PERFORMANCE: Ipswich Hospital failed the 18 week referral to treatment target for elective in patients in February with performance at 88.3 per cent overall, largely due to trauma and orthopaedics only delivering at 75.9 per cent.
The trust has a backlog of more than 200 patients who have already waited more than 18 weeks.
March 2013
The fate of one of the NHS’ smallest emergency departments will be decided “later next year”, commissioners announced this month.
A struggling acute trust faces fines of £5m in relation to its elective performance, with most of the cash expected to pay for capacity from private and specialist providers instead.
A whistleblower’s four year legal challenge cost the NHS nearly £700,000, it has emerged.
A London hospital trust has appointed a new chief executive.
A woman who was left unable to walk after an operation on her spine has been awarded £4.4m by the High Court after it found the surgeon had failed to ensure she was given informed consent.
FINANCE: The finance director at Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is to leave after 16 years at the organisation.
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