All LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST articles – Page 3
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NewsTwo hospitals ‘decanting’ to central London trust amid ‘extreme’ pressures
A pair of major London hospitals are decanting patients to central London sites as the region asks trusts to ‘super surge’ their critical care capacity, HSJ understands.
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NewsRevealed: the nine hospital trusts where covid patients fill at least half the beds
Nine English NHS trusts now have at least half their adult acute beds occupied by covid-positive patients, with admissions still growing in every case.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2020: Primary Care or Community Service Redesign Initiative
Winner Primary Integrated Community Services (PICS): Acute Home Visiting Service The Acute Home Visiting Service is a responsive and effective home visiting service for patients that prevents them attending accident and emergency and relieves GP workload. Any housebound or care home patient requiring an acute same day visit from a ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2020: Facilities Management or Estates Initiative of the Year
Winner University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust: The New Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals The project was set up to: design and build a new facility for the services provided at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital and the Eastman Dental Hospital; manage the move ...
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NewsThree trusts agree pathology 'hub' model expected to save £51m
Three trusts in east London have agreed to consolidate much of their routine pathology work on a single “hub” site.
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HSJ LocalMedics demand better terms for 'less valued colleagues'
A third of the doctors employed by Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust have written to management calling on them to rethink a controversial outsourcing deal.
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NewsCalls for staff parking fees to be scrapped nationally
Trusts have begun scrapping staff car parking charges — and others are being called on to do so — while they tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsHospital cleaners walk out over pay dispute
Cleaners at a London hospital have walked out over a pay dispute just as the service braces for a surge in demand due to coronavirus.
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NewsTrust abandons Experian credit checks after outcry
A trust director has said he “struggles to defend the logic” behind the decision to routinely share patients’ identities with a major credit check firm.
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Expert BriefingA different problem
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsTrusts missing out on tens of millions from overseas patients
Providers are failing to recover tens of millions of pounds from overseas visitors despite a major clampdown on so-called health tourists.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A clear path?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsThirteen regions yet to agree pathology model
Thirteen out of 29 regions have yet to formally commit to new pathology models, the latest update has revealed, although senior chiefs have declared the major efficiency scheme remains on track.
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NewsRevealed: Mass use of credit check firm to find NHS patients to charge
An NHS trust is routinely sharing patients’ identities with a major credit check firm to find overseas visitors who can be charged, and officials have sought to extend the scheme nationally, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSenior MP wants lawyers investigated for role in whistleblower case
A senior MP wants regulators to investigate a leading law firm in relation to its conduct during a series of legal challenges by a junior doctor between 2014 and 2018.
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NewsCQC demands trust act as patients wait up to eight days for a bed
A mental health trust has closed its patient waiting area due to a threat from the Care Quality Commission, which its chief has said will mean people waiting longer in A&E.
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NewsNHSE sets first targets to cut BME disciplinary cases
The first NHS targets for reducing the disproportionate share of black and minority ethnic staff being subject to disciplinary cases have been set by NHS England, which has also told trusts to reduce unnecessary disciplinary action overall.
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NewsNHSI 'impressed' with five pathology network launches
NHS Improvement believes acute trusts’ efforts to create regional pathology networks have been “impressive”, despite the number of fully operational collaboratives being half of what was expected so far.
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NewsTrust picks 'NHS option' for pathology network
A hospital trust has chosen an “NHS option” for its pathology work in the shape of a large provider outside its local area.
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NewsWorst waiting list trust looks to outsourcing
The trust with the worst elective waiting times performance is outsourcing work to other NHS trusts and a private provider, and restricting out-of-area referrals.