All articles by Ben Clover – Page 66
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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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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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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.
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NewsAnalysed: The CQC and A&E at Queen's Hospital
In-depth analysis of A&E services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust
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NewsBennett questions Nicholson strategy
Monitor chief executive David Bennett has said the scrapping of the purchaser-provider split envisaged by Sir David Nicholson may not be in NHS England’s power.
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NewsExclusive: Chief inspector of hospitals revealed
Former cancer tsar Sir Mike Richards has been appointed as the first chief inspector of hospitals.
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NewsHunt admits Tories 'guilty' of blanket opposition to reconfiguration in past
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted to delegates at the NHS Confederation that his own party and politicians generally had been “guilty” of knee-jerk opposition to unpopular reconfigurations.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.