All London articles – Page 151
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HSJ Local
NHS Lewisham memory service aiming for 500 referrals this year
PERFORMANCE: The south east London commissioning organisation is aiming to refer 500 people this year to the service provided by the local mental health trust.
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HSJ Local
NHS Croydon plans £3.4m disinvestment in mental health services
FINANCE: The south London commissioning organisation is planning a total disinvestment of £3.4m on its block contract with its local mental health trust over the current and next two financial years.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier announces merger criteria
STRUCTURE: The trust has announced criteria for organisations bidding to merge with either of its two hospitals.
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NewsFifteen per cent of patients wait more than year at hospital
Fifteen per cent of patients faced waits of more than a year to receive elective treatment at one hospital trust, Department of Health figures reveal.
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News
Stroke metric could show cost of whole care pathway
Proving that better stroke care can have a positive impact on the economy is one of the goals of a new research project..
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HSJ Local
Outer north east London lacks obesity management services
FINANCE: The outer north east London cluster of primary care trusts could save money on bariatric surgery with better community services for obesity.
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HSJ Local
Outer north east London cluster on plan for £4.2m underspend
FINANCE: Outer north east London cluster on plan for £4.2m underspend but has worst-case scenario of £17m deficit
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HSJ Local
Performance notice issued over Caesarian rate at Ealing Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The west London acute hospital has been rapped by commissioners NHS North West London over its year-to-date Caesarian section percentage of 27.7.
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HSJ Local
Ealing Hospital £2.6m over contract at the end of June
FINANCE: The west London acute trust reported an over-performance on contract of £2.6m at the end of June, £2.4m of it with principal commissioners NHS Ealing.
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HSJ Local
SHA proposes 'no pathology service review, no bailout' policy for London trusts
FINANCE: Documents seen by HSJ reveal NHS London is proposing to make financial bail-outs conditional on trusts signing up to its plans to shake-up pathology.
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HSJ Local
Call for probe into GP transfer of SW London care home patients
PERFORMANCE: One of the leading lights of the government’s GP commissioning reforms has been drawn into a row which has seen the primary care trust cluster for south west London investigate claims care home patients were “dumped” by a GP practice.
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HSJ Local
Imperial plan to make £4.8m of £70m finance programme through increased income
FINANCE: The west London acute trust, which finished 2010-11 with a qualified account from its auditors, submitted the figures as part of its savings plan for 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Lord Darzi called in to review the future of Academic Health Science Centre
ORGANISATION: Professor Lord Darzi, the former health minister, is to chair a review of Imperial College Healthcare Trust’s Academic Health Science Centre “and advise on its future direction”, documents seen by the HSJ reveal.
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HSJ Local
Homerton passes CQC check but with minor concerns on nutrition
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but minor concerns were noted on nutrition, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
St Mary’s passes CQC check but with minor dignity concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but minor concerns were noted on dignity, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
London ambulances pelted with missiles and crews threatened in third night of riots
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service staff took 22 people to hospital from the main areas of rioting in London last night, and sustained threats, intimidation, and missiles thrown at their vehicles, the trust reported.
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HSJ Local
Imperial served with performance notice over 18-weeks target
PERFORMANCE: The west London trust was issued with performance notices by commissioners and has seen the national 18 Weeks Intensive Support Team after problems with waiting list management.
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HSJ Local
Outer north west London QIPP performance at 13 per cent of yearly plan at month three
FINANCE: The outer north west London cluster has achieved just under a sixth of its QIPP plan for the year by the end of the first quarter.
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HSJ Local
North West London Hospitals Trust to open more beds to cope with winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust is reopening beds to cope with the winter pressures it is expecting.
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HSJ Local
Imperial has already racked up £3.6m worth of PCT payment challenges
FINANCE: A report from the north west London PCT cluster has revealed by the end of month two there were £3m in claims and £600,000 in mis-attributed payments at the trust.