All articles by Ben Clover – Page 12
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Takeover
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsFocus should be on waiting list size, as well as long waiters says planning guidance
NHS England has told local leaders they must start to focus on reducing the overall size of the elective waiting list and not just the longest waiters.
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NewsNHSE looks to match Scotland on cancer tests
NHS England is piloting a scheme to lower the threshold for getting a bowel cancer scan after screening, which would bring it in line with standards in Scotland.
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NewsCollapsed PFI firm sues fire safety advisers
Administrators acting for a collapsed hospital PFI firm have started legal action against the fire safety testers it employed.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Marsden meets its Waterloo
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Accountability
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust gathers evidence for dispute with energy giant
A trust’s subsidiary company has been gathering evidence to take legal action against an energy giant, board papers reveal.
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NewsEquipment supplier blamed for trust’s serious incident
Two NHS organisations on opposite sides of a region have blamed a new equipment supplier for recent problems with hospital discharges and pressure ulcers, the latter of which prompted a serious incident.
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NewsTrust rejects NHSE’s claim it has lost 17% productivity
A large hospital trust has rejected NHS England analysis suggesting its productivity has fallen by nearly a fifth post-pandemic.
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NewsNHS backlogs drive £20m boost for private cancer firm
A private cancer provider has grown its turnover by £20m – more than 20 per cent – in the past year on the back of the NHS cancer backlog, it reports.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Fait accompli
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsICB whistleblowing process ‘not fit for purpose’
An integrated care board has found its handling of whistleblowing “not fit for purpose”, after a complaint about safety incidents not being properly investigated.
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NewsTop trust warns GPs of 15-week wait for scans
England’s largest hospital trust has written to GPs warning their patients face 15-week waits for routine MRIs, ultrasound and CT scans.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A troubling narrative
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrusts set to merge despite ‘stability and accountability’ concern
An on-off merger between two hospital trusts is set to finally go ahead, board papers reveal.
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NewsChair quits after trust admits £90m deficit
The chair of a major teaching hospital trust has quit after the organisation saw its deficit double in size.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: It’s that can again
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsICB maternity plan risks increasing deaths, senior medics claim
The medical leaders of the maternity unit of a flagship hospital threatened with closure have written to their chief executive saying the downgrade would not be safe, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts ‘pause’ merger of exec teams
Two hospital trusts with a combined turnover of nearly £3bn have “paused” plans to merge their executive director teams.
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NewsEmergency unit faced closure amid ‘significant staffing crisis’
A hospital trust has considered closing its new “same day emergency care” facility twice in the past month or so, because of a “dire” A&E position.