All LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 9
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NewsAnalysis: The biggest providers of specialised services
HSJ analysis of NHS England data shows Barts Health Trust had largest increase in its specialised services income in 2015-16 University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust moves from fourth to ninth biggest specialised provider after cardiac transfer to Barts No evidence of significant consolidation of specialised services in 2015-16 ...
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CommentWe need to live the values that Kate Granger inspired
Kate Granger’s legacy is a global brand - the task for the NHS now is to unite and change our culture for the better
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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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HSJ LocalTeaching hospital pleads for any junior doctors to help staff A&E
Leeds Teaching Hospital appealed for junior doctors regardless of experience or specialty to work in its A&E departments Agency and locum staff declined shifts at the trust despite offers to pay above capped rate Royal College of Emergency Medicine president says country is short of 1,000 A&E consultants ...
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NewsUS hospital lauded by Hunt 'out of compliance' with safety standards
Virginia Mason Medical Centre in Seattle “out of compliance” in 29 areas American accreditation body found hospital in condition which “poses a threat to patients” Jeremy Hunt has described Virginia Mason as “perhaps the safest hospital in the world” Hospital is buddied with five NHS trusts An American ...
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NewsRevealed: Trusts borrow millions to pay for redundancies and beds
Papers released by the Department of Health show trusts have borrowed hundreds of millions of pounds to pay suppliers, make redundancies and increase bed capacity.
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NewsRevealed: 2016 winners of the HSJ Value Awards
Surgery Celebrating the achievements of organisations that provide oustanding value in healthcare
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HSJ KnowledgeHow the NHS is finally unlocking the power of barcoding
Barcoding is going to be vital in the NHS, with developing demonstrator sites expected to make significant savings
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: The writing on the wall
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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NewsTransplants axed and wards closed amid trust’s nurse shortage
Sources reveal critical care bed crisis at one of the country’s largest hospital trusts Two wards closed at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’ University Hospital Liver transplant operations cancelled because of a lack of intensive care beds Liver transplant operations at one of the country’s flagship teaching ...
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NewsAnalysis: The child heart surgery hospitals still to meet the new standards
Five out of 11 hospitals said they are working to meet the new standards in the agreed five year timescale Providers asked to submit a self-assessment of existing congenital heart disease services Proposals for future care models “fall significantly short” and “represent a real safety risk” St George’s has ...
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HSJ KnowledgeMeet the next generation of healthcare scientists
Chief Scientific Officer Awards: Healthcare scientist Rising Stars
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HSJ KnowledgeWho goes there? How credentialing helps Leeds keep an eye on visitors
A ‘credentialing’ system means a Leeds trust can now keep better tabs on who comes through its doors
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CommentTaking staff on a journey
A new year’s resolution for every leader who wants to achieve financial balance in 2016? Actually listen to your staff. By Peter Thomond
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NewsRevealed: Trusts' estimated savings potential
By using publicly available data, HSJ has been able to closely match the methodology used by Lord Carter to produce trusts’ headline “savings opportunity” figures. Here we list the least and most efficient trusts according to the headline measure, as well as data for all trusts.
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NewsTreasury proposes part selloff of PFI
Government proposes selloff of two revenue streams relating to private finance deals Sale of Community Health Partnerships’ “subordinated debt” could be worth £60m, HSJ understands Sale of “credit guarantee finance” lending at PFI trusts could also raise money for the Treasury The government is considering selling off the ...
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HSJ LocalMental health chief executive steps down
Chris Butler will step down as chief executive of Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust at the end of December, after 10 years in the post.
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NewsTrusts negotiate Carter efficiency timelines
Ten trusts receive savings estimates of up to 10 per cent of turnover Negotiations focus on the speed at which savings can be achieved HFMA warns against top-down approach to imposing savings targets Ten hospital trusts have so far received their efficiency savings estimates from Lord Carter, as ...
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NewsHeart surgery ‘anticipated’ to be axed from at least one northern hospital
Health service leaders in the north have suggested that congenital heart surgery will be withdrawn from at least one hospital in the region.
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NewsAnalysed: The biggest NHS providers of specialised services
University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust saw the largest increase in its specialised services income last year, new information obtained by HSJ reveals.