next five years to save £53m.
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HSJ Local
Homerton permitted to use Olympic logo
COMMERICAL: The Homerton, as the designated hospital for the 2012 London Olympics, has been given permission to use the sporting event’s famous five-ringed logo.
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HSJ Local
Excess bed days at Barts exceed 50 days in some cases
PERFORMANCE: The sector acute commissioning unit has found patients with more than 50 excess bed days at trust
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Homerton University Hospital FT top in capital for average ambulance handover time
PERFORMANCE: The east London FT had an average handover time of 11.2 minutes, one of only four in the capital to meet NHS London’s green rating target.
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Chelsea and Westminster FT has second best ambulance handover time in London
PERFORMANCE: The central London hospital had an average patient handover time between ambulance and trust of 11.8 minutes at the end of last year.
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NewsBarts double merger moves a step closer
The creation of a new £1.1bn turnover organisation has moved a step closer after NHS London ruled an acute trust could merge with two smaller hospitals.
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News'Challenged' acute trusts abandon independent FT status plans
More than half of the Department of Health’s seven financially “challenged” trusts appear to have abandoned plans to become foundation trusts.
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HSJ Local
Homerton over-performing on bariatric surgery
FINANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust is over-performing on bariatric procedures by £547,000 this financial year.
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NewsTrusts battle for right to absorb smaller non-FTs
Two London hospital trusts, one of which is struggling with a large private finance initiative, are competing to swallow up two smaller trusts.
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HSJ KnowledgePersonal goals to improve physical fitness in NHS staff
A plan to get 2,012 NHS staff engaged in physical activity in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics should do much to inspire a traditionally unhealthy sector.