All articles by Ben Clover – Page 46
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A unit closed after a visit from the CQC
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsRevealed: Less than a third of trusts hitting revised A&E targets
Less than a third of providers have hit “reset” targets for A&E for July NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey says primary care access and school holidays were factors Less than a third of trusts have achieved the new, lower accident and emergency targets for July, which they ...
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HSJ LocalCQC closed unit after CQC warning notice
Mental health and community services trust given requires improvement rating Child and adolescent unit rated inadequate Concerns over lack of action to tackle ligature points North East London Foundation Trust has been given a ’requires improvement’ rating by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors issued a warning notice ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Baby STPs
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Frontrunners for elective centres revealed
Commissioners have revealed the frontrunners to host elective centres in south east London.
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HSJ LocalLarge teaching trust ended year with £118m deficit
FINANCE: King’s College Hospitals Foundation Trust ended the 2015-16 financial year with an underlying deficit of £118m.
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HSJ LocalChair reappointed at major acute trust
WORKFORCE: The chair of London North West Healthcare Trust has been reappointed for another two years.
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NewsHead of academic health partnership to retire
The managing director of UCLPartners is retiring next week.
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News'Special measures' considered for trusts failing on A&E
NHS Improvement considering new “special measures” category for operational performance including A&E Comes as English hospital sector records worst quarter one A&E performance since 2003 HSJ analysis shows worst performing 40 trusts responsible for 63 per cent of year on year decline NHS Improvement is considering a new ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: London leads way in A&E decline
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Another competition regulator and relieving the acutes
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ LocalCommissioners question Royal Free's planned £30m overperformance
FINANCE: Commissioners in north London have sent an activity query notice to the Royal Free London Foundation Trust over a £30m predicted overperformance on activity in 2016-17.
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HSJ LocalRCS review: Infighting at teaching trust risked patient care
WORKFORCE: Infighting between senior medics at two departments of a major teaching hospital could have put patients at risk, according to a report obtained by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalIncrease in year-plus waiters at Imperial
PERFORMANCE: The number of patients waiting more than a year for elective treatment at Imperial College Healthcare Trust has almost doubled to 80 people, board papers reveal.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Competition and 2,000 year-plus waiters
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ LocalWaiting list error could see thousands of patients assessed for clinical harm
PERFORMANCE: A large teaching hospital may have to assess thousands of patients for clinical harm after an investigation found its data systems could not guarantee people had been treated.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Financial special measures
Ben Clover casts his eye over what is going on in England’s biggest health economy
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NewsFines for trust performance failures increase
Fines for the non-achievement of performance targets have effectively increased by 60 per cent under new rules announced on Thursday.
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News£400m of uncertainty in financial forecast as trusts reject control totals
Seventeen trusts that have not agreed control totals with NHS Improvement are predicting a combined deficit of more than £400m for 2016-17.
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NewsThird of providers will still miss A&E target in March 2017
Third of trusts not predicting hitting A&E target by the end of 2016-17 NHS Improvement and NHS England to replace fines for access performance with conditional access to bailout funding. 12.5 per cent of monthly bailout dependent on hitting A&E trajectory, 12.5 per cent on RTT trajectory and five ...