Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust – Page 16
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HSJ KnowledgeKeeping afloat: how trusts can survive under the new NHS failure regime
Takeover or oblivion are possibilities for some NHS organisations in the new order – so what are they doing to clutch victory from the jaws of defeat, asks Alison Moore.
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NewsPenalise poor performers 'robustly', Flory demands
The NHS’s deputy chief executive has used his latest quarterly report to direct the health service to “robustly bear down” on “persistent poor performer” organisations.
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CommentCould an NHS trust be allowed to go bankrupt?
Hospitals in the wrong place at the wrong time are in danger.
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NewsExclusive: Most troubled trust could be allowed to go bankrupt
The most financially troubled hospital trust in England could effectively be allowed go bankrupt and see its work redistributed between the independent sector and other trusts.
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South London Healthcare trust to spend £2.4m on private treatment
FINANCE: The south east London acute trust is predicting spending £2.4m on treating orthopaedics and bariatrics patients at private facilities.
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NewsGovernment estimates central bail-out of seven trusts will cost £1.5bn
The government has estimated that bailing out hospital trusts with large PFI repayments could cost £1.5bn.
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NewsRevealed: all but six of London's non-FT hospital trusts unviable by 2014-15
Only six of London’s 18 non-foundation hospital trusts will be viable in their current form in 2014-15, HSJ can reveal.
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Healthcare trust facing deficit considers 'wholesale' outsourcing
The trust predicting the largest deficit in the country is considering a “wholesale approach to outsourcing corporate functions”, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsGMC moves on 'gagging clauses' in pay-off deals
Trusts and clinicians have been prohibited from writing or signing “gagging clauses” that could prevent whistleblowing.
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Guy's and St Thomas' missing 18wk referral to treatment time targets
PERFORMANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, which is one of the world’s most prestigious teaching organisations and has a turnover of more than £900m, was among four in the capital that missed the 18 week target, new data shows.
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NewsHospital mergers have little benefit, study suggests
Waiting times have risen and financial performance has declined at NHS hospitals following mergers, a study has found.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust releases reserves to cover CIP gap
FINANCE: The south London integrated care trust has delivered £7.7m of its £8.4m cost improvement programme, its latest finance report said.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust to take over eight PCT properties
STRUCTURE: The south London trust will take over eight properties from the south east London cluster of primary care trusts under the Transforming Communtiy Services framework.
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NewsCQC could face judicial review over failure to protect whistleblowers
Solicitors representing a group of NHS whistleblowers have refused to rule out launching judicial reviews against the Care Quality Commission, NHS London and two London acute trusts who they claim failed to protect staff who raised concerns.
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NewsMergers will not make unviable trusts sustainable, warn MPs
The takeover or merger of troubled trusts in order for them to achieve foundation status “is not a convincing solution” that will ensure their future sustainability, according to MPs.
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NewsNHS whistleblowers threaten legal challenge
Solicitors for new campaign group Patients First have threatened two London trusts with legal action claiming they may have acted unlawfully in discharging their duties towards whistleblowers.
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CommentAcademic health science partnerships take shape in London
Lord Darzi’s phoenix-from-the-ashes academic health science partnership Imperial Health Partners has got off to a flying start, but one name was conspicuous by its absence on its list of potential partners.
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Lewisham Hospital income £1m under plan
FINANCE: The £220m-turnover trust was under plan for income but had also underspent by £546,000 at the end of October.
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NewsExclusive: Dr Foster names 10 trusts overlooking fast recovery processes
Ten hospital trusts which do not follow evidence-based processes for fast recovery from surgery have been named by Dr Foster Intelligence.
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Revealed: the six trusts that need DH support with their PFI
Six hospital trusts have been identified as needing Department of Health cash support with their private finance initiative payments in order to make foundation trust status, HSJ can reveal.