All HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FT articles – Page 7
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HSJ Local
Homerton plans to grow turnover by 6 per cent
FINANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust intends to grow its turnover from £243m last year to £259m in 2014-15, its annual plan review reveals.
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HSJ Local
Homerton shortlisted for award for work with homeless TB patients
PERFORMANCE: The east London acute trust has been nominated for an Andy Ludlow Homelessness award for its work with patients with no recourse to public funds.
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HSJ Local
New chair appointed for Basildon and Thurrock
WORKFORCE: A former Lord Mayor of London has been appointed chair of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals.
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News
£1.1bn Barts merger gets Lansley sign-off
The health secretary has approved the merger of three London hospital trusts to create an organisation with an estimated turnover of £1.1bn.
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Comment
Trust mergers don't guarantee more for less
Mergering healthcare organisations should be viewed with caution, unless there are clear and demonstrable benefits to patient services, says Nuffield Trust chief economist Anita Charlesworth.
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News
CCP recommends biggest acute merger go ahead despite 'reducing patient choice'
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has recommended England’s biggest hospital merger should be allowed to go ahead - but only because there is no alternative.
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HSJ Local
Homerton looks for performance and 'market share analysis' software
COMMERCIAL: The east London acute trust has tendered for software that will analyse “clinical efficiency and productivity, PbR and relative risk ratios”.
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HSJ Local
Only four maternity units in London meet consultant labour ward requirements
WORKFORCE: A report from NHS London has outlined significant shortfalls in consultant presence in labour wards.
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HSJ Local
Community services acquisition sees Homerton grow by a third
FINANCE: The east London foundation trust expects to see its income from community services grow by a third, while acute income falls.
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HSJ Local
Homerton looks north to expand rehab service
COMMERCIAL: The east London foundation trust said it would look to expand its stroke rehabilitation service into Enfield and Haringey, as part of its growth strategy.
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HSJ Local
Homerton passes CQC check but with minor concerns on nutrition
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but minor concerns were noted on nutrition, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
London trusts fail ambulance handover targets
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance handover times have deteriorated across the capital since the government relaxed accident and emergency targets last year, a report has said.
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HSJ Local
London consortium writes to CCP over 'monopoly' merger
STRUCTURE: A London commissioning consortium has complained to the Co-operation and Competition Panel about a merger that would create the biggest provider organisation in England.
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HSJ Local
New medical director for Salisbury FT
WORKFORCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust has appointed Christine Blanshard as medical director.
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HSJ Local
Continued under-performance on ambulance handover times at London A&Es
PERFORMANCE: A strategic health authority report has revealed continued under-performance on ambulance handover times at the capital’s accident and emergency departments.
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News
CQC attacks NHS elderly care levels
Inspections into care standards have raised serious concerns about the way NHS hospitals treat elderly people.
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HSJ Local
Confidential report sets out quality issues for every provider in the region
PERFORMANCE: A confidential report commissioned by NHS London has listed the strategic health authority’s quality concerns about the capital’s provider bodies.
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HSJ Local
Homerton breaches MRSA targets
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital breached two MRSA targets for 2010/11 in February, but the foundation trust insists that there have been no “clinically significant” cases since August 2010.
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HSJ Local
Homerton just shy of budget surplus target
FINANCE: Homerton hospital was predicting a £1.7m surplus in month ten, slightly behind plan, documents released to HSJ show.
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News
Ambulance trust announces 890 post cuts
London Ambulance Service Trust has said it expects to cut 890 posts over the next five years to save £53m.