All London articles – Page 96
-
NewsHealth economies across the country face acute sector deficits
Hospital trust financial problems have now spread across England, with the acute sector in the majority of health economies expecting an overall deficit in 2014-15.
-
HSJ LocalAcute trusts rated 'requires improvement'
Two acute trusts have been rated as “requires improvement” following inspections by the Care Quality Commission.
-
HSJ KnowledgeSpreading innovation: AHSNs step up to the challenge
Networks reflect the NHS’s new determination to improve
-
NewsService centralisation hailed in new research
Centralising stroke services can save the lives of patients and reduce the number of days people spend in hospital, a new study suggests.
-
HSJ LocalJunior doctors left without consultant supervision, report reveals
PERFORMANCE: Training offered to junior doctors by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust has been criticised after an investigation found that trainees were running specialist clinics without consultant supervision.
-
HSJ LocalRoyal Marsden fraudsters jailed
FINANCE: An NHS worker who played an integral role in a fraud that saw more than half a million pounds drained from a world leading cancer hospital has been jailed for four years.
-
HSJ LocalThousands of patient appointments delayed by computer and clerical errors
PERFORMANCE: Thousands of patients at an east London hospital have had their clinic appointments put back after a series of clerical and computer errors.
-
NewsExclusive: NHS England to cut hundreds of posts in restructure
NHS England is to cut hundreds of roles and is likely to carry out a major restructure of its area teams over the next nine months
-
HSJ LocalNew Moorfields eye clinic at Olympic Park
STRUCTURE: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust is expanding its roster of satellite sites with a new ophthalmology clinic on the Olympic Park site.
-
NewsMajor reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac treatment approved
A reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac treatment across north east London and West Essex that will see two major hospitals host one specialism each was given the green light by commissioners last week.
-
HSJ LocalCross-party MPs push for London GP to be allowed access to the market
COMMERCE: Three MPs in Enfield have backed a seven year campaign by a GP to enter what they argue is the London borough’s “inadequate” primary care market.
-
HSJ Local£30m pathology contract won by Hillingdon
FINANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation trust has won a £30m five-year contract to provide pathology services for patients in Ealing.
-
HSJ LocalCancer centre given the go-ahead
STRUCTURE: A new cancer centre to be built at Barts Health Trust has been given the green light by London planning officials.
-
HSJ Local
Substance misuse clinic faces closure as costs mount
FINANCE: Central and North West London Foundation Trust could close a high performing clinic that treats adults for substance misuse because it can no longer afford to run the service.
-
NewsCommissioning system belatedly balances £97bn budget
NHS England has belatedly managed to set plans to balance its £97bn budget for 2014-15.
-
CommentElection 2015: Let GPs set up 'free school' style clinics
Free clinics would raise primary care standards
-
CommentConvince the public that data helps them get the best care
We’ll have to use all the information we’ve got
-
HSJ KnowledgeLondon CCGs map out future of mental health commissioning
Network is supporting mental health leads
-
HSJ LocalMoorfields misreported waiting times performance for five years
PERFORMANCE: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has been misreporting waiting times for treatment at its sites across London for years, with hundreds of patients waiting longer than recorded, the trust discovered.
-
HSJ LocalUCLH turns up heat on specialised commissioners
PERFORMANCE: University College London Hospitals has warned it may have to consider “curtailing access to services” if NHS England is “unwilling to agree contract volumes” for the foundation trust’s specialist services.