University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Page 5
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News
Trusts 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 Briefing
London Eye: A clear path?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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News
Teaching 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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Named: 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.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: On sovereignty south of the river
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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News
Teaching trusts fall out over transplant safety concerns
A “breakdown in trust” between two of the country’s leading teaching hospitals saw transplant patients referred elsewhere as a result of safety concerns, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Discovery of 2000 skeletons delays hospital funding boost
Building work being carried out by the charity of a major teaching hospital has been delayed after around 2,000 skeletons were discovered at the development site.
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HSJ Local
FT accuses Treasury of being inflexible over PFI buyout
A leading foundation trust says inflexible Treasury rules are preventing it from buying out a private finance initiative contract, which could deliver savings of £30m a year.
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New chief medical officer appointed
A London consultant and public health professor will be England’s next chief medical officer, the Cabinet secretary announced today.
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HSJ Awards
Winners revealed for HSJ Value Awards 2019
Twenty organisations have been honoured in the 2019 HSJ Value Awards – which recognise and celebrate outstanding improvements in care quality and efficiency made by NHS staff.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Value Awards 2019: Community health services redesign
Winner University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust: Find and treat – healthcare for homeless and vulnerable people The University College London Hospitals FT’s “find and treat” services target homeless and vulnerable people who are at high risk of tuberculosis, blood-borne viruses and other serious health problems. It uses state-of-the-art diagnostic ...
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HSJ Local
Trust reviews major pathways ahead of Epic overhaul
An acute and community trust is reviewing four of its main care pathways in an effort to avoid issues faced by other providers as it prepares to switch to the Epic electronic patient record.
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Whistleblowing case reveals infighting concerns over 'unsafe' unit
A hospital trust delayed making changes to a “dysfunctional” cancer unit because staff were against closer working with a neighbour, evidence to a tribunal has alleged.
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Pathology contract extended amid merger doubts
A trust has extended its pathology contract with a public-private partnership as doubts have emerged over a planned merger with a neighbour.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Partnership Awards 2019: Best Pharmaceutical Partnership with the NHS
WINNER: Gilead Sciences, CGL and the NHS: Gilead partnering with Drug Treatment Services (and the NHS) to support eliminating Hepatitis C (HCV)
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HSJ Local
Integrated trust mulls IT link with neighbour
An acute, community and social care trust is considering linking up with its neighbour to get American company Epic as its new provider of electronic patient records.
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Staff survey analysis: Best and worst hospitals in each area for staff recommending care
Below is a breakdown by area of acute and combined trusts performance on the NHS staff survey, according to the share of employees who would recommend their organisation for work or care.
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Staff survey: Full breakdown of where staff are witnessing potentially harmful errors
Below is a breakdown of acute and combined trusts by the share of staff saying they had witnessed potentially harmful errors, near misses or incidents in the last month, in the 2018 NHS staff survey.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners investigate waiting list at major teaching trust
Commissioners in north London are investigating an increase in waiting lists for cancer patients at a major teaching trust in the capital.
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HSJ Local
Trio of private providers fight for £2.2bn London contract
Three bidders have been shortlisted for one of the biggest NHS pathology contracts, HSJ can reveal.