All UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 17
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HSJ Local
UCLH to save £0.5m a year after achieving highest NHSLA rating
PERFORMANCE: The central London acute trust received level three accreditation after a two-day assessment by the NHS Litigation Authority.
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HSJ Local
City University joins UCLPartners
STRUCTURE: The east London university has announced it is joining academic health science centre UCLPartners.
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News
Fifteen 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
University College London Hospitals passes CQC spot checks
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
UCLH commits to financial risk rating of at least three for 2011-12
FINANCE: The central London foundation trust pledged to stay in the lowest three categories of financial risk maintained by FT regulator Monitor - despite challenges from commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Continued under-performance on ambulance handover times at London A&Es
PERFORMANCE: A strategic health authority report has revealed continued under-performance on ambulance handover times at the capital’s accident and emergency departments.
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HSJ Local
Cluster writes to trusts requesting 'remedial action plans' on performance
PERFORMANCE: The North Central London has written to two acute providers asking to see improvements in cancer wait times and bowel cancer screening.
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HSJ Local
Figures reveal extent of funding gap for London specialist trusts
FINANCE: London trusts received £50m in funding last year to cover above tariff costs in specialist services, which they will not receive this year.
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HSJ Local
Confidential report sets out quality issues for every provider in the region
PERFORMANCE: A confidential report commissioned by NHS London has listed the strategic health authority’s quality concerns about the capital’s provider bodies.
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HSJ Knowledge
The smoother pathways leading to reduced length of stay
Speeding up admission and smoothing discharge has reaped rewards in reducing length of stay. Mark Eaton explains.
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HSJ Local
Provider contracts still in dispute
COMMERCIAL: A third of contracts between providers and commissioners in the North West are still incomplete, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
New patient record system will join up services on the Isle of Wight
COMMERCIAL: Business and technology service company Logica is to deliver an integrated patient care record system for NHS Isle of Wight.
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HSJ Local
London trust and PCTs go to arbitration over 2011-12 contract
FINANCE: A north London hospital trust is facing arbitration with its commissioners after failing to reach a settlement on its service level agreements.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners to investigate over-performance at three trusts including Whipps Cross
FINANCE: Whipps Cross is over-performing by more than £1m on its contract with NHS Newham, according to a report from the East London and City Acute Commissioning Unit
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HSJ Local
UCLH busts target on MRSA cases
PERFORMANCE: University College Hospitals Foundation Trust has exceeded its MRSA target for 2010-11, but regulator Monitor has chosen not to take action over the issue.
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HSJ Local
NHS London hand-out gives Haringey chance of breakeven
FINANCE: Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust was allocated £28m from the NHS London Challenged Trust Board to cover a forecast out-turn deficit of £28.2m.
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HSJ Local
IT failure at UCLH closed A&E unit and led to surgery cancellation
PERFORMANCE: University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust had to cancel operations and close an accident and emergency department to blue light traffic as a result of an IT failure.
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HSJ Local
Excess bed days at Barts exceed 50 days in some cases
PERFORMANCE: The sector acute commissioning unit has found patients with more than 50 excess bed days at trust