All London articles – Page 145
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HSJ Local
Newham Hospital fails new A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The east London hospital has seen the proportion of people who leave without being seen remain steady at 10 per cent since April, double the target.
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HSJ Local
Newham improves 18 week RTT but is still below 90 per cent
PERFORMANCE: Newham University Hospital Trust’s board papers for September show a small improvement in July from the June position.
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HSJ Local
Ten patients responsible for third of Hillingdon unplanned re-attendance
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospital Foundation Trust’s figures have been skewed by one patient who has attended 158 times since April 1st 2011 - nearly once a day.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospital revises down CIPs for year
FINANCE: The north west London hospital has cut its “most likely” cost improvement programme total from £5.3m to £4.5m.
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HSJ Local
NHS London has 80 anti-terrorism leaders across the capital
WORKFORCE: NHS London has recruited “80 nominated leads across NHS organisations in London to train staff to recognise if colleagues have been recruited to terrorism”.
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HSJ Local
Sixth London hospital trust now predicting deficit
FINANCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital is now predicting a year-end deficit, alongside five other trusts, new documents reveal.
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HSJ Local
NHS London above plan for outpatient referrals and total elective day cases
FINANCE: NHS London said the capital’s health economy at month four of 2011-12 was over-plan for outpatient referrals, total elective day cases and non-elective activity.
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HSJ Local
Four London trusts' activity reporting 'inadequate'
FINANCE: The Audit Commission’s annual report on NHS London said four trusts in the SHA’s catchment area were “performing inadequately” on activity reporting, while six were “performing well” and 19 “adequately”.
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HSJ Local
Commissioner challenge and land sale delay a threat to St George's finance plans
FINANCE: The south London acute trust’s minutes said the hospital faced a significant challenge from its commissioners for overperforming.
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HSJ Local
St George's selected for safety pilot
PERFORMANCE: The south west London acute trust has been selected to be part of a pilot project to improve the investigation of incidents and measure their impact.
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HSJ Local
Olympics concerns see NHS London approve Newham refurb
STRUCTURE: The full business case for a new urgent care centre and alterations to A&E at the east London acute was approved by NHS London, who said it would provide “critical Olympics resilience”.
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HSJ Local
NHS Wandsworth given permission to sell Putney Hospital to Wandsworth council
COMMERCIAL: The south west London primary care trust received permission from NHS London’s capital investment committee to sell the property for £4.5m, making a profit of £1m, a report said.
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HSJ Local
London mental health trusts 'unfairly targeted' for savings
FINANCE: London’s mental health services are seeing a relative disinvestment while the acute sector “overheats”, according to a leaked report.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to coordinate integrated care across multidisciplinary groups
An integrated care pilot in London is linking up services for people with complex health problems and social issues. Andrew Steeden and Aumran Tahir demonstrate the benefits.
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HSJ Local
Commissioner had concerns about patient handover at Oxleas
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners expressed concerns about south east London mental and community health provider Oxleas Foundation Trust at a quality and safety meeting last month.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners urge Guy's and St Thomas' to increase maternity cover
PERFORMANCE: The south east London commissioning cluster has called on Guy’s and St Thomas’ to increase cover on its maternity wards.
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HSJ Local
NHS Greenwich asks Belmarsh to represent patients after deaths in custody
PERFORMANCE: The south east London PCT, which has commissioned Harmoni for Health to provide services at the prison, said there had been two deaths in custody since April.
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NewsNHS London offers GPs training to smooth passage into CCGs
London’s GPs are being offered management training worth £7m in an attempt to smooth their passage to becoming clinical commissioning groups.
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HSJ Local
Bexley allowed to use SHA top-slice to pay off trust after losing arbitration
FINANCE: NHS Bexley has received permission to use the 2 per cent top-slice of budget levied on all London PCTs to pay the extra costs it will incur from South London Healthcare Trust.
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HSJ Local
London cluster identifies 'almost certain' risk to high quality primary care
STRUCTURE: A risk register document produced by the south east London PCT cluster said 45 live “issues of concern” posed an “almost certain” risk to primary care.