All articles by Ben Clover – Page 62
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NewsSpecial administrator recommends dissolving Mid Staffs
The special administrators appointed to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have recommended the organisation is dissolved and its maternity service closes.
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NewsHigh Court quashes Lewisham downgrade decision
The decision to downgrade services at Lewisham Hospital has been quashed in the High Court.
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Plan to change gender reassignment surgery guidelines is dropped
NHS England has shelved proposals to change how it commissions gender reassignment surgery following clinicians’ concerns
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NewsDH to target 'huge waste' in orthopaedics procurement
The Department of Health is expected to target “huge waste” in the cost of orthopaedic supplies when it releases its procurement strategy shortly, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMPs criticise Lansley reforms over A&E problems
The Commons health committee has put part of the blame for recent accident and emergency performance on Andrew Lansley’s NHS reforms.
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Exclusive: Trainee doctors to be withdrawn from DGH
Trainee doctors are to be withdrawn from the paediatrics department of a district general hospital, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospitals to get new 'avoidable deaths' measure
NHS England is working to devise a new national indicator intended to finally resolve the confusion over what constitutes an avoidable death in hospital, it has been revealed.
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NewsChiefs avoid axe despite trusts facing 'special measures'
HSJ understands no hospital chief executives will face immediate removal from post as a result of Sir Bruce Keogh’s review into mortality rates.
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NewsKeogh review leaks point to staffing issues
Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of mortality indicators at 14 trusts has found staffing concerns at each but it also cautions against taking the indicator scores to mean the same thing as “avoidable deaths”, leaked extracts suggest.
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NewsDH boss warns of losers in procurement savings push
The Department of Health’s deputy director of procurement has warned suppliers there will be “losers” as the NHS works to slash £1.5bn in costs by April 2016.
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NewsHospital urges admin staff to volunteer as care assistants
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust is encouraging administrative staff to volunteer for work as care assistants on its wards.
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NewsHospital chiefs give thumbs down to purchaser-provider split
Hospital chief executives believe there is little value in separating the NHS into commissioners and providers, a new HSJ survey has found.
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NewsTrust chiefs see sicker patients as key cause of A&E crisis
The most widely blamed factor leading to recent problems in emergency departments is an increase in the number of very sick patients, the HSJ/Capsticks survey reveals.
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Regional hospitals push for funding equality with London
A group of regional teaching hospitals is pushing NHS England to guarantee its members the same level of financial support as their London counterparts receive under the Project Diamond programme, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsHospital trust loses two chairs in eight days
A hospital trust is on its third chair in nine days after an interim chairman appointed by the NHS Trust Development Authority resigned three days into the job.
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NewsEmails reveal elite hospitals' high level lobbying for extra cash
Emails obtained by HSJ reveal an elite group of teaching hospitals’ lobbying for hundreds of millions in extra funding.
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Exclusive: Surge in hospitals predicting deficits as total exceeds £200m
NHS trusts are predicting a deficit of more than £200m in this financial year, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalCarnall takes job with Boris Johnson
Former NHS London chief executive Dame Ruth Carnall has taken up a post as strategic adviser on health to mayor of London Boris Johnson.
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NewsMonitor launches study of small trusts' viability
Monitor has launched a project examining the future of small hospital trusts.
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NewsTroubled trust avoids regulator 'cap' on A&E
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has avoided having a cap placed on the number of A&E patients it can treat.