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London Eye: Missing the police

2023-11-22T13:26:00+00:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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‘Design compromise’ for new-build hospitals due to funding shortfalls

2023-11-10T12:00:00+00:00

Trusts in the ‘new hospital programme’ will have to make significant compromises to their projects unless the Treasury can be persuaded to release billions more in funding, sources have told HSJ.

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HSJ Podcast: The rise and rise of the hospital group

2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00

As an increasing number of hospitals appoint shared CEOs and chairs – and more large “groups” are created – we discuss the benefits and drawbacks to this new(ish) way of running things.

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Single ‘group’ team will run seven hospitals

2023-10-31T12:40:00+00:00

Two major trusts have announced they will move to a single executive team and board over the next 18 months, across the seven hospitals they operate.

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ICS calls in turnaround director after plunging £70m into the red

2023-09-25T03:53:00+01:00

An integrated care system has brought in a financial turnaround director after racking up an unplanned deficit of more than £70m in the first five months of the 2023-24 financial year.

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Every acute in ICS to use the same EPR after £44m deal

2023-09-07T14:26:00+01:00

One of the last trusts in London to move away from paper records has named Oracle Cerner as its preferred electronic patient record supplier in a 10-year deal worth £44m.

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Revealed: 60pc of trusts have a ‘first-time’ CEO

2023-08-29T03:18:00+01:00

Nearly two-thirds of trusts have a ‘first-time’ chief executive, while one-third of the sector’s CEOs have been in their current post for 18 months or less, following a period of remarkable turnover since the covid crisis.

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Ministers name 30 trusts receiving share of £250m fund

2023-08-15T06:00:00+01:00

Ministers have named the 30 trusts which will receive a share of a £250m fund to increase urgent and emergency care capacity.

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‘National’ action to curb huge jump in consultant overtime rates being considered by NHSE

2023-06-26T12:26:00+01:00

NHS England is considering a national response to the increased overtime rates charged by medical consultants - especially those undertaken during the ongoing junior doctors strikes

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London Eye: How much harm in London?

2023-06-21T12:13:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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Two trusts added to NHSE list of providers at ‘high risk’

2023-06-15T10:40:00+01:00

Two trusts have been added to NHS England’s list of those identified as needing the most support meeting cancer and elective targets.

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London gives way on consultant strike cover pay

2023-06-13T14:49:00+01:00

London trusts have been told they can pay almost triple the usual rate for consultant cover during this week’s junior doctors’ strike.

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Medic who stood to be MP appointed hospital CEO

2023-06-13T05:58:00+01:00

A trust has appointed a new hospital site ‘chief executive’, whose predecessor stood down after less than two years.

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Trust gives in on consultant overtime rates

2023-06-07T16:32:00+01:00

The third biggest trust in the NHS has agreed to increase consultant overtime rates ahead of next week’s junior doctors strike, despite a regional attempt to hold the line, citing patient safety and the need to treat cancer patients, HSJ can reveal.

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Exclusive: Leaked data reveals ‘distressing’ scale of ‘unacceptable’ A&E waits

2023-06-05T10:40:00+01:00

One in five cases in which patients attend A&E needing mental healthcare are spending more than 12 hours in the department – at least double the rate of patients with physical health problems.

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NHSE ploughed ahead with PbR return despite major trusts’ objections

2023-04-13T05:00:00+01:00

NHS England pressed ahead with a controversial return to payment by results despite strong opposition from some of the service’s largest trusts, HSJ can reveal.

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Less than a quarter of new hospital ‘enabling’ funds received by trusts

2023-03-24T06:48:00+00:00

Less than a quarter of the funding requested for crucial preparation works for the government’s ‘new hospitals programme’ has so far been received, trusts have told HSJ.

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Cost of new hospital now triple funding allocation says CEO

2023-02-24T12:15:00+00:00

The chief executive of a trust waiting for a new hospital said the cost of the project is now likely to be triple the allocation that was announced by the government.

Ben clover expert briefing

London Eye: Where’s the harm?

2023-02-15T13:20:00+00:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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Exclusive: Trusts abandon renewable electricity commitment

2023-02-15T06:46:00+00:00

Around half of the largest trusts are not buying all their electricity from renewable sources despite a national requirement to do so, as prices of this type of energy rocket, HSJ  understands.

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London Eye: Catastrophic failure, but not the trust you’d expect

2023-02-01T13:12:00+00:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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London Eye: Surviving winter

2022-11-30T13:36:00+00:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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Four in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target

2022-11-23T06:00:00+00:00

Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.

Ben clover expert briefing

London Eye: The nursing walkout isn't really about pay

2022-11-16T09:19:00+00:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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Updated: IT failure disrupts patient care ‘at number of trusts’

2022-10-11T17:03:00+01:00

An IT failure left clinicians at ‘a number of trusts’ which use the Cerner Millennium system unable to access patient records on Tuesday but was fixed overnight.

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Emergency care in ‘dire’ situation as performance plummets over weekend

2022-10-04T11:53:00+01:00

Several ambulance trusts have moved to the highest level of alert in the wake of severe pressure on emergency services in recent days.

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The Download: Pathology networks’ digital maturity revealed

2022-10-04T10:57:00+01:00

The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.

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The Download: Simple tech slashes lists

2022-09-20T11:47:00+01:00

The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.

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NHSE’s federated data platform explained

2022-09-06T06:00:00+01:00

The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.

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The Download: Cyber attack reverberates around the NHS

2022-08-23T11:06:00+01:00

The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.

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Revealed: NHS England’s list of trusts with worst elective and cancer problems

2022-08-19T06:07:00+01:00

Almost a third of acute trusts have been identified by NHS England as being ‘at risk’ of missing key targets for electives and cancer recovery, with some facing ‘periodic calls between ministers and CEOs’, HSJ can reveal.

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The Download: No time to waste

2022-08-09T11:11:00+01:00

The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.

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Trust’s IT crash stops staff accessing patient information

2022-07-26T16:17:00+01:00

An IT crash at one of the country’s largest trusts has prevented some of its staff from logging in to access patients’ medical information.

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NHSE pushes large London acute to join pathology network

2022-07-19T03:39:00+01:00

NHS England is using the prospect of diagnostics funding to push a large London acute trust into joining a pathology network.

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Major trust appoints hospital CEO

2022-07-04T12:02:00+01:00

A major trust has appointed a permanent chief executive to one of its largest hospitals.

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Clinician appointed hospital’s new chief executive

2022-07-01T04:07:00+01:00

A new chief executive has been appointed to one of England’s largest hospitals

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London Eye: The city with one in eight on a waiting list

2022-06-29T12:36:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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London Eye: 12 great expectations

2022-06-15T12:30:00+01:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

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Fears of delay to flagship ‘new hospitals’ after funding cut

2022-05-17T05:03:00+01:00

Several of the ‘40 new hospitals’ promised by government face further delay and disruption because the trusts are receiving less cash than needed for crucial planning work this year, HSJ can reveal.