All articles by Ben Clover – Page 67
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Social enterprise consults lawyers over lost out-of-hours contract
A social enterprise has consulted lawyers after losing the contract to supply GP out-of-hours services in two London boroughs to a Bristol-based company.
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Trust refers 248 staff to debt collectors following salary overpayments
Barts and the London Trust referred 248 of its staff to debt collectors after overpaying them by a total of £1m last year, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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NewsChief executives and chairs in New Year's Honours list
Three hospital trust chief executives have received New Year’s honours.
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NewsChief executives not confident on out-of-hours safety
Chief executives have significant doubts their hospitals are as safe at weekends as they are in the week, the latest HSJ/Capsticks survey reveals.
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NewsFT wins Ministry of Defence contract to serve British troops
England’s largest foundation trust has won a £365m contract to continue providing healthcare services to the British army in Germany.
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NewsNext generation of PFI announced by Osborne
“Soft facilities management” services like cleaning and catering will be excluded from future NHS private finance projects, new government guidance reveals.
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NewsDistrict general hospitals top efficiency league
District general hospitals are the most clinically efficient in the NHS, a major study has revealed.
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'Significant' risk in specialised services upheaval, says board
The new commissioning system for the £12bn specialist services budget in 2013-14 will be “radically different” but its introduction involves a “significant” risk, the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
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New chief executive for London trust as another steps down
North Middlesex University Hospital Trust has a new chief executive, HSJ can reveal. It comes as the head of a neighbouring trust steps down.
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CommentHow treatment centres have driven competition
An Institute for Fiscal Studies report makes interesting reading
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News'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade
Commissioners could be freed to award work to a “prime contractor” over five to 10 years from 2014-15, the Department of Health has indicated.
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NewsBidders for DGH takeover revealed
One of England’s biggest hospital trusts and one of its highest performing foundation trusts are battling to take over a district general hospital, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAnalysed: The London FT pipeline and its hotspots
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the foundation trust pipeline before the capital’s strategic health authority disappears next year
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NewsMike Farrar and Sir Andrew Cash set up consultancy supergroup
A five-person group including some of the most senior figures in the NHS have set up a management consultancy.
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Trusts to be rewarded for friends and family test success
For all the talk of easing top-down control of trusts, the mandate mentions some levers that could hit providers.
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NewsCarnall calls for service reconfigurations to be accelerated
The head of NHS London has warned the government risks “stifling the ambition” of clinical commissioning groups if it does not find a way to speed up service reconfigurations.
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NewsCommissioner behaviour is main barrier to independent sector providers
Tendering behaviour is preventing a more diverse provider landscape, Monitor has indicated.
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CommentHas payment by results had its day?
King’s Fund report says tariff system is not fit for purpose
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NewsMonitor vows to improve 'not fit for purpose' pricing system
Monitor has vowed to improve the NHS treatment pricing system after a King’s Fund report said the payment by results system was “not fit for purpose”.
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NewsNHS London reviews controversial hospital productivity analysis
NHS London is re-examining a controversial analysis which concluded the capital’s hospital sector was “not sustainable in [its] present form”.