All London articles – Page 179
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London hospitals jostle to run specialist stroke units
London's hospital trusts are clamouring to be named specialist stroke centres as the capital embarks on centralising major acute services.
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London reconfiguration plans face legal challenge
Reconfiguration plans in London backed by health secretary Alan Johnson will be challenged in court by campaigners.
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Health ministers 'warned about Haringey child protection processes'
Health ministers were warned about Haringey council's child protection processes just months before the death of a baby at the centre of an abuse scandal.
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How human resources can add value in the NHS
Assessing and redesigning its human resource management model allowed one trust to make the most of its people, as Ian Young explains
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University College London Hospitals ploughs surplus into cancer centre
The foundation trust with the biggest surplus is about to start spending it.
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Proposed supertrust could start life £200m in the red
A new supertrust could provide health services throughout much of south east London from next April - but would start life with a debt of more than £200m.
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Stephen Ramsden on patient safety's missing link
I remain vexed by the question ‘how can we engage junior doctors in patient safety?’
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PCT demands payout for Heathrow runway disturbance
A primary care trust will demand a major financial compensation package for the extra strain on resources if Heathrow Airport is granted a third runway.
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Alan Johnson wants fewer London PCTs
Alan Johnson has called for a debate about whether there are too many primary care trusts in London. The health secretary told HSJ that he didn't think having 31 PCTs covering London was 'the most sensible arrangement'.
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PCTs mull pan-London immunisation programme
Primary care trust chief executives are considering plans for a pan-London immunisation programme.
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Questions over who will pay bill after Chase Farm Hospital fire
Questions remain over who will foot the bill for patients transferred from a medium secure mental health unit that was destroyed in a fire.
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London mental health trusts reap benefits of new IT systems
New IT systems delivered as part of the NHS London IT programme are now being used in 60 per cent of London's mental health trusts, helping the NHS deliver better, safer care to patients.
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Annual health check: London's NHS trusts slide down rankings
London is falling behind the rest of the country for service quality despite launching its Darzi plan a year before other regions.
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David Lee on foundation trust constitutions
In 1968 John Lennon wrote this lyric in the song Revolution: 'You say you'll change the constitutionƒ we all want to change your head'. It is still relevant today.
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London puts short-term health targets above inequalities
NHS London is deferring work on health inequalities to focus on improving commissioning and delivering Lord Darzi's vision.
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Former chief and board slated in £87m Bromley debt probe
A highly critical report into how a hospital trust built up more than £87m of debt has uncovered serious failings by its former chief executive and board.
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HSJ Knowledge
Developing user-led standards in mental health
Developing user-led standards has increased patient involvement and improved the quality of care at one mental health trust. Tony Leiba and Caroline Mathiason explain
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Hospital trust may split into two organisations
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals trust is considering splitting into two new organisations.
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Stephen Ramsden on harm to patients
Why is there no public outcry about the harm we cause patients in hospital? Or about the avoidable deaths that happen week in, week out?
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HIV services: caring for older patients
As people with HIV/AIDS live longer, services must adapt to meet the needs of more patients and the first generation of HIV-positive pensioners. Emma Dent reports