All London articles – Page 56
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CommentBrexit: Crucial to get the right workforce solution
If the government gets the workforce solution on the road to Brexit wrong and there are shortfalls in health and social care recruitment from EU countries, serious action such as increasing pay levels to make jobs in the sector more desirable to UK workers and increasing immigration from other countries ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Trusts without borders
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsStaff shortages delay new locum rates rollout
Attempts to reduce locum medical spending in London are being hampered by concerns over staffing shortages, with one major trust delaying adoption of new lower pay rates.
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NewsHospital trust taking over community contract after specialist drops out
A hospital trust has been granted an interim, £36m contract to run community services in London for two years, after the incumbent provider said it would not bid for a renewed contract.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust boasts £76m surplus after asset sales and STF bonus
A teaching trust in central London has been awarded bonus payments of £35m after the sale of two assets, including its stake in a radiology joint venture, helped boost its reported surplus.
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Expert BriefingNHS Improvement director should stand down
NHS Improvement says it wants to get real on trust sector finances, but its commitment to credible financial planning will continue to be questioned while its regional finance director for London remains in post.
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NewsExclusive: Patients at risk as blood clot assessments decline
Thousands of hospital patients are being put at risk of developing deadly blood clots that cost the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds because of a failure to carry out a routine assessment.
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HSJ LocalFive-trust consortium to repatriate high risk patients
A consortium of mental health trusts has created a new central team to bring back out of area patients and manage beds for the footprint.
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NewsHow are different health systems performing?
A comparison of health systems’ overall performance: which are leading the pack and which are trailing?
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NewsDiabetes apps more effective than face to face engagement, study finds
Diabetes apps should be adopted more widely after a pilot showed health improvements and better patient engagement than face to face programmes, a new study has found.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Fix the NHS London embarrassment urgently
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners. By senior bureau chief Dave West.
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HSJ LocalFinancial 'breakdown' led to patient safety risks at teaching trust, review finds
Patient safety was put at risk by a “significant breakdown in financial governance” at a large acute trust, an independent investigation has found.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Joint ventures to link acute and primary care
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ LocalPeter Homa to head board for major trust collaboration
Peter Homa is to chair the board overseeing the collaboration between Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ FT.
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HSJ LocalRetiring trust chief 'will be tough act to follow'
The chief executive of a London hospital trust is to retire in September.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A&E end of year report
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ LocalDeputy chief executive appointed to top job neighbouring trust
A mental health trust has appointed a new leader after its chief executive stood down last year to lead a neighbouring acute trust as part of a hospital chain.
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HSJ LocalCCGs clash over GP at Hand patients
Commissioners in south London have complained to counterparts in the north west of the city about GP at Hand – claiming patients who switch to the online service are not clearly told they could lose access to their existing GP.
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CommentLong waits soar as hospitals struggle to admit
Over one year waiters shot up by 20 per cent, as admission rates slumped in the face of record A&E pressures.
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HSJ LocalNHS Improvement criticises 'strength of leadership' at teaching trust
The medical director of a Shelford Group trust was singled out in criticism of its leadership by NHS Improvement, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.