All UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 5
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HSJ LocalMajor trust awards facilities contracts worth £236m to two firms
A major London trust has awarded facilities management contracts worth £236m to two firms.
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HSJ LocalYear-long delay for ‘proton beam’ cancer unit
A high-profile building project to bring “proton beam” cancer treatment to patients in London has suffered another year-long delay.
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NewsPatients endangered by ‘hazardous’ use of PPE
The ‘hazardous’ use of personal protective equipment required because of covid-19 is contributing to the spread of secondary infections in intensive care units and other hospital settings, a leading expert has told HSJ.
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CommentCovid proves that commissioning and regulation add little value
The development of strategy over a local health economy will be much more coherent if provider led, says Peter Carter
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NewsExclusive: Nightingale largely empty as ICUs handle surge
London’s Nightingale hospital has remained largely empty, with just 19 patients being treated at the facility over the Easter weekend, HSJ understands.
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NewsNightingale top leadership revealed
The first members of the leadership team at the NHS’ flagship covid-19 treatment centre have been revealed.
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Expert BriefingRevealed: The challenges and dilemmas as NHS Nightingale prepares to open
The NHS and Army’s project to convert London’s ExCel into a 4,000-bed field hospital — a plan of unprecedented scale for this country — is grappling with major clinical and cultural tensions, as well as the huge logistical challenge, ahead of its official opening next week.
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NewsPPE concerns remain despite ‘Herculean effort’ to get supplies out
Personal protective equipment supplies today started to arrive at some trusts which were reporting shortages yesterday, but concerns remain about stock levels in parts of the country.
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NewsNHSX appoints first chief nursing information officer
NHSX has appointed its first chief nursing information officer
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HSJ LocalNHS looks to grab private sector work with major reconfiguration
A health system is proposing to consolidate seven NHS units that deliver inpatient elective orthopaedic surgery into two — aimed partly at capturing activity from the private sector.
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NewsMajor London provider to take over ‘dilapidated’ cancer centre
A major London trust will take over a “dilapidated” cancer centre, with the trust running it ceding management following heavy criticism.
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NewsPreferred bidder announced for £2.25bn contract
An incumbent pathology provider looks set to lose its bid to retain a contract worth £2.25bn over 15 years.
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Expert BriefingA different problem
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ LocalGrowing waits at major teaching trust worry commissioners
The number of patients waiting more than a year for elective treatment at a major London teaching hospital has ballooned over the past 12 months.
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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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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Corporate whistleblowing
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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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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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A clear path?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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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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NewsNamed: The trusts receiving new cash for scanners
The trusts in line to receive £200m for upgrading cancer screening equipment from the government have been announced.