University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust – Page 10

  • The Christie
    News

    Revealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust

    2016-10-21T13:37:00Z

    Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every rating in the ...

  • John Adler
    HSJ Local

    Chief executive accuses trusts of poaching patients

    2016-10-21T07:00:00Z

    University Hospitals Leicester chief executive says trusts in the South East are “offering to do clinics for nothing” Criticises consultants for referring “almost a quarter” of patients in catchment area to “providers in the South East” Calls on NHS England to establish referral pathways in line with its recommendations ...

  • Rebecca Kenny
    HSJ Knowledge

    Roundtable: Cutting the rate of surgical site wound infections

    2016-10-05T07:00:00Z

    A roundtable by HSJ and Nursing Times during the Patient Safety Congress focused on how to reduce the high toll on health and finances caused by complications in post-operative care

  • News

    Revealed: Trusts counting on back-loaded savings

    2016-09-19T07:30:00Z

    NHS trusts will have to significantly improve “run-rates” to meet 2016-17 financial targets Plans assume significant efficiency savings can be delivered in the latter half of the year In many cases, those savings have not yet been identified, or there is a high level of risk that they will ...

  • Cardiac surgery
    News

    NHS England 'failed to follow due process' for heart surgery shake-up

    2016-08-12T07:00:00Z

    Leicester and the Royal Brompton trusts dispute reconfiguration process Trusts say recommendations from the Independent Reconfiguration Panel have been ignored Specialised commissioning director Jonathan Fielden defends NHS England’s approach Senior staff at the two congenital heart units threatened with closure by NHS England say the national body has ...

  • Heart
    News

    Questions raised over NHS England's use of heart surgery research

    2016-08-12T07:00:00Z

    Author cited by NHS England has “no idea” where 125 operations per year figure came from How many operations a surgeon should do ”depends on the type of surgery”, academic says RCS backs NHS England recommendation NHS England’s congenital heart disease review acknowledged the 125 figure is “arbitrary” ...

  • Surgery
    News

    Wide variation found in emergency specialist surgery mortality rates

    2016-07-27T07:00:00Z

    Thirty day mortality rates for emergency bowel surgery vary between 20.7pc and 3.2pc at best and worst performing hospitals Quarter of hospitals do not admit high risk patients to critical care post-surgery in recommended timeframe Six per cent annual drop in most urgent patients reaching theatre within two hours ...

  • Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust
    News

    Updated: More trust leaders insist regulator was wrong to target pay bills

    2016-07-26T07:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement’s figures identifying potential excess paybill spending did not take account of key service changes, chief executives say Trusts including Salford Royal and UCLH identified as over-spending on staff Regulator will be asked to publish revised list by Royal Devon FT More trust leaders have defended their ...

  • Ros Tolcher
    HSJ Knowledge

    Into the great wide open: looking beyond your organisation

    2016-07-19T15:06:00Z

    At the first of three events linked to HSJ’s Top Chief Executives list, healthcare leaders gathered to discuss the need for collaboration across organisations

  • Emergenyc ward
    News

    Ten trusts responsible for 20 per cent of A&E breaches

    2016-07-14T17:15:00Z

    Continued decline in A&E performance − a priority area for the health service Ten trusts responsible for 20 per cent of target breaches Emergency care improvement programme team to be sent into a further 12 areas Ten hospital trusts clocked up 20 per cent of all accident and ...

  • Cardiac surgery
    News

    Three trusts set to lose specialist heart surgery

    2016-07-08T00:01:00Z

    NHS England announces winners and losers in which trusts provide congenital heart defect services Central Manchester, Royal Brompton and Leicester set to have work transferred to other sites Swathe of trust to cease “occasional” procedures after NHS England sets out new standards Work follows 15 years of conflict between ...

  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
    News

    Trust will use 'all means at our disposal' to fight service closure

    2016-07-08T00:01:00Z

    Leicester and Royal Brompton promise to challenge NHS England plans to reconfigure congenital heart disease services NHS England decision would see both trusts lose most complex “level one” proceedures The trusts warn that the loss would destabilise other key services Two trusts that stand to lose services under ...

  • Ben clover expert briefing
    News

    HSJ expert view: Reforming heart services remains a long haul

    2016-07-08T00:01:00Z

    Today’s announcement on congential heart disease services is the latest battle in a very long war. 

  • Technology
    Supplements

    Sepsis faces a new front

    2016-07-05T07:00:00Z

    Technology is helping clinicians to detect sepsis earlier, something which is key to combating this often undetected killer

  • Cambridge
    HSJ Local

    Former King’s chief to head up Cambridge AHSC

    2016-06-28T11:46:00Z

    Cambridge University Health Partners has appointed Malcolm Lowe-Lauri executive director The former King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust CEO will join on 1 August Mr Lowe-Lauri is currently working for KPMG is Australia Cambridge’s academic health science centre has appointed a former chief executive of King’s College Hospital Foundation ...

  • Nurses pushing trolley
    News

    Worst A&E performance since targets began

    2016-05-12T17:24:00Z

    A&E performance for full A&E departments worst since targets were introduced Attendances up by a quarter, admissions up by more than half Thinktank warns performance could deteriorate further if more funding not found The English NHS has recorded its worst yearly results for four hour waits in accident ...

  • Surgery
    News

    Analysis: The child heart surgery hospitals still to meet the new standards

    2016-04-15T11:04:00Z

    Five out of 11 hospitals said they are working to meet the new standards in the agreed five year timescale Providers asked to submit a self-assessment of existing congenital heart disease services Proposals for future care models “fall significantly short” and “represent a real safety risk” St George’s has ...

  • Shaun Lintern
    Expert Briefing

    Lintern's Risk Register: Doing the right thing

    2016-04-12T11:05:00Z

    Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham FT
    News

    Revealed: First digital maturity index scores in full

    2016-04-12T09:30:00Z

    This is a full list of trusts’ scores on the new digital maturity index, based on HSJ analysis of NHS England data.

  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Emergency department 'inadequate, chaotic and compromised safety'

    2016-04-07T15:41:00Z

    INSPECTION: Patient safety was compromised by inadequate services and a chaotic environment at Leicester Royal Infirmary, according to inspectors.