All London articles – Page 145
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HSJ Local
New chief executive appointed to key London trust
WORKFORCE: A new chief executive has been appointed to a large non-foundation trust in London.
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HSJ Local
Board report indicates problem with new A&E quality measure
PERFORMANCE: A south London trust has highlighted a problem with one of the A&E activity measures.
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HSJ Local
NHS London raises bar for non-FTs with gloomy tariff assumptions
FINANCE: NHS London has ordered non-FTs to plan for a 1.5 per cent deflation in the tariff for the next five years in their applications for FT status.
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HSJ Local
St George's to split HR director role with university
WORKFORCE: At a staff meeting, employees of the south London trust were told about plans to share the human resources director post with St George’s University of London medical school.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the NHS needs more transparency in benchmarking to truly drive better services
The NHS brand provides an assurance of quality, but the benchmarking process is murky and doesn’t allow for comparison with independent care providers - calling into doubt whether benchmarking currently can really be a useful tool for measuring performance, says Patrick Carter.
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HSJ Local
UCLH to save £0.5m a year after achieving highest NHSLA rating
PERFORMANCE: The central London acute trust received level three accreditation after a two-day assessment by the NHS Litigation Authority.
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HSJ Local
South London Healthcare to submit tripartite formal agreement
STRUCTURE: South London Healthcare is to to submit a tripartite formal agreement in light of a finance and performance audit.
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HSJ Local
Royal National Orthopaedic's fate discussed at private SHA meeting
STRUCUTURE: NHS London was yesterday due to consider the fate of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust.
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HSJ Local
Primary care guru joins Guy's charity
WORKFORCE: Professor David Colin-Thomé, who was national clinical director for primary care for nine years, has become a trustee of the south London foundation trust’s charity.
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HSJ Local
St George's paediatric medicine losing £4m to £5m a year
FINANCE: A report seen by the HSJ reveals the south London acute is losing up to £5m a year, largely down to excess non-elective admissions.
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NewsExclusive: ambulance service investigates link between software failure and patient death
A heart attack victim died during a software failure that saw an ambulance service have to revert back to a paper-and-pen system, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentWill Lansley be red-faced after rubber-stamped reconfiguration in London?
By the time you read this there may have been news on a most contentious reconfiguration in the capital – namely whether the health secretary has found a way to rubber-stamp the downgrading of Chase Farm without losing face (which he has, just about - ed.).
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NewsDH paid £8m to exit private contract following suspension of services
The Department of Health paid £8m to end early a contract with a private health provider whose services had twice been suspended.
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HSJ Local
St George's appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust have appointed a new chair.
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NewsStrike fears build as union anger grows over public sector cuts
Rising fears of highly disruptive industrial action by NHS workers this autumn are revealed in documents seen by HSJ.
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HSJ Local
NW London commissioners to review trust's higher than expected acuity
FINANCE: The north west London cluster is looking to review activity at Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust, which is £2m over plan to-date.
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HSJ Local
Ealing Hospital's coding being reviewed after unusual activity rates
FINANCE: The west London hospital trust is £3m over contract with its commissioners, a report to the north-west London cluster reports.
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HSJ Local
SE London cluster reviewing spinal surgery at Lewisham Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in south east London are reviewing the future of the spinal surgery services at Lewisham Healthcare Trust
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HSJ LocalChase Farm to remain open but loses A&E unit
STRUCTURE: The health secretary has rubber stamped plans to downgrade Chase Farm Hospital’s emergency department and take forward a possible merger with North Middlesex University Hospital Trust.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham Healthcare Trust £1m behind CIPs target
FINANCE: The south London acute trust had a shortfall of £1,048k against its full-year target of £16.1m at the end of August.