Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust – Page 9
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NewsHighest and lowest trusts in each area for staff witnessing care mistakes
A breakdown by area of acute trusts by the share of staff saying they had witnessed potentially harmful errors, near misses or incidents in the last month, in the 2017 NHS staff survey.
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HSJ LocalMore trusts using estates 'wheeze' to boost their finances
NHS trusts are increasingly revaluing their estate in a way that boosts their reported financial position, under encouragement from NHS Improvement.
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NewsIn full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.
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HSJ LocalFormer chief executive to chair troubled trust
A former chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare Trust has been appointed as chair at one of the country’s most troubled trusts.
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CommentShocking deterioration in RTT waiting times
Elective RTT waiting times shot up by over a week in December, in the fastest monthly increase since 2010, notes Rob Findlay
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NewsYear-plus elective waiters at highest number since 2012
The number of patients waiting more than a year for an elective procedure is at its highest since August 2012, new data reveals.
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HSJ LocalDirector takes chief executive job at trust
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has appointed an interim chief executive while it searches for a permanent replacement.
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NewsExclusive: NHS makes little progress cutting specialised income 'long tail'
The spread of specialised services across English hospital trusts has remained relatively unchanged over the last four years, despite a consensus that greater consolidation is needed in some areas.
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NewsWaiting times steady despite slowdown in admissions
Yet another large trust stopped reporting its referral to treatment data, which clouded the picture for the latest November figures and raised non-reported waiting lists to a new record.
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: Achieving consistent care in neurology
An HSJ roundtable discusses crucial issues relating to treatment of neurological conditions and how services can deliver consistent high quality care to patients. By Alison Moore
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NewsNew non-executives join CQC board
Three new non-executive board members have been appointed to the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalTrust stuck with unexpected £5m patient transport bill
A hospital trust was left with an unexpected £5.6m bill for non-emergency patient transport after commissioners underestimated the cost, a report has revealed.
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HSJ LocalNHS trusts forced to find new transport services as firms exit market
London hospital trusts have been forced to bring patient transport services in house or re-tender them as incumbent firms exit the market.
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HSJ LocalTrust spent £60,000 to find chief executive who left after four months
A teaching hospital trust spent £60,000 with a recruitment firm to recruit a chief executive who left after four months.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Getting on with the day job
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The fear, the network and the path
Why does a safety-critical industry such as the NHS have the level of bullying and fear running through it at so many levels, asks Andy Cowper
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NewsExclusive: Hospital boss appointed NHS Improvement chief executive
NHS Improvement has appointed the boss of a leading hospital trust as its chief executive, and will pay him a salary of £287,000, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2017: Acute Sector Innovation
Sponsored by Cardinal Health Imperial College Healthcare Trust: The NOSH Project Imperial College Healthcare Trust developed the NOSH Project – a three tier pathway to improve nutrition and hydration in patients with dementia. Two healthcare support workers were employed to implement the pathway. The project is now ...
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NewsCCGs spend millions on consultancy for stalled reconfiguration
Commissioners in north west London spent £36m on consultancy firms over the last four financial years – including millions on service redesign recently stalled by NHS Improvement.
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CommentSharp fall in elective admission rate
September’s admission rate was sharply down on recent years. However, waiting list management recovered, enabling a slight improvement in waiting times to 20.3 weeks. That’s still well above 18 weeks though, and the trend remains up.