All articles by Ben Clover – Page 58
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HSJ LocalRevealed: TDA refused to pay unexpected takeover costs
NHS Trust Development Authority officials refused to pay the bulk of a claim for unanticipated costs made by a trust that fell into financial trouble after taking over a failing neighbour.
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NewsExclusive: Bailouts top £870m as trusts struggle to pay bills
The Department of Health issued £874m in bailouts to trusts in 2014-15, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Free considers joint venture with specialist trust
STRUCTURE: The Royal Free London Foundation Trust is considering a joint venture with a specialist orthopaedic hospital trust.
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HSJ LocalLondon trust's deficit position slips by over £7m
FINANCE: A London acute and community care trust finished 2014-15 with an unexpected deficit of £7.3m.
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NewsExclusive: DH concedes last minute U-turn over axing specialist hospital cash
The Department of Health has admitted it made a last minute reversal of its decision to stop providing “Project Diamond” funding for specialist hospitals in 2014-15, boosting the finances of up to 19 trusts.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: UCLH claims late win in Project Diamond funding battle
FINANCE: One of the country’s most prestigious teaching hospital trusts has said it will record a ‘small surplus’ for the financial year 2014-15 after winning a protracted battle over specialised funding.
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HSJ LocalMajor teaching hospital's deficit could double
FINANCE: One of England’s biggest and most prestigious teaching hospital trusts has predicted a large deficit for 2014-15, with indications it will almost double in this financial year.
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NewsExclusive: Half of nurses at 'inadequate' trusts worried about staffing
More than half the nursing workforce at the eight hospital trusts rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission have said there are not enough staff for them to do their job.
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HSJ LocalNew chair for London mental health trust
WORKFORCE: A new chair has been appointed to West London Mental Health Trust.
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HSJ LocalLeading teaching hospital expects £19m deficit this year
FINANCE: One of England’s largest teaching hospital trusts has submitted a deficit plan for 2015-16 to the regulator.
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HSJ LocalLondon trust receives £8.5m bailout to cover unexpected deficit
FINANCE: Lewisham and Greenwich Trust received an £8.5m bailout of public dividend capital from the Department of Health to cover an unexpected deficit for the financial year 2014-15.
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HSJ LocalJeremy Hunt opposes accidentally leaked hospital reconfiguration proposal
STRUCTURE: A proposal to replace two district general hospitals with a single facility was revealed after consultants hired to investigate the move were overheard discussing it in a conference call on a train.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: District general hospital gives up standalone FT bid
A district general hospital has become the latest organisation to abandon plans to become a standalone foundation trust.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of special measures trust resigns
The chief executive of one of the five trusts in special measures since 2013 has resigned.
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NewsExclusive: 26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach
Twenty-six hospital trusts are responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsExclusive: DH agreed extra bailouts for trusts where performance was at risk
The Department of Health arranged at least £39m in extra ‘essential’ capital funding for foundation trusts where patient safety or ‘ongoing operations’ were at risk because of maintenance backlogs, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: FT to receive £328m as part of takeover of neighbour
The Department of Health has agreed a package of support and capital payments totalling £327.7m with Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust as part of its takeover of another trust, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England offered £124m fund to tariff objectors
NHS England offered a group of trusts access to a £124m fund on the condition they dropped their opposition to its latest tariff offer, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTroubled CCG says its deficit could reach £40m
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group has warned that its deficit could hit an enormous £40m by the end of the financial year, which would be the largest recorded by any group so far.
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NewsExclusive: David Flory to step down as TDA chief executive
David Flory will step down as the chief executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority in May, HSJ can reveal.