All LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST articles – Page 9
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HSJ LocalLocal care networks model favoured by CCG
STRUCTURE: Lewisham Clinical Commissioning Group is one of six CCGs in south east London pursuing joint plans for a ‘whole system model’ of healthcare implemented by ‘local care networks’ in each borough.
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HSJ LocalCCG 'rewinds' tender process after legal threat
A London clinical commissioning group has decided to retender its integrated urgent care and out of hours services contract after it was threatened with a legal challenge from an unsuccessful bidder.
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HSJ LocalJudicial review launched over integrated care contract award
COMMERCIAL: A south London clinical commissioning group’s attempt to contract a new integrated GP out of hours and urgent care service has been left in limbo after a losing bidder initiated judicial review proceedings against the decision.
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NewsProviders push to treat more elective patients
NHS providers made a concerted effort to treat more elective patients in November, delivering more treatments than were performed in that period in any of the preceding six years.
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CommentFour hour performance: the decline continues
There’s little sign of it being reversed this year
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HSJ LocalTrust trials pathway manager to improve cancer performance
PERFORMANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is to pilot a new post of ‘pathway manager’ to speed the transfer of cancer patients from other hospitals to its specialist unit.
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HSJ LocalProposal to centralise stroke services in Lewisham
STRUCTURE: Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has proposed moving stroke services out of one of its acute hospitals to help cope with demand for emergency beds.
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NewsHSJ reveals the top healthcare employers
Four clinical commissioning groups are among the top 10 Best Places to Work in healthcare
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Johari window: Face up to issues by confronting assumptions and denials
Beware of problems known by others but not the self
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Johari window: The way to open up organisational improvement
This self-awareness tool can bring fresh perspectives
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CommentEnglish waiting times step back from the brink
But trouble is still building in the longest wait specialties
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NewsMid Staffs downgrade could face judicial review
The Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Stafford is seeking a judicial review of the decision to downgrade the town’s hospital.
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HSJ Local
South East London trust told to improve by CQC
The newly formed Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has been told to improve by Care Quality Commission inspectors just seven months after it was set up.
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NewsCCG wins legal battle over contract suspension
A clinical commissioning group has won a legal battle to award a contract for work that had already been given to other providers under the trust special administration process.
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NewsAnalysis: Increase in procurement and competition challenges
Providers are increasingly willing to use the procurement, patient choice and competition regulations to challenge decisions, experts have stated, after HSJ analysis identified six of the first legal challenges to emerge.
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HSJ Local
Serco procurement bid rejected by trust
Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has rejected a bid from Serco to provide its procurement services after concluding that it would not provide value for money, following more than a year of negotiations.
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CommentMichael White: Hunt's plan halted by NHS nimbys
Hospital closures prompt too much shroud waving
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NewsUPDATE: 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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NewsPeers 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.