All London articles – Page 98
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NewsCameras for ambulance staff urged
Ambulance crews should carry body-worn CCTV cameras to prevent thousands of ‘disgraceful’ assaults on frontline staff each year, according to a new report.
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HSJ Local
Whittington Health chief executive steps down
The chief executive of Whittington Health has announced she will be leaving the trust at the end of March.
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HSJ Local
Barking set to record more than double expected shortfall
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s forecast deficit for the end of the financial year is more than double its planned amount.
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HSJ KnowledgeGive medical training more teeth
Lessons from a pioneering approach in dental education
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HSJ KnowledgeCan councils have a role in commissioning support?
CCGs will soon expect real choice in the support market
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HSJ LocalNew strategy for south west London reconfiguration
Six clinical commissioning groups in South West London have formally dismantled their Better Services Better Value programme designed to reconfigure acute services. However, they admit service change is still required.
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NewsCaldicott: Information governance knowledge has worsened
The health and social care workforce’s knowledge of good information governance has deteriorated since the NHS reforms were implemented, according to the expert commissioned by the government to examine the issue.
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HSJ KnowledgeAvoid medication inaccuracies with new technology
Improve the quality of prescription related information
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NewsRoughton to consider how CCGs could co-commission primary care
NHS England is looking into how clinical commissioning groups can co-commission primary care, its deputy medical director has revealed.
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HSJ LocalNew Imperial chief announced
WORKFORCE: Tracey Batten has been announced as the new chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare Trust.
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HSJ LocalChest wall service suspended following staff concerns
PERFORMANCE: The chest wall service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust has been suspended following concern that individual consultants were making care decisions without involving the rest of the medical team.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy wait to make psychiatric interventions?
Integrate liaison psychiatry into community care
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NewsComedian announces candidacy for anti-privatisation party
The comedian Rufus Hound is planning to run for the European Parliament to campaign against the privatisation of the NHS.
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HSJ Local
'Assurances' sought over scrutiny of interim finance officers
A health minister has demanded assurances over the appointment process for interim finance directors to avoid a repeat of a situation where a primary care trust’s financial position was mis-stated by at least £28m.
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HSJ PartnersVideo: How new alliances will improve end of life care
Three short films on partnership working
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HSJ KnowledgeHow Barts Health streamlined its outpatient pathway
The trust has improved services in three years
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News
Private hospital groups forced to sell sites
Two private hospital operators have been told by the Competition Commission that they must sell off nine hospitals between them in order to improve competition in the private healthcare market.
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NewsMajor London trust's A&E 'unfit for purpose', says CQC
University College Hospital London Foundation Trust has been issued with four compliance actions following a new-style Care Quality Commission inspection.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance delays after IT blackout
Ambulance callouts were delayed on Christmas Day when London Ambulance Service Trust experienced an IT failure that forced staff to use pen and paper to record 999 calls.
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HSJ Local
Eight patients left on trolleys for over 12 hours
Eight patients at King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust were left to wait on a trolley for over 12 hours over the Christmas period, according to NHS England data.