All articles by Zoe Tidman – Page 9
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News£500m outsourcing deal finalised after confidential settlement
System leaders in Hertfordshire have settled a lawsuit brought by two companies part owned by an NHS trust in a neighbouring area, allowing a £500m pathology contract to be awarded to their preferred supplier.
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News‘40 new hospitals’ programme is £4bn short, say officials
The government’s flagship programme to build “40 new hospitals” requires another £4bn to complete the schemes by the end of the decade, according to officials.
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HSJ LocalChair hits out at government delay to mental health deaths inquiry
The chair of an inquiry into the deaths of mental health patients in Essex has said she is “disappointed” at a delay in having its scope confirmed by the health secretary.
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NewsSecond director leaving ‘40 new hospitals’ programme
A second executive director leading the government’s New Hospitals Programme has announced his departure.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: Holding the weird and wonderful to account
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsRevealed: The worst hospital food in England
New data has revealed the latest trusts with the best and worst scores for food and cleanliness, according to assessments by staff and patients.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts most reliant on oil for their energy
Oil consumption across the NHS estate has seen its largest annual increase in a decade, as trusts turn to the fuel for emergencies and surges in demand.
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NewsMore trusts discover their buildings have faulty concrete
Thirteen more NHS hospitals have identified a potentially unsafe form of concrete in their buildings, causing closures and disruption to wards.
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NewsStrikes spread to more trusts over backpay dispute
Strike action by healthcare assistants looks set to spread to more trusts, having so far been confined to the North West region.
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News‘New hospitals’ team eases back on assumed rise in bed occupancy
The team running the government’s New Hospitals Programme has reduced its working assumptions of bed occupancy levels to 92 per cent.
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News‘40 new hospitals’ chief to step down
The head of the ‘40 new hospitals’ programme has announced she will be stepping down.
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NewsBid to speed up selected ‘new hospitals’
Some of the schemes within the “40 new hospitals” programme could be allowed to abandon the requirement for standard design and centralised procurement, in a bid to speed the projects up.
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News‘Untenable stalemate’ is halting GP practice upgrades, say ICBs
An “untenable stalemate” in funding has virtually halted GP practice building work, despite national commitments to expand primary care, multiple NHS organisations are warning.
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News‘Failure to act with candour’ over unsafe gas, report finds
There was an “unacceptable delay” and “failure to act with candour” in how a trust responded to a serious risk from staff nitrous oxide exposure, an independent investigation has found.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: A step in the right direction?
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsRevealed: Worst hospitals for food hygiene
More than 30 hospitals in England failed to receive the top ratings for food hygiene in their latest inspection.
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NewsRevealed: The ‘unacceptable’ hospital buildings with no investment
Estates chiefs at 19 acute hospitals have classed more than half of their occupied space as “not functionally suitable” and lacking any promise of major investment.
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News‘Inadequate’ action on cap-ex changes leading to ‘suboptimal’ decisions
Capital spending plans in some health systems are being adversely impacted by an accounting change that was not supposed to affect operational decisions.
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NewsNHSE makes three senior hires
NHS England has hired three new senior directors to its estates and facilities team.
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NewsNHSE reverses plan to cut beds in new hospitals
NHS England has reversed a plan to cut bed numbers in the programme to build 40 “new hospitals”, HSJ understands.