All London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust articles – Page 7
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NewsExclusive: One in five trusts did not make critical security updates before cyberattack
More than one in five trusts failed to properly apply security updates that would have protected them against the worst cyberattack in NHS history.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Best Patient Safety Initiative in A&E
West of England Academic Health Science Network: The adoption and spread of the ED Safety Checklist across the West of England
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NewsCyberattack risk increased by IT budget cuts, report warns
London North West report says pressure to make ICT saving and deploy new technology increasing risk of cyber attack Report suggests wider impact of cyber attack. Two reports earlier this year warned the trust its PC security update management was “weak”. Pressure on NHS IT budgets is increasing ...
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Clinical Support Services
Hampshire Constabulary & Isle of Wight NHS Trust with Wessex Academic Health Science Network: Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM) Project
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NewsTrust declares major incident as neighbour is crippled by cyber attack
Demand spikes at major trauma centre as neighbour is struck down by ransomware Operations carried out without x-rays after PACS systems go down CEO pays tribute to ‘incredible’ staff A trauma centre in London which had escaped Friday’s ransomware attack had to declare a major incident because of increased demand ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Missing data causes harm to patients in south London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsAnalysis: A&E performance sinks to record low
Performance on main A&E measure lowest since targets introduced Fall in performance outstrips 3.7 per cent increase in admissions and attendances North west London and Cambridgeshire see worst performances and steepest declines Accident and emergency performance for December in England has sunk to its lowest level since the ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: London - winning on A&E?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsMapped: Cost of backlog hospital repairs facing every STP area
HSJ analysis reveals extent of backlog maintenance issues in each health economy High levels of outstanding repairs and refurbishment work are likely to be one indicator of where services need to be reconfigured and centralised But many areas will struggle to address the problems due to continuing high levels ...
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NewsExclusive: STPs chosen to lead major £350m back office savings drive
Greater Manchester, Kent, Essex and north west London to be back office merger “pathfinders” Their models will be used as blueprints for other STPs NHS Improvement says back office bill can be cut by £350m over next four years Four sustainability and transformation plan areas will spearhead system ...
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NewsExclusive: STP to press on with controversial London hospital changes
Late draft of North West London STP backs pressing on with reduction in acute sites Submission details £623m backlog in maintenance costs Proportion of spend on mental health will remain the same A late draft of North West London’s sustainability and transformation plan, seen by HSJ, says the ...
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NewsRevealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust
Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every rating in the ...
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HSJ LocalChair reappointed at major acute trust
WORKFORCE: The chair of London North West Healthcare Trust has been reappointed for another two years.
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NewsExclusive: Trust bailouts reach almost £2bn
Trust bailouts reach almost £2bn in 2015-16, up from £1.2bn the previous year Payments necessary to maintain the day to day running of hospitals and to pay staff or creditors London trust says there is “no realistic prospect” of repaying its loan without further support Explore the full data ...
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NewsTen trusts responsible for 20 per cent of A&E breaches
Continued decline in A&E performance − a priority area for the health service Ten trusts responsible for 20 per cent of target breaches Emergency care improvement programme team to be sent into a further 12 areas Ten hospital trusts clocked up 20 per cent of all accident and ...
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NewsRevealed: Trusts borrow millions to pay for redundancies and beds
Papers released by the Department of Health show trusts have borrowed hundreds of millions of pounds to pay suppliers, make redundancies and increase bed capacity.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A&E
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover Sign up here to get London Eye by email
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NewsProcurement roles should be 'top of the office', says former finance boss
Former finance chief calls for radical shift in culture and influence of NHS procurement teams Lorraine Bewes says there are too many procurement departments Carter review estimates £750m could be saved by reducing variation in the prices paid for thousands of items Delivering the required savings in non-clinical ...
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NewsAnalysis: The trusts targeted by Carter for estates savings
Trusts expected to meet key targets around non-clinical and unused space by April 2020 HSJ has learned the methodology used by the Carter review to benchmark trusts There are acknowledged flaws and issues with the data being used, with some trusts admitting they made inaccurate submissions Explore the data ...
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NewsTrusts ‘make do and mend’ as capital investment squeeze hits estates repairs
“High risk” maintenance problems up 30pc year on year, as capital investments falls Estates director warns “make do and mend” approach to maintenance will impact safety Imperial College Healthcare would have to spend £39m to deal with high risk backlog NHS providers face costs of more than £450m ...