All London articles – Page 148
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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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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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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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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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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.
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Commissioners had 'no confidence' in data supplied by Imperial
FINANCE: Minutes from a commissioner meeting said the west London trust had presented them with data “in which [it had] no confidence”.
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West London PCTs identify £24m risk to their QIPP delivery
FINANCE: Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow primary care trusts reported a £24m risk to their QIPP delivery to the cluster this month and are “considering alternative measures”.
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London Ambulance Service rapped over laptop loss
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office to improve its data security, after breaching the Data Protection Act.
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NewsGerman firm linked to DH hospital plan down-plays involvement
Helios Healthcare, the company mentioned in correspondence between the Department of Health and McKinsey in recently released emails, said its “strategic focus [would remain] on the German hospitals market” .
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NewsExclusive: 500 avoidable deaths a year in London due to understaffing
There are more than 500 avoidable deaths a year in emergency care each year in London, a report obtained exclusively by HSJ reveals.
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London trust wide of the mark on waiting times
PERFORMANCE: More than half of patients seen at North Middlesex University Hospital Trust in June had waited more than 18 weeks for treatment.
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Imperial denies newspaper report that St Mary's will be sold off
STRUCTURE: The west London trust said “we envisage having clinical services on each of our main sites” including St Mary’s in Paddington - but would not specify what these services might be.
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West Middlesex scores PEAT hat trick
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex Hospital has gained the top rating in all three categories in the latest annual assessment of its inpatient services.
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System switch-over sees 209 blood tests go unprocessed at Whipps Cross
PERFORMANCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust last month began an investigation into a computer system failure that resulted in more than 100 blood tests not being processed.
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Whipps Cross reports rise in alcohol-related falls in summer months
PERFORMANCE: The east London hospital trust said the number of falls had risen in June and July.
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NHS 111 pilot coming to inner north west London
STRUCTURE: Three inner north west London boroughs are to pilot the non-emergency NHS 111 number from 24 October.
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Dates set for Hillingdon 111 pilot
STRUCTURE: NHS London has confirmed its NHS 111 service pilot will begin in October for the north west London borough.
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NewsCameron’s flagship cancer treatments fund ‘could prove insufficient’
The value of David Cameron’s pledge to fund pioneering treatments for cancer – a showpiece of the Conservatives’ general election campaign – has come under fire from oncologists, HSJ has discovered.
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Imperial's new chief pledges 'evolution'
PERFORMANCE: The new head of Imperial College Healthcare Trust has used an HSJ interview to promise “evolution” at the leading teaching hospital.