All articles by Ben Clover – Page 21
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Not yet the worst week for ICU?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: More than 1,000 patients in one region awaiting urgent cancer surgery
More than 1,000 people needing urgent cancer surgery in London have no date for their treatment, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS plea for private help as covid forces cancer surgery cancellations
NHS leaders are holding fresh talks with private healthcare groups to try to secure surgery for urgent cancer patients in London, as the covid-19 second wave causes hospitals in the capital to make widespread cancellations, HSJ understands.
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NewsExclusive: Cancer care under threat as NHS loses covid private sector back-up
Cancer surgery in London is under threat as rising covid admissions put pressure on services that no longer have back-up capacity from the independent sector, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The end of the year
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsBoard go-ahead for merger to create UK’s largest trust
The merger of two foundation trusts to create the UK’s largest healthcare provider was approved.
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NewsPrivate hospital groups negotiating with NHS England on new stopgap contract
Large private hospital providers are in advanced talks with NHS England over a new three-month outsourcing contract, which aims to provide a ‘smooth transition’ to longer term contracting arrangements.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The commanding heights
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsRevealed: Delays freeze a third of lung cancer screening schemes
Cancer screening programmes designed to save hundreds of lives have been delayed by up to a year as services struggle with staff and equipment shortages, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Here's your baby... and the bill
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsRegion least hit by covid has biggest problem with year-plus waiters
The English region least hit by the covid-19 outbreak so far has the biggest share of its waiting list who have been there a year or longer, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Very low’ uptake of covid death payments by families of health and care staff
The families of fewer than half of the 547 NHS and social care staff who have died from covid are on course to benefit from the government’s £60,000 compensation package, HSJ has discovered.
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Expert BriefingKeeping theatres going in lockdown two
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust chief steps down to join national covid testing team
The chief executive of a hospital trust is standing down to join national work on testing for covid-19, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Leaked data shows waiting list ‘tipping into disaster’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingThe mystery of the capital’s ‘high-volume’ treatment centres
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsNHSI appointed sacked trust CEO as improvement director then dismissed him after receiving ‘undisclosed information’
A hospital chief executive dismissed after a disciplinary process was sacked again last week after NHS Improvement ‘received previously undisclosed information’.
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NewsCancers detected by screening services fall by over 60pc
The number of patients with cancer referred from screening services has fallen to nearly a third of pre-covid levels, new data shows.
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NewsExclusive: Capital to centralise elective care in new ICS hubs
London’s NHS is attempting to fast track the creation of centralised surgical hubs for each of its five health systems in a bid to recover spiralling waiting lists and long waits, HSJ understands.
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NewsBreast cancer missed in hundreds of women due to covid cancellations
Hundreds of women with breast cancer in London were not picked up by routine screening as services closed during the lockdown, officials have estimated.