St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Page 6
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Managing the doctors
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsRegulator reveals expert panel to oversee troubled London trust
NHS Improvement has announced the panel of experts to oversee a London teaching trust’s ongoing efforts to sort out its “dysfunctional” cardiac surgical service.
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NewsTrainees withdrawn from troubled surgical unit
A teaching hospital has had its cardiac surgery trainees withdrawn by Health Education England.
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NewsTrust loses complex surgery to fix 'dysfunctional' surgical unit
A south London trust is moving complex heart surgery cases to other hospitals in the capital while it tries to reform its “dysfunctional” cardiac surgical unit.
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NewsNational regulator called in over 'dysfunctional' surgical unit
A beleaguered London teaching trust has called in NHS Improvement to oversee its efforts to turn around its heart surgery unit.
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NewsHigh Court overturns 'whistleblower' surgeon's suspension
A leading heart surgeon who says she is a whistleblower is expected to return to work, after the High Court overturned her trust’s decision to suspend her.
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NewsHeart surgeon ‘was posted dead animal and decapitated doll’
A major London teaching trust has had its suspension of a senior cardiac surgeon challenged in the High Court.
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HSJ LocalTender process launched to find screening provider
Commissioners are relaunching a stalled effort to find a single provider for the abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme in south London and parts of Surrey.
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HSJ LocalPatients suffer 'severe harm' after waiting list failures
Fifteen patients have come to severe harm after a London trust with long standing record keeping problems lost track of their appointments.
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HSJ InteractiveHome blood pressure monitoring is better for pregnant women and reduces use of NHS resources
Ingrid Torjesen reports on the award winning new care pathway, which uses a smartphone app for home monitoring of hypertension in pregnancy
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NewsExclusive: Fix ‘dark force’ surgical unit or lose it, leaked review tells trust
An independent review has challenged the leadership of a teaching hospital to make immediate changes to its cardiac surgical team or face losing the service altogether.
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NewsTwo acute trusts defy NHSI pathology plans
Two acute trusts are yet to agree to join pathology networks proposed 10 months ago by NHS Improvement under plans to save £200m by 2021.
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NewsSecret pay deals, falsifying records and 'failure to co-operate' could see managers labelled unfit
A government review into the regulation of NHS managers will consider whether seven specific areas of misconduct, including discouraging whistleblowing should be specified under a new fit and proper person test.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Improving Safety in Medicines Management
Winner Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust: Clozapine clinic patient safety improvement initiative
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Palliative Care
Winner Velindre Trust: Improving palliative pathways by developing a rapid access radiographer led service
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NewsMid Staffs QC to lead fit and proper person test review
A leading QC from the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry will lead an independent review of the fit and proper person test regulations.
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NewsTrusts singled out for failing at 'bog standard' IT
The failure of parts of the NHS to use “bog standard” IT is undermining the case to Treasury for more technology funding, an NHS England director has said.
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CommentWaiting times blow out to 22 weeks as elective admissions falter
Waiting times rose again, and the longest waits were hardest hit. Continued, severe and widespread capacity pressures are the likely culprit. By Rob Findlay
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Does the NHS have an unhealthy obsession with activity?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter delves into the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders and provides unrivalled insight into what they plan to do about them
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CommentLong waits soar as hospitals struggle to admit
Over one year waiters shot up by 20 per cent, as admission rates slumped in the face of record A&E pressures.