Experienced interim moves to new challenged trust
A struggling hospital trust has appointed an experienced interim chief executive for the coming financial year.
An iceberg of avoidable patient harm
HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing is our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. This week by bureau chief Ben Clover.
Several of NHS’ biggest trusts set to miss financial plans
Several of the largest trusts in England appear unlikely to hit their financial “control totals”, after signalling they will need to review their year-end forecasts.
Trusts missing out on tens of millions from overseas patients
Providers are failing to recover tens of millions of pounds from overseas visitors despite a major clampdown on so-called health tourists.
London Eye: A clear path?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
Thirteen regions yet to agree pathology model
Thirteen out of 29 regions have yet to formally commit to new pathology models, the latest update has revealed, although senior chiefs have declared the major efficiency scheme remains on track.
HSJ Awards 2019: Driving efficiency through technology
WINNER: London North West University Healthcare Trust and Infinity Health: ePortering: Saving over 10,000 hours per year
Named: The trusts receiving new cash for scanners
The trusts in line to receive £200m for upgrading cancer screening equipment from the government have been announced.
Sir David’s troubled trust rejects centre’s saving plan
One of the country’s most troubled hospital trusts, which is chaired by former NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson, has rejected regulators’ request for it to rein in its large deficit.
DGH launches service to grab market share from teaching hospitals
A north west London trust has launched a new vascular centre to challenge the capital’s major teaching hospitals a year after it was found to be struggling to provide adequate procedures
Revealed: Junior doctors 'losing faith' in long hours safeguards
Junior doctors are “losing faith” in a system used to monitor their workload, with new data suggesting only a fraction of their concerns are leading to changes to services or rosters.
HSJ Partnership Awards 2019: Recruitment Services Provider of the Year
WINNER: Remedium Partners: Overseas Innovation for the NHS
Staff survey analysis: Best and worst hospitals in each area for staff recommending care
Below is a breakdown by area of acute and combined trusts performance on the NHS staff survey, according to the share of employees who would recommend their organisation for work or care.
Staff survey analysis: Trusts with the highest and lowest levels of discrimination
The annual staff survey has shown a steady increase in discrimination since 2015. Below is a breakdown of the trusts with the highest and lowest percentages of staff experiencing discrimination at work in the last 12 months, comparing 2017 to 2018.
Revealed: The trusts where A&E has slipped most
Waiting time performance for major emergency admissions at one London trust has deteriorated by 29 percentage points in the last two years, HSJ can reveal.
Trust warns of 'increased pharmacy burglary risk' in no-deal Brexit
Hospitals have warned that a no deal Brexit could put their pharmacies at increased risk of burglary, as concerns about drug shortages mount.
No-deal Brexit threat forces hospitals to set up 'clinical prioritisation' taskforce
A major teaching hospital is putting plans in place to prioritise which patients to treat if a no-deal Brexit causes critical shortages in drugs and/or medical devices.
Just one trust has 50pc BME board share
Only one trust has as many black and minority ethnic board members as white, and 96 trusts say they have no BME board directors at all, new data has revealed.
Exclusive: Tens of thousands of junior doctors working beyond contract
Junior doctors have worked beyond their contracted terms and conditions more than 63,000 times since 2015, resulting in fines worth more than £250,000, HSJ can reveal today.
Second setback for half-billion reconfiguration plan
A major reconfiguration plan for services in north west London has been rebuffed by the centre for the second time.