All ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 3
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NewsTrust considers contract notice over sale of BMI Healthcare
A trust is reviewing an agreement with private operator BMI Healthcare in a bid to retain more control if the company gets new owners.
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NewsHSIB to roll out maternity investigations across England by March 2019
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will not achieve national coverage of maternity incidents until March next year, it has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalTrust refuses to release governance report despite being 'fundamentally transformed'
A foundation trust has refused to release a governance report after a follow up review showed it had been “fundamentally transformed” from having a “dysfunctional” board.
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NewsIn depth: Trusts respond to vascular GIRFT review
HSJ approached all the trusts that were at or beneath the threshold for one or more of the GIRFT vascular activity measures. Many gave candid descriptions of their issues and what they planned to do, or had done, about them.
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NewsTrusts reveal plans to centralise services after GIRFT review
Trusts have begun taking steps to centralise vascular surgery following an NHS Improvement clinical review, HSJ can reveal.
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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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HSJ LocalFour trusts looking into pharmacy joint venture
Trusts in Berkshire and Surrey are looking at creating a pharmacy joint venture modelled on their existing pathology service.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners outline stroke services shake-up
Major plans to reform stroke services in Kent and Medway could leave the east of the county with just one stroke centre and the west of the county without one at all.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Care of Older People
Lewisham and Greenwich Trust: A Safer Approach to Ethical Feeding Decisions
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HSJ LocalTrust admits patient harm after cancer appointments not followed up
Trust logs 22 serious incidents after cancer patients were ’lost to follow up’ Three of the 22 have either died or are receiving palliative care Audit of 3,500 cancer patients shows 91 more patients have been “potentially lost to follow-up” An acute trust has admitted that 22 of ...
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NewsRevealed: Trusts chosen to pilot new efficiency rating
Two trusts chosen to pilot the joint CQC/NHS Improvement use of resources rating National implementation of the rating delayed due to general election, with no new timetable confirmed Metrics for assessing a trust’s use of resources appear to have been tweaked since December consultation launch Two trusts have ...
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HSJ LocalFoundation trusts call off merger
A planned merger of two acute foundation trusts has been called off after one of the providers involved decided merging did not offer the best chance of stabilising either finances or services.
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NewsRevealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust
Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every rating in the ...
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How about some big action on data
The NHS must ensure that informatics’ potential for savings and productivity must be fulfilled quickly
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HSJ LocalHospitals providing stroke services to be cut in Kent
SERVICE DESIGN: The number of hospitals in Kent and Medway admitting patients for treatment after a stroke is likely to be reduced to three or four.
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HSJ LocalLitigation authority payments drag down trust's deficit
FINANCE: A trust which is being investigated by NHS Improvement after its deficit soared says part of it was due to an extra payment to the NHS Litigation Authority.
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NewsRevealed: First digital maturity index scores in full
This is a full list of trusts’ scores on the new digital maturity index, based on HSJ analysis of NHS England data.
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HSJ LocalSurrey FTs merger halted for at least eight months
STRUCTURE: The proposed merger between two Surrey trusts is likely to be delayed by at least eight months – and may not even happen in the way originally planned.
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HSJ LocalLong awaited foundation trust merger delayed again
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals and the Royal Surrey County Hospital FTs pause merger process for second time Organisations had decided to go ahead with merger in January Trusts say they tackling “immediate issues is the best way to secure a sound future” STRUCTURE: The long awaited merger ...