All St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust articles – Page 8
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CommentTreating private patients in NHS hospitals – benefit or cost?
An independent investigation is needed into whether trusts are getting significant net additions to their income from treating private patients, and whether the drive to set aside yet further beds for private patients should be allowed to continue. By Colin Leys
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NewsIn full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.
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NewsRevealed: 58 trusts admit they will miss financial plan
NHS Improvement has accepted formal revisions to the financial forecasts of almost 60 NHS trusts, according to data published today.
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HSJ LocalInvestigation reveals excess heart surgery deaths at teaching hospital
A major teaching hospital is still working to improve its heart surgery unit after high infection rates and a larger than expected number of deaths.
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HSJ LocalConcern over patient harm investigations at teaching trust
A teaching hospital where 10 patients suffered severe harm after the trust failed to keep track of their appointments has been criticised by NHS England.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Capital's cancer turnaround
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy.
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NewsWaiting times steady despite slowdown in admissions
Yet another large trust stopped reporting its referral to treatment data, which clouded the picture for the latest November figures and raised non-reported waiting lists to a new record.
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HSJ LocalFormer St George's boss appointed trust chief executive
Miles Scott, the former chief executive of St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, has been appointed to run Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The fear, the network and the path
Why does a safety-critical industry such as the NHS have the level of bullying and fear running through it at so many levels, asks Andy Cowper
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Using Technology to Improve Efficiency
Sponsored by de Poel health + care St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust: Home monitoring of hypertension in pregnancy (HaMpton) The team implemented an app which enables home monitoring of hypertension in pregnancy in order to reduce hospital visits for monitoring of pre-eclampsia. The number of ...
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NewsTrusts must reduce deficits by two-thirds to hit official forecast
NHS trusts must reduce their combined monthly deficit to £107m to meet the official forecast figures in the second half of 2017-18, after recording a monthly deficit of almost £300m in the first half of the year.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Rumblings in south west London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy.
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NewsTeaching hospital loses community contracts
St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust loses health visitor and community adult health services contracts Central London Community Healthcare Trust wins the £51.6m contract Hospital trust still provides inpatient sexual health services after not bidding for community sexual health services A London teaching hospital trust has lost ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: More than 800 patients waiting over a year at one trust
Poor waiting list management led to “dangerous” failures and 814 patients waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment at a London teaching trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRevealed: The NHS trusts falling well short of financial plans
Several acute trusts have fallen significantly short of their three month financial target, while dozens more are relying on heavily backloaded savings plans to deliver their year end plans.
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NewsCourt orders Paula Vasco-Knight to detail financial assets
A disgraced former NHS chief executive has been ordered to reveal her financial assets
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HSJ LocalTrust fails to ensure directors are fit and proper despite warning
St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust is failing to comply with the fit and proper person test regulations, despite a warning from the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsExclusive: Just three NHS finance staff reported to professional body in six years
Just three NHS CIPFA members taken to disciplinary comittee over breach of professional codes over six years Sanctions range from expulsion to “reprimand” News comes after accounting scandal at foundation trust saw late payment of suppliers Only three NHS finance staff have been referred to their professional body ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Child suffers 'severe harm' as a result of trust's data problems
Two more patients, including a child, came to ‘severe harm’ as a result of a teaching trust losing track of their records.