All LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST articles – Page 9
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CommentEnglish waiting times step back from the brink
But trouble is still building in the longest wait specialties
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NewsMid Staffs downgrade could face judicial review
The Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Stafford is seeking a judicial review of the decision to downgrade the town’s hospital.
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HSJ Local
South East London trust told to improve by CQC
The newly formed Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has been told to improve by Care Quality Commission inspectors just seven months after it was set up.
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NewsCCG wins legal battle over contract suspension
A clinical commissioning group has won a legal battle to award a contract for work that had already been given to other providers under the trust special administration process.
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NewsAnalysis: Increase in procurement and competition challenges
Providers are increasingly willing to use the procurement, patient choice and competition regulations to challenge decisions, experts have stated, after HSJ analysis identified six of the first legal challenges to emerge.
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HSJ Local
Serco procurement bid rejected by trust
Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has rejected a bid from Serco to provide its procurement services after concluding that it would not provide value for money, following more than a year of negotiations.
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CommentMichael White: Hunt's plan halted by NHS nimbys
Hospital closures prompt too much shroud waving
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NewsUPDATE: Hunt loses Lewisham Hospital appeal case
A judge has rejected the Department of Health’s appeal against a judicial review decision that halted the downgrade of Lewisham Hospital.
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NewsPeers back move to extend special administrator power
Peers have backed a move to make it easier for the neighbours of failing providers to be ordered to reconfigure services in order to ensure local health economies are viable.
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NewsFury at hospital parking charges
Campaigners have slammed car parking charges at hospitals, with some NHS organisations charging almost three times the national average.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham sets £13.6m savings plan
FINANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has set a £13.6m savings plan for this financial year.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham Healthcare Trust hitting 18 week targets
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust is hitting the 18 week referral to treatment time targets so far this year, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham hitting A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust is hitting the A&E target so far this financial year.
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NewsGovernment lodges appeal against Lewisham ruling
The government is to appeal against a High Court ruling over a decision to cut services at Lewisham Hospital.
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NewsBoris Johnson: 'The mayoralty should have a bigger role in healthcare'
The mayor of London has used an HSJ interview to vow to back hospital reconfiguration projects that have the support of clinicians.
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NewsHigh Court quashes Lewisham downgrade decision
The decision to downgrade services at Lewisham Hospital has been quashed in the High Court.
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Lewisham blames A&E performance on norovirus, out-of-borough patients and mental health breaches
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has blamed norovirus, an increase in out-of-borough patients and “issues relating to mental health breaches” for missing the 95 per cent A&E target.
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Greenwich CCG plans to reduce spend at local trusts next year
FINANCE: Greenwich CCG plans to reduce its spend with Lewisham Healthcare Trust and South London Healthcare Trust in 2014-15, board papers reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Dramatic increase in emergency 12 hours 'trolley waits' uncovered
Pressure on accident and emergency departments has seen a large increase in the number of hospital trusts reporting patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted, an HSJ analysis has found.
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Blogs
Double fantasy
End Game has come across a rather confusing account of subversive activity on the site of Lewisham Hospital.The hospital has been the subject of intense debate this year due to plans to downgrade its facilities to help solve financial troubles at neighbouring South London Healthcare Trust.Weirdly named local paper the ...