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Health secretary tells select committee that relationship between himself and the NHS will be 'essentially determined' through a mandate Having overall responsibility for the NHS while giving significant powers to the NHS Commissioning Board is a balance that is "very important" to get right, health secretary Andrew Lansley has told MPs. Giving evidence to the House of Commons health committee on 5 July, Lansley said that he believes he can get the balance right and dismissed suggestions that there was no clear accountability link between the public and the secretary of state...

Christopher Graham says human error is not an excuse and that problem is 'systemic' The health service needs to do more to keep patient's personal data more secure, the information commissioner has warned. Christopher Graham said procedures to protect patients' personal information are "not being followed on the ground" and that effective measures are needed to ensure data laws do not become a "day-to-day burden". "The health service holds some of the most sensitive personal information of any sector in the UK," he said. "Millions of records are...

NHS hospital trust profile General Information Address: Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust The Royal Free Hospital Pond Street NW3 2QG London United Kingdom Tel: 020 7794 0500 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @RoyalFreeNHS Web: http://www.royalfree.nhs.uk Chief Executive: Peter Morris Key Data Employees: 4,600 (2008-09) Overview The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust is an acute trust in north London, which primarily runs the Royal Free Hospital. The trust is a member of the UCL Partners academic health science centre. This information is drawn from Kable Healthcare , a service for organisations selling...

NHS hospital trust profile General Information Address: Barts and the London NHS Trust The Royal London Hospital Whitechapel E1 1BB London United Kingdom Tel: 020 7377 7000 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Bartsandlondon Web: http://www.bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk Chief Executive: David Sloman Key Data Population: 2,000,000 (2009-10) Employees: 6,900 (2010-11) Overview Barts and the London NHS Trust was formed in April 1994. The acute trust is responsible for three teaching hospitals: St Bartholomew's, The Royal London and The London Chest Hospital. The trust is undergoing...

NHS hospital trust profile General Information Address: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) University Hospital Clifford Bridge Road CV2 2DX Coventry United Kingdom Tel: 024 7696 4000 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.uhcw.nhs.uk Chief Executive: Malcolm Stamp Key Data Population: 500,000 (2009-10) Employees: 6,417 (2009-10) Overview University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) is an acute trust in the West Midlands. UHCW was established in 1992 and expanded in 1998 to include the city of Rugby. The trust operates from two hospitals: the Hospital...

NHS hospital trust profile General Information Address: University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary Princes Road ST4 7LN Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire United Kingdom Tel: 01782 715 444 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.uhns.nhs.uk Chief Executive: Julia Bridgewater Key Data Population: 500,000 (2009-10) Employees: 7,000 (2009-10) Overview University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust provides general hospital services to its local population in North Staffordshire in the West Midlands. It is an acute trust and specialist provider...

NHS hospital trust profile General Information Address: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 8 Beech Hill Road S10 2SB Sheffield United Kingdom Tel: 0114 271 1900 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @SheffieldHosp Web: http://www.sth.nhs.uk Chief Executive: Andrew Cash Key Data Population: 500,000 (2009-10) Employees: 11,714 (2009-10) Overview Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2001 following merger of the Northern General Hospital and Central Sheffield University Hospital. It provides services at five hospitals in the Yorkshire and the Humber region:...

Job moves: London teaching hospital takes on new financial and information heads, while Epsom and St Helier appoints a director of people Imperial College Healthcare trust has announced that Bill Shields will join as its chief financial officer, with Kevin Jarrold appointed as chief information officer . Bill Shields will move to Imperial from the south west strategic health authority in October, where he is currently director of finance and performance. He has more than 20 years experience of NHS financial management, including moving the south west SHA from a £100m deficit to a surplus. He carried...