St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Page 7
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Palliative Care
Winner Velindre Trust: Improving palliative pathways by developing a rapid access radiographer led service
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News
Mid Staffs QC to lead fit and proper person test review
A leading QC from the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry will lead an independent review of the fit and proper person test regulations.
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News
Trusts singled out for failing at 'bog standard' IT
The failure of parts of the NHS to use “bog standard” IT is undermining the case to Treasury for more technology funding, an NHS England director has said.
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Comment
Waiting times blow out to 22 weeks as elective admissions falter
Waiting times rose again, and the longest waits were hardest hit. Continued, severe and widespread capacity pressures are the likely culprit. By Rob Findlay
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: Does the NHS have an unhealthy obsession with activity?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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Comment
Long 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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Expert Briefing
London Eye: February in A&E
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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News
Former trust chief ordered to repay £11,000 after conviction
A former hospital chief executive has been ordered to repay around £11,000 to the NHS or go to prison.
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Comment
How much could private units contribute to NHS financial recovery?
While there are undoubtedly opportunities for private patient units, careful market due diligence needs to be undertaken and the optimal strategy needs to be considered to make them more lucrative. By Hugh Risebrow
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HSJ Interactive
Trusts and CCGs transforming care with technology
HSJ Solutions is the largest database of validated best practice in the NHS. Here you will find workable and evidence based solutions to everyday challenges facing the NHS.
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Comment
Treating 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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News
In 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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News
Revealed: 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 Local
Investigation 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 Local
Concern 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 Briefing
London Eye: Capital's cancer turnaround
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy.
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News
Waiting 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 Local
Former 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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Comment
Cowper’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