London Eye: Another joint chair for London?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
London Eye: Throwing your weight around
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
London Eye: Quartering the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
Identifying and preventing TB in the community
Newham clinical commissioning group has won the 2018 HSJ Award for community or primary care services redesign (London and the south) for the Newham latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment programme. Alison Moore reports
Coroner report sparks concern over lack of ADHD services
Experts have warned commissioners are being “short-sighted” in their lack of support for adults with ADHD, with many areas failing to provide a diagnosis service.
HSJ Awards 2018: Community or Primary Care Services Redesign (London and the South)
For many years, the east London borough of Newham has had the capital’s highest rates of tuberculosis – rates higher even than those in some developing countries.
Waiting list probe abandoned as officials not given 'right of reply'
A probe into why a £1bn turnover trust failed to recover its waiting times was halted after witnesses could not, or would not, co-operate with investigators, HSJ can reveal.
Trust misses finance target by £60m but keeps access to STF
A large acute trust in London has missed its original financial target for last year by £60m, but has still been awarded most of its sustainability and transformation funding.
London Eye: Capital's cancer turnaround
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy.
Analysis: The areas seeing sustained falls in emergency admissions
Containing and reducing emergency hospital admissions is often seen as the holy grail of sustainable and better integrated healthcare. For most it has been elusive, but HSJ has identified and spoken to several areas which appear to have seen sustained reductions in recent years.
Seven CCGs name joint accountable officer
A London sustainability and transformation partnership area has appointed a single accountable officer across its seven clinical commissioning groups.
Seven CCGs approve single accountable officer for whole STP
Plans to appoint a single accountable officer for seven clinical commissioning groups have now been approved, despite previous opposition from commissioners.
Roundtable: Data can drive improvements in healthcare – how can we share it more effectively?
In a joint HSJ/LGC roundtable, our expert panel discussed the problems of a health service in need of more patient data but constrained by privacy issues, public mistrust and official reticence, as well as all-too-familiar financial and technological obstacles. Alison Moore sat in.
Seven CCGs consider single leader across STP
Seven clinical commissioning groups across London are considering appointing a single accountable officer, HSJ has learned.
GP quality - London: CQC ratings confirm challenge in East London
HSJ’s analysis of Care Quality Commissioning ratings of GP surgeries shows that east London is underperforming against the rest of the capital.
Revealed: Significant variation in A&E cancer diagnoses across England
Cancer diagnosis in accident and emergency departments are three times more likely in some parts of England than others, HSJ analysis reveals.
London Eye: The Green Line Cancer Differential
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
New CCG ratings: Over 85 per cent failing on cancer performance
Over 85 per cent of clinical commissioning groups are failing to hit required standards on cancer performance and must improve, according to ratings launched by the health secretary today.
East London FT appoints new chief executive
East London Foundation Trust has appointed Dr Navina Evans as the trust’s new chief executive taking over from Dr Robert Dolan when he retires in July 2016.
Exclusive: GP groups cover most of England but ‘lack ambition and priorities’
Four fifths of clinical commissioning groups have at least one large scale GP provider group in their area, according to information collected by HSJ.