All London articles – Page 49
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NewsTrusts hired behavioural psychologist to resolve differences between medics
Managers hired a behavioural psychologist to work with senior clinicians from two trusts whose disagreements about clinical practice had undermined a prestigious joint transplant programme.
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NewsHealthwatch chief waits over an hour for transport company to answer call
A logistics company awarded a patient transport contract has been heavily criticised after a local Healthwatch chief executive spent more than an hour waiting for them to answer the phone.
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HSJ LocalTrust chair accused NHSI of ‘lacking backbone’ over estates project
An acute trust chair accused NHS Improvement of lacking “backbone” over an estates project that was allegedly scrapped due to political pressure from Jeremy Corbyn, court papers have revealed.
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HSJ LocalBarking's ex-BA finance chief quits due to lack of progress
A finance director whose arrival was hailed as a turning point for a troubled acute trust has quit after 14 months – after it failed to deliver savings at the pace expected.
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NewsTrusts missing out on tens of millions from overseas patients
Providers are failing to recover tens of millions of pounds from overseas visitors despite a major clampdown on so-called health tourists.
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NewsLive videos from trauma scenes halve air ambulance use
Live videos streamed from major incidents such as stabbings and car crashes to 999 control rooms in London have helped paramedics prioritise air ambulance dispatches to patients in most urgent need of care.
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NewsExclusive: Three patients died after radiology failings at teaching hospital
Radiology failings at a teaching hospital led to eight patients coming to severe harm, with three dying, a hospital trust has admitted.
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NewsThirteen regions yet to agree pathology model
Thirteen out of 29 regions have yet to formally commit to new pathology models, the latest update has revealed, although senior chiefs have declared the major efficiency scheme remains on track.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2019: Acute or specialist service redesign initiative – London and the South
WINNER: Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Home Treatment Team
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2019: Community or primary care service redesign – London and the South
WINNER: Hertfordshire Community Trust – East & North Referral Hub Customer Service Transformation
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NewsTeaching hospital chair to also run neighbouring trust
The chair of one of England’s biggest teaching hospital trusts will also chair its smaller neighbour from next April.
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NewsPM asks Hancock to investigate ‘removal’ of trust directors
The prime minister has asked Matt Hancock to investigate the “removal” of two non-exec directors from the board of a specialist hospital trust.
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Comment‘It was the most terrible thing I’d ever seen’
This week: Barry Quirk, chief executive of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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NewsCCG and trust appoint three joint directors
A clinical commissioning group and a provider trust have announced a further three joint executive appointments.
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NewsAmbulance trust promises better joint working after Grenfell
The London Ambulance Service Trust has pledged to improve communications with other emergency services after a report into the Grenfell Tower disaster highlighted failings.
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NewsFormer national medical director takes London NED role
The former medical director of NHS Improvement has joined Barts Health Trust as a non-executive director, it has been announced.
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NewsEx-DH boss declares ‘scandal’ in mental healthcare
A shortage of beds for mental health patients – leaving them waiting in emergency departments for more than 12 hours – is a national “scandal”, according to one of the NHS’ most senior and experienced leaders.
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NewsUpdated: Third large CCG merger confirmed in south east
At least 35 CCGs have been approved to merge in April 2020 The first London CCG mergers have been announced Twenty clinical commissioning groups have been given the green light to merge from NHS England and NHS Improvement, HSJ can confirm.
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NewsUpdate: 24 patients come to harm after waiting list failings
A teaching hospital has discovered more than 630 patients which it failed to follow up “as a result of a high turnover of locums and failure of a trust process”.
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NewsNHSX senior adviser: Slow IT at your trust? Quit
A senior NHSX technology adviser has urged clinicians to move to more digitally-advanced trusts if they are unhappy with their current workplace’s technology.