NHS England director appointed to lead integrated care system
Article from HSJ, 22 February 2018 An integrated care system early adopter has appointed an NHS England director to lead … Read more
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Families’ fears over closure of Rotherhithe specialist care home
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), which runs Ann Moss specialist care unit in Rotherhithe, wrote to relatives … Read more
A&E four hour performance figures well under NHS England’s standard
Full story in Pulse, 5 December 2017 Only 82.45% of A&E departments are currently meeting the target of seeing patients … Read more
Watchdog warns that NHS faces even worse winter crisis than last year
Full story in The Guardian, 16 November 2017 The NHS is in an “extremely challenging” position with winter approaching because hospitals have … Read more
Tory austerity linked to 120,000 deaths – Landmark study
Full story in The Independent, 16 November 2017 The Conservatives have been accused of “economic murder” for austerity policies which … Read more
After four years, teaching trust to exit special measures
Full story in The HSJ 2 November 2017 An NHS hospital trust in special measures for the last four years … Read more
HSJ Exclusive: Airbnb style company bids to place NHS patients in spare rooms
Members of the public with no care experience are being offered up to £1,000 a month to rent spare rooms … Read more
Controversial care plans U-turned by ‘carebnb’ trust
Full story in The HSJ 26 October 2017 The trust involved in a controversial plan to send discharged patients to … Read more
Third of hospital’s patients unable to leave as CCGs struggle to fund services
A trust in the West Midlands is unable to discharge 30 per cent of patients from one of its hospitals … Read more
‘Megalithic’ changes to health and adult social care agreed
Three years ago the county council formed the East Sussex Better Together programme with clinical commissioning groups, the trust running … Read more