All LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST articles – Page 9
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News
UPDATE: Hunt loses Lewisham Hospital appeal case
A judge has rejected the Department of Health’s appeal against a judicial review decision that halted the downgrade of Lewisham Hospital.
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News
Peers back move to extend special administrator power
Peers have backed a move to make it easier for the neighbours of failing providers to be ordered to reconfigure services in order to ensure local health economies are viable.
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News
Fury at hospital parking charges
Campaigners have slammed car parking charges at hospitals, with some NHS organisations charging almost three times the national average.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham sets £13.6m savings plan
FINANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has set a £13.6m savings plan for this financial year.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham Healthcare Trust hitting 18 week targets
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust is hitting the 18 week referral to treatment time targets so far this year, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham hitting A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust is hitting the A&E target so far this financial year.
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News
Government lodges appeal against Lewisham ruling
The government is to appeal against a High Court ruling over a decision to cut services at Lewisham Hospital.
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News
Boris Johnson: 'The mayoralty should have a bigger role in healthcare'
The mayor of London has used an HSJ interview to vow to back hospital reconfiguration projects that have the support of clinicians.
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News
High Court quashes Lewisham downgrade decision
The decision to downgrade services at Lewisham Hospital has been quashed in the High Court.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham blames A&E performance on norovirus, out-of-borough patients and mental health breaches
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has blamed norovirus, an increase in out-of-borough patients and “issues relating to mental health breaches” for missing the 95 per cent A&E target.
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HSJ Local
Greenwich CCG plans to reduce spend at local trusts next year
FINANCE: Greenwich CCG plans to reduce its spend with Lewisham Healthcare Trust and South London Healthcare Trust in 2014-15, board papers reveal.
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News
Exclusive: Dramatic increase in emergency 12 hours 'trolley waits' uncovered
Pressure on accident and emergency departments has seen a large increase in the number of hospital trusts reporting patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted, an HSJ analysis has found.
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Blogs
Double fantasy
End Game has come across a rather confusing account of subversive activity on the site of Lewisham Hospital.The hospital has been the subject of intense debate this year due to plans to downgrade its facilities to help solve financial troubles at neighbouring South London Healthcare Trust.Weirdly named local paper the ...
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HSJ Local
Council to seek judicial review over Lewisham downgrade
STRUCTURE: Lewisham Council has voted unanimously to seek judicial review of the trust special administration process that saw Lewisham Hospital recommended for downgrade.
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HSJ Local
Largest hospital reconfiguration in England signed off by commissioners
The most significant proposed acute services reconfiguration in England has been approved by commissioners.
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News
College of Emergency Medicine raises concern over Lewisham A&E plan
The College of Emergency Medicine has raised concerns over proposals for changes to Lewisham Hospital’s accident and emergency unit, and indicated they do not fit its definition of an emergency department.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham Healthcare Trust on course to miss Q4 A&E wait target
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust is on course to miss the A&E four-hour wait target of 95 per cent for quarter four, a report reveals.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham Council gives Hunt deadline to backtrack on hospital downgrade
STRUCTURE: Lewisham Council has given Jeremy Hunt a deadline of February 22 to backtrack on the downgrade of Lewisham Hospital or face a judicial review.
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Comment
Michael White: new thinking on hospital closures
The public and MPs are at odds over hospitals like Lewisham
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Comment
Mid Staffs' future now Francis has reported
Stafford needs a good local hospital for the future