Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust – Page 22
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NewsPCT restricts doctors from making 'expensive, non-urgent referrals' to London providers
A primary care trust has told clinicians it must approve any referrals to London trusts because of the extra expense involved.
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NewsNHS Plus announces new director
NHS Plus has confirmed the appointment of Professor John Harrison as its next director.
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NewsRCM highlights maternity care variations
Women should receive good maternity care wherever they live and should not have to rely on “chance and plain old good luck,” the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has said.
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NewsiPhone app rates NHS services
A free iPhone application that allows patients to keep track of their NHS appointments and rate the services they use has been launched by former health minister Lord Darzi.
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NewsLondon trusts top of patient complaints list
London hospitals are the subject of more serious patient complaints than any other type of secondary care trust, a review by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Ann Abraham reveals.
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NewsImperial recruits PCT chief in integrated care drive
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has hired a primary care trust chief executive to lead its work to become an integrated healthcare organisation.
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NewsFormer manager jailed for funding private stud farm with NHS money
A former NHS manager who bought horse semen, thoroughbred horses and numerous other goods and services for her private stud business with NHS funds has been jailed for two years and nine months.
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NewsRisk linked to surgery volume
Mortality rates can be up to three times higher for a common operations at smaller, low volume acute trusts than at their larger neighbours in the same region, research published by NHS London suggests.
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NewsImperial College Healthcare chief backs GP integration
One of the biggest hospital trusts in England wants to convert itself into a vertically integrated care organisation.
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CommentRichard Barker and Steve Smith: health and wealth are partners
The NHS and life sciences industry have already proven how well they can work together
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NewsImperial readies for new foundation trust bid
Imperial College Healthcare Trust is expected to begin the formal process of applying for foundation status in the spring.
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NewsFinancial fallout for London trusts from medical school redundancies
Four London hospital trusts could be hit with a bigger bill for academic staff due to a massive savings drive at Imperial College faculty of medicine.
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NewsNHS trusts owed millions by private patients
NHS hospitals could be significantly overstating their private patient income because a substantial proportion of it is either never paid or paid late.
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NewsImperial College Healthcare pioneers shift in managerial relations
Imperial College Healthcare trust chief executive Steve Smith tells Alastair McLellan how the new academic health science centre allowed a radical cultural shift to clinical leadership