All London articles – Page 5
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NewsSuicide risks found in nearly half A&E and mental health wards
Nearly half of hospital inspections for emergency departments and mental health wards have raised concerns over ligature risks for vulnerable patients, HSJ analysis has found.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The NHS in the election campaign
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust and manager deny corporate manslaughter
A mental health trust and a band seven ward manager it employed have denied manslaughter charges over a death on an inpatient ward.
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News‘Most improved’ trust exits NHSE intensive support
A trust that has spent most of the past decade in regulatory “special measures” has left NHS England’s “recovery support programme”.
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NewsTrust wins fifth of new grants to decarbonise NHS estates
A trust has won a fifth of new government grants awarded to the NHS to decarbonise its estates.
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NewsFour regions still without extra ambulances promised by NHSE
Four regions that successfully bid for dedicated ambulances for mental health patients are still without the specialist vehicles, despite growing concerns the NHS is unable to respond to people in crisis.
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News40% of funding targeted at improving emergency care goes unspent
Fourty per cent of the £150m capital funding pot NHS England made available to incentivise urgent and emergency care improvements was not distributed, data shown to HSJ reveals.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust appoints new CEO
East London Foundation Trust has announced that Lorraine Sunduza will be its new chief executive.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: We had three NYEs last week
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsSouth East gets biggest share of new trainees
Ministers have announced the locations of 350 additional medical training places for 2025–26, with the largest share going to the South East region.
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NewsAcute trust to give patient groups ‘equity index’ rating in drive to tackle care inequality
Putting too much emphasis on prioritising waiting lists could become a “tick box” exercise and, therefore, not solve the “real problem” of inequalities in accessing care, a trust chief executive has said.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The ICBs on the slide against the main elective target
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsAnother of government’s ‘40 new hospitals’ admits it will miss 2030 target
A second trust in the government’s flagship NHS building programme has publicly admitted it does not expect its new hospital to be built by ministers’ 2030 target.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: Take two
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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CommentICBs have had little impact on the ingrained variation in NHS care
Variation between the best and worst performers in the NHS’s drive to increase elective activity is getting worse in many areas reports the Medical Technology Group.
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NewsICBs challenged over ‘untenable’ GP workload
Integrated care boards must do more to tackle the operational failings that saddle GPs with “untenable workloads”, a group of local medical committees have warned.
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NewsHospital rebuild ‘highly unlikely’ to hit government deadline
Replacement of a hospital in dire condition is “highly unlikely” to be completed before the end of the decade – as promised under the government’s “40 new hospitals” plan – a trust has warned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: ‘The plans are mainly b*&^%~ks’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTwo more trusts get ‘mandated intensive support’ over deficits
Two large hospital trusts have been put into NHS England’s “recovery support programme” and placed on the lowest rung of its oversight ratings.
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NewsNHSE intervenes over ‘fear and bullying’ in surgery department
Nearly a dozen junior doctors have been relocated from a London hospital’s general surgery department by NHS England, after concerns about a culture of fear, poor support, and reports of bullying.