All London articles – Page 179

  • News

    Leading NHS chiefs call for London trust mergers

    2009-03-12T07:00:00Z

    Competition and collaboration rules should not stand in the way of hospital trust mergers and acquisitions, two major acute trust chief executives have argued.

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    Clinician made London merger trust chief

    2009-03-10T10:51:00Z

    A chief executive has been appointed to lead the merged trust planned for south east London.Chris Streather, a consultant renal physician, has been Bromley Hospitals trust interim chief executive since December and was previously medical director at St George's Hospital.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Improving stroke care: fast thinking

    2009-03-09T07:00:00Z

    Despite being one of the country's biggest killers and the largest cause of disability, stroke only recently gained a national strategy. Now the drive for faster intervention is giving it a much needed boost. Jennifer Taylor reports

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    Super-trust bidders aim for London lead

    2009-03-05T07:00:00Z

    London’s would-be “super-trusts” claim it would be disastrous for the capital’s international research standing if any of them were not accredited.

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    Chair named for south east London super-trust

    2009-03-03T11:00:00Z

    A chair has been appointed to the proposed merged hospital trust in south east London.

  • News

    Barts and the London appoints interim chief executive

    2009-02-27T11:21:00Z

    Peter Morris has been appointed as interim chief executive of Barts and the London trust.

  • News

    London GPs miss out on cash

    2009-02-26T07:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association's GPs committee has attacked NHS London for failing to ensure primary care trusts honour an agreement to pass on cash to practices.

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    Elite 'inner cabinet' to lead acute commissioning in London

    2009-02-26T07:00:00Z

    Six London primary care trust chief executives are to be propelled into an ‘inner cabinet’ to lead acute commissioning in the capital.

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    Medical director appointed for London

    2009-02-25T11:14:00Z

    A London-wide medical director has been appointed.Andy Mitchell will be a director of NHS London and the London Clinical and Business Support Agency, or hub.

  • News

    London mental health chief executives reshuffle

    2009-02-25T11:00:00Z

    North East London foundation trust chief executive Judy Wilson has become interim chief at South West London and St George's mental health trust.

  • News

    'Remarkable' PCT beats crisis

    2009-02-19T07:00:00Z

    The recovery of a primary care trust dogged by financial and performance failings has been dubbed 'remarkable'.Brent PCT was criticised for an 'arrogant and isolated' approach, 'serious failings' of corporate governance, 'very poor' financial oversight and creating a 'schism' between itself and its GPs, in a report published last year.

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    Ruth Carnall rejects Stalinist jibe after chiefs resign

    2009-02-19T07:00:00Z

    An article in last week's HSJ following the resignation of two London trust chief executives gave 'false comfort' to 'people who seek to excuse poor performance rather than rise to the challenges', NHS London chief executive Ruth Carnall has said.

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    London and North East lead ambulance foundation trust drive

    2009-02-18T10:57:00Z

    The first ambulance services are launching bids to become foundation trusts within a year.

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    NHS managers voice worries over 'Stalinist' SHA tactics

    2009-02-12T01:00:00Z

    A ‘Stalinist’ culture is draining the NHS of experienced chief executives and making trusts insular and risk averse, senior leaders have told HSJ.

  • News

    Acute chiefs' resignations not part of 'massive shakedown' in London

    2009-02-12T01:00:00Z

    The departure of four acute trust chief executives - two of them resignations amid performance concerns - does not amount to a 'massive shakedown' in London, according to NHS London deputy chief executive Anne Rainsberry.

  • News

    London hospital fire: 250 evacuated

    2009-02-11T17:45:00Z

    Around 250 patients and staff were evacuated from a London hospital today when a fire started in its basement.Northwick Park Hospital's accident and emergency and maternity services departments were closed after a small fire in an electrical room in the basement. Patients were evacuated to avoid smoke.

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    London will review polyclinics

    2009-02-11T11:33:00Z

    London's primary care trusts are to evaluate the first of their polyclinics to show whether the controversial developments are improving healthcare and access.They have set out their requirements for the external review, which follows cynicism about the model from some GPs.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    The homeless and health

    2009-02-09T09:00:00Z

    Initiatives to wrestle with the health consequences of homelessness are deprived of a coherent national strategy, say campaigners. Mark Gould hears the growing calls for the NHS to take the lead

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    King College foundation trust chief welcomes targets

    2009-02-05T01:00:00Z

    Bureaucracy and targets are no greater in the NHS than in the private sector, King's College foundation trust's new chief executive Tim Smart has insisted.

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    London acute trusts face shake-up as bosses hand in their notice

    2009-02-04T09:00:00Z

    London's hospital trusts face a massive management shake-up after the departure of four chief executives.Two of the chief executives - Julian Nettel at Barts and the London trust and Tara Donnelly at West Middlesex University Hospital trust - have resigned amid concerns about the performance of their trusts, which have ...