South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1277
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News
Keogh to investigate pre-op pregnancy tests
The NHS is to examine the issue of pregnancy tests for women of child-bearing age before surgery after a businesswoman was forced to abort her baby following a minor operation.
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News
MP call for 'people's ombudsman'
MPs have called for an overhaul of the “outdated” public services watchdog to help prevent repeats of the Staffordshire hospital scandal.
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News
HSJ Live 28.04.2014: Mid Staffs fined £200,000 for death of Gillian Astbury
Trust fined £200,000 for death of Gillian Astbury in 2007, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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News
Bed and breakfast used to free up mental health beds
A mental health trust forced to free up inpatient beds by discharging patients into bed and breakfast accommodation has seen its bill for the measure rocket five-fold in less than a year.
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HSJ Knowledge
Care in the community: is the rhetoric wrong?
Find ways to support people where it matters
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HSJ Partners
Why patients prefer community based services
Save cash and drive quality with community hearing services
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News
Exclusive: NHS England launches specialised commissioning turnaround
NHS England has established a turnaround team to get a grip on the spiralling specialised commissioning budget
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HSJ Local
Alder Hey misses waiting times target
PERFORMANCE: Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust is lagging behind one of its waiting times targets, the trust’s latest board papers show.
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Blogs
Dispatches from the other side
“I’m available”. With those two lonely, listless words, Sir David Nicholson summed up the tragedy of retirement.It will be no surprise to readers that End Game saw the utterance on Twitter, where Sir David continues to display the symptoms of a keen mind in search of something, anything, to do. ...
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HSJ Local
AHSN appoints consultant neurologist as new director
One of the most established academic health science networks in the country has appointed a director in a newly created role.
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News
Health atlas pinpoints area risks
A new health atlas has been developed to help people assess medical and environmental risks.
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HSJ Local
Manchester rules out maternity closures in short term
Clinicians leading an overhaul of Greater Manchester’s £6bn health economy have ruled out another controversial round of inpatient paediatric and maternity service closures in the short term.
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HSJ Local
CCGs strike 'last chance' deal to rescue ambulance contract
Clinical commissioning groups in Kent have agreed to plough an extra £1.6m into their contract with a private ambulance provider as part of a “last chance” deal to improve its performance.
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News
25 April issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.Download the HSJ app for iPadDownload the HSJ app for AndroidIn this week’s issue HSJ analysis shows NHS England was set to blow its budget for specialised services by at least £450m in 2013-14 . Plus:Many ...
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News
HSJ Live 25.04.2014: Quality trumps cost in post-Francis NHS
Both foundation trusts and ministers are both focusing on improving quality ahead of the election, but the emphasis on controlling costs will return, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Blogs
Better a poor service than no service
We’ve moved for “take it or leave it” care to “like it or lump it”
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Comment
The NHS must not ignore charities' contribution
Creating strong partnerships should be a priority
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Supplements
Design of the times – an HSJ healthcare design and build supplement
Why standardisation is good for comfort as well as coffers
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HSJ Knowledge
Wellbeing boards: Getting over the language barrier
Improve communication between CCGs and councils