Wandsworth spent £56m on hospital discharge. It didn’t work.
The council's report admits funding has not kept pace with the cost of care
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London’s first red heat alert in four years reaches Putney
Your guide to dealing with the extreme heat as Putney hits 38°C
Putney’s hospitals are second worst-run in London, staff say
Only one of 18 London NHS trusts ranked lower on the latest staff survey.
The pharmacy inside Putneymead surgery has closed – here is where to collect your prescriptions now
Paydens shuts after financial difficulties at parent group; prescriptions transfer automatically to Putney Pharmacy next door.
Wandsworth releases men into nothing. Some die. Some sleep at the gate.
Watchdog has no recommendations after one death; bail releases come with no support.
The same failures, the same prison, the same verdict: another Wandsworth death was preventable
Ombudsman Adrian Usher has now twice found that a Wandsworth prisoner might not have died had they been held elsewhere.
New boss of Putney’s hospital group starts with visit to Queen Mary’s
Mat Shaw spent his first morning in Roehampton. The plan that will shape its future has still not been published.
The long road to merger: how St George’s planned its future while its hospitals struggled
A five-year assembly of people, plans and private decisions — and a public kept in the dark.
St George’s to merge with Epsom and St Helier. Residents weren’t told
EXCLUSIVE: NHS Trust Board approved formal merger plan behind closed doors earlier this month.
Four “requires improvement” ratings, £700k-a-day losses – and no plan approved
St George's Hospital told Wandsworth health committee it cannot currently satisfy NHS regulators.