All articles by Ben Clover – Page 71
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust seeks £9m bailout
A hospital trust struggling with its finances has lodged an application for a £9m loan from the Department of Health.
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Private providers see 11 per cent growth in NHS elective work
The number of NHS-funded elective procedures carried out in the private sector rose 10.5 per cent last year, NHS Information Centre data shows.
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NewsMonitor and DH work on bailout formula
Monitor and the Department of Health are working to devise a formula determining when troubled foundation trusts receive financial bailouts.
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NewsBennett appointed to permanent chief executive role at Monitor
The Monitor board has appointed interim chief executive David Bennett to the permanent role at the foundation trust regulator.
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NewsUPDATED: Hunt advised to break up South London Healthcare
The trust special administrator this morning issued his draft report into the first organisation to face the NHS’s failure regime, recommending the trust is broken up.
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NewsCCG veto kills off trust's FT application
The chief executive of a community services trust has spoken of his “bitter disappointment” after a clinical commissioning group vetoed his organisation’s foundation trust bid.
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HSJ LocalSHA halts hospital takeover
NHS London has halted the takeover of a district general hospital by a foundation trust in a neighbouring strategic health authority.
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NewsProductivity is low at urgent care centres
Urgent care centres appear to have low productivity rates and lack clear data allowing commissioners to tell whether they are value for money, according to a report published today.
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NewsMonitor has 'concerns' over pension plan
Monitor has revealed it has “significant concerns over the affordability” of a plan to build a new hospital with a ground-breaking loan from a pension fund.
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NewsMajor reconfiguration delayed by neighbouring PCT
Plans for a major reconfiguration of services in London have been halted after a neighbouring primary care trust said it wanted to become more involved in the process.
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NewsNHS predicts 25pc lower surplus for 2012-13
Strategic health authorities and primary care trusts are predicting a fall in their combined surplus of 25 per cent this financial year.
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NewsHospital activity 'will rise'
Four out of five hospital chief executives believe their trust will do more work this financial year than it did in 2011-12. The finding casts doubt on commissioners’ hopes of controlling demand.
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NewsFlory: trusts still face April 2014 target for FT status
NHS Trust Development Authority chief executive David Flory insists there has been “no change” to the policy of driving trusts through the foundation trust pipeline by April 2014.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Worst performing London boroughs for GP outcomes revealed
An internal report on the quality of GP practices in London has found one cluster performing significantly worse than the other five.
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NewsExclusive: South London Healthcare Trust's suitors revealed
Details have emerged of the plans of many of the 39 bodies that have written to South London Healthcare Trust’s special administrator to express an interest in running trust services.
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NewsCommunity trusts in FT delay
More than half of the community trusts hoping to achieve foundation status have had their authorisation applications delayed, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsBurstow admits to budget cuts
Former health minister Paul Burstow has admitted there were cuts to mental health services under his watch at the Department of Health.
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Two of George Eliot's suitors announce alliance
Two of the bidders to take over the management of a district general hospital trust have announced a partnership deal.
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NewsSmaller FTs face viability reviews
Monitor has ordered a review of the financial viability of a number of small and medium-sized foundation trusts, in a process described by one chief executive as “cloak and dagger”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCuts in jobs and pay loom in savings proposals
Service redesign, headcount reduction and a lower average wage will be the three biggest contributors to trusts’ savings plans this year, a survey reveals.