South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1305
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Blogs
The long walk to the boardroom
Are we a bunch of hard-nosed hacks who have seen too much of the cutthroat world of health policy? Yes, probably so, but even End Game’s icicle heart was warmed by a recent missive from Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust.We opened the chief executive’s report expecting the financial warnings and ...
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HSJ Partners
Employers that lose at tribunals face a 'quadruple jeopardy'
New law under the Employment Tribunals Act
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News
Hunt says NHS on track for patients' access to their GP records
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said 95 per cent of NHS patients will be able to access their GP care records online, free of charge, by the time of the next general election.
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HSJ Local
New chair at Coventry and Warwickshire
WORKFORCE: A new chair has been appointed at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust, the NHS Trust Development Authority has confirmed.
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HSJ Local
West Midlands trusts partner to deliver breastfeeding support
South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has announced it is working with George Eliot Hospital Trust to provide a new breastfeeding support service for mothers across Bedworth, Nuneaton and North Warwickshire.
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News
Ombudsman criticises 'unreasonable and unfair' patient ban
A foundation trust has been ordered to apologise to a patient for wrongly banning her from accessing NHS services and using a template letter to imply she was abusive and violent.
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News
NHS England accuses Monitor of "unpicking" choice and competition framework
A disagreement between NHS England and Monitor appears to be delaying the release of resources to help commissioners navigate choice and competition issues in the NHS, recent board papers reveal.
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News
Large providers dominate clinical senates
HSJ analysis has given the most detailed picture so far of the make-up of clinical senates, revealing the extent of large acute trusts’ influence over the advisory bodies.
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News
HSJ Live 05.03.2014: BMA consultants' leader calls for 'principled' contract negotiations
The Chair of the BMA Consultant Committee calls for contracts to recognise “excessive hours worked”, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment.
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HSJ Knowledge
A closer look at mental health's transformation
What acute care can learn about change from the sector
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Blogs
You can't run trusts like football clubs
It can take years for an underperforming organisation to get out of special measures
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News
Nicholson: ‘Not speaking to Mid Staffs relatives my biggest mistake’
Outgoing NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said he “bitterly” regrets not doing more to engage with the families of patients who died as a result of care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
CQC reports Medway emergency department 'in crisis'
A Care Quality Commission inspection report on the emergency department at Medway Maritime Hospital concluded it was “effectively in a crisis situation”.
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Comment
Commissioners must take the long view in neurological care
The funding of services requires vision
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Comment
Our health attitudes and policies remain chaotic
Nanny state must hold its nerve on public health
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HSJ Knowledge
Now we must tune up hospitals' underpowered engines
John Drew continues his exploration of hospitals’ uphill struggle at the McKinsey Hospital Institute summit
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News
Labour review: councils must prove "readiness" to take on care of "frail" patients
A report commissioned by Labour on how to bring about integrated care has backed an evolutionary approach to giving health and wellbeing boards the lead role in planning local services.