All articles by Ben Clover – Page 65
-
NewsExclusive: Many expect local hospital services to remain unchanged or increase
More than four in ten people believe their local hospital will retain or increase the services it provides over the next decade, while very few believe GPs should make decisions about closures, according to a survey.
-
NewsExclusive: Confed finds venture capitalists to fund innovation
The NHS Confederation is working with a venture capitalist firm to seek private backing for innovations in the NHS.
-
NewsA&E performance tracker: Improvement continues at end of May
Accident and emergency performance has again improved on the previous week’s position, the latest data shows.
-
NewsCCG defends 'potential conflict' in relation to board member
A London clinical commissioning group has said it has acted to address a “potential conflict of interest” in relation to a member of its governing body and a possible £196,000 procurement deal.
-
News
2012-13 biggest year yet for NHS in-house consultancy
The NHS in-house interim management consultancy has saved trusts and commissioners £9.1m over the past financial year, it has said.
-
News
Funding confusion 'directly caused' vulnerable woman's death
A woman with complex mental health problems committed suicide after funding decision errors by a primary care trust and local authority saw her prematurely removed from a care home.
-
NewsA&E performance tracker: Some improvement but new trusts miss target
Accident and emergency performance has improved slightly, but some trusts which had been hitting the waiting time target have seen performance suddenly plummet.
-
NewsForty-two trusts won't submit foundation applications by April 2014
Forty-two of the 101 NHS providers yet to become foundation trusts will either not do so in their present form, or will breach the current government’s previous authorisation deadline of April 2014.
-
NewsWho could succeed Sir David as NHS England chief executive?
Speculation about potential successors to Sir David Nicholson as chief executive of NHS England has focued on 10 names.
-
NewsPatients able to complain to Monitor about anti-competitive behaviour
Monitor will consider complaints about anti-competitive commissioning from individual patients and representative groups, under new guidance.
-
NewsRevealed: NHS holds 'risk summits' over A&E concern
Pressures in accident and emergency have been the largest single trigger for “risk summit” meetings which are being called to address quality, safety and performance concerns under the new NHS system, HSJ research reveals.
-
NewsA&E performance tracker to 12 May: England's hospitals miss waiting target
HSJ is tracking the performance of hopsitals in England every week
-
HSJ Local
Mental health trust admits it is unable to win FT status alone
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has become the latest NHS provider to admit it will not be able to win foundation trust status independently.
-
NewsA&E performance tracker: England's hospitals miss waiting target
HSJ is tracking the performance of hopsitals in England every week
-
NewsTrusts submit deficit plans for 2013-14 amid 'going concern' worries
The NHS Trust Development Authority has written to trusts assuring them they can be classed as “a going concern” by auditors, despite submitting deficit plans for this financial year, HSJ has learned.
-
News
Trusts ease pay savings in Francis aftermath, analysis shows
Hospital trusts are disproportionately targeting non-pay costs and seeking extra income as they embark on a £2.4bn savings drive in 2013-14, an exclusive HSJ analysis reveals.
-
News
St George's breached six national standards, CQC inspection finds
St George’s Healthcare Trust in London was found in breach of six national quality standards after an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection in January.
-
NewsExclusive: A&E performance plummets as majority of trusts miss target
Accident and emergency waiting time performance plummeted in April, as hospital leaders told HSJ they were grappling with the after-effects of “the worst winter anyone can remember”.
-
NewsTwo bidders drop out of pension fund hospital build scheme
Two out of three bidders involved in an innovative scheme to use pension fund capital to finance a major hospital development have dropped out, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsExclusive: Dramatic increase in emergency 12 hours 'trolley waits' uncovered
Pressure on accident and emergency departments has seen a large increase in the number of hospital trusts reporting patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted, an HSJ analysis has found.