All articles by Ben Clover – Page 36
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NewsNHS Improvement drops back office efficiency target
NHS Improvement has dropped a target in the Carter efficiency review for trusts to cut their back office costs, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalGOSH leadership rated requires improvement after high turnover of directors
A specialist trust that has seen a high turnover of directors in recent years has been rated requires improvement for leadership by the Care Quality Commission.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: February in A&E
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsRising property costs force sale of major private provider
Majority shareholder in BMI Healthcare announces it is exiting UK market Netcare says rent deal with landlord is “unaffordable” Company has a turnover of roughly £370m from NHS-funded work The majority shareholder in one of England’s biggest private hospital groups has pulled out, citing unsustainable rent rises.
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NewsHarding: 'Joint venture' with NHS England may not lead to redundancies
The chair of NHS Improvement has said her organisation’s coming together with NHS England was a “joint venture”, not a merger.
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HSJ LocalChildren needing talking therapy had 'invasive treatment' at GOSH
Children needing psychological therapy “underwent many years of invasive treatment” at a specialist trust after presenting with non-medical or “fabricated symptoms”, royal college investigators were told.
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HSJ LocalShelford Group trust will run deficit for 'at least three more years'
A Shelford Group teaching hospital trust will run an underlying deficit until at least 2021-22, it predicts.
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HSJ LocalCCG free to cut IVF funding after panel decision
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel will not carry out a full review of a clinical commissioning group’s decision to cut funding for IVF services.
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NewsFormer 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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NewsHospital chain trust expects nearly £100m deficit
The founder trust of a hospital group has declared its “underlying deficit” is likely to be more than £95m this financial year.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: How to solve a King's sized problem
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ LocalMajor trust predicts £210m private income in two years
A hospital trust in London is predicting a private income of more than £100m in 2018-19.
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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 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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HSJ LocalTeaching trust's deficit to top £100m this year
A London teaching hospital trust will end the 2017-18 financial year with a deficit of around £120m, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust and CCGs in formal arbitration
A teaching hospital and its local commissioners are in formal arbitration as the end of the financial year approaches.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider and NHS trust end cancer partnership
A private hospital group and an NHS trust have ended their partnership running a cancer unit.
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NewsTrust declares highest A&E alert level for three days in a row
A district general hospital is under “extreme pressure” in accident and emergency and has declared the highest level of alert for three days, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsEffectiveness of NHS Improvement sustainable solutions team reviewed
NHS Improvement commissioned a review of part of its regulation directorate, including “personal profiling” of individual directors, amid concerns the team is not working effectively enough.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Shelford Group trust chief executive resigns
The chief executive of a Shelford Group hospital trust has resigned, HSJ can reveal.