Revealed: The trusts struggling most with delayed discharge ‘interface’ problems
The trusts struggling most on the number of delayed discharges caused by so-called “interface issues” between acute and other care services – mostly negotiations over care packages – are revealed by a new dataset.
London Eye: Who gets what
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Surgeon named CEO of high-profile hospital
Site chief executives have been recruited for the Royal Free and Chase Farm hospitals, which are part of the Royal Free London Group.
‘Deficient’ processes and ‘poor’ safety culture found in trust review
A trust’s drugs control department was found to have a “significant under-appreciation of safety” and “a culture of unwillingness”, after it lost track of at least two bags of fentanyl.
London Eye: The NHS in the election campaign
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
NHSE intervenes over ‘fear and bullying’ in surgery department
Nearly a dozen junior doctors have been relocated from a London hospital’s general surgery department by NHS England, after concerns about a culture of fear, poor support, and reports of bullying.
London Eye: Takeover
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
London Eye: Marsden meets its Waterloo
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Trusts’ performance on key recovery target revealed
Ten trusts have just 1 per cent or fewer of their outpatients on “patient initiated follow-up” pathways, against a target of 5 per cent, official data suggests.
London Eye: Accountability
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Trust rejects NHSE’s claim it has lost 17% productivity
A large hospital trust has rejected NHS England analysis suggesting its productivity has fallen by nearly a fifth post-pandemic.
London Eye: Fait accompli
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Trusts set to merge despite ‘stability and accountability’ concern
An on-off merger between two hospital trusts is set to finally go ahead, board papers reveal.
ICB maternity plan risks increasing deaths, senior medics claim
The medical leaders of the maternity unit of a flagship hospital threatened with closure have written to their chief executive saying the downgrade would not be safe, HSJ has learned.
£100m pathology contract outsourced by London acute
A north London acute is outsourcing its pathology services to a public-private partnership in a deal worth £105m.
Trusts ‘pause’ merger of exec teams
Two hospital trusts with a combined turnover of nearly £3bn have “paused” plans to merge their executive director teams.
London Eye: Patient harm? ‘Definitely’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
London Eye: Actually, we’ve coped well
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Revealed: Urgent treatment centres with the longest wait times
Patients at many urgent treatment centres face significantly longer wait times than those set out in NHS England targets, according to internal data.
Stiffer stroke target introduced – despite failure to meet old standard
The failure of trusts to offer stroke patients the level of rehab required by standards introduced 10 years ago has not prevented the publication of new guidance which demands even higher performance.