South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1345
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Patients in ambulance wait ordeal
Some patients are being forced to wait in ambulances outside hospitals for hours because accident and emergency departments are too busy to take them, according to research.
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Community providers urge Monitor to divert resources from acute sector
Community providers have urged Monitor to support the development of new payment systems which will take investment away from the acute sector.
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PROMs show no evidence of inappropriate surgery
Patient reported outcome measures have not driven expected improvements in treatment during their first three years and do not support claims the NHS is treating too many patients, researchers have found.
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Review recommends Portsmouth Hospitals loses vascular services
A review of specialised vascular services in Hampshire has recommended centralising surgery in Southampton, meaning that neighbouring Portsmouth would lose some services.
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HSJ Local
GP surgery manager prosecuted for illegally accessing patient data
A former GP surgery manager in Maidstone has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner after illegally accessing approximately 1,940 patients’ medical records.
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HSJ Knowledge
Walk and talk: A plan to improve public health
Exercise interventions can have great patient outcomes
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HSJ Local
Trust chief’s warning over A&E targets
The chief executive of Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has warned it is likely to miss its four hour A&E waiting targets due to the level of demand placed upon it.
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HSJ Local
Trust provides online mental health services
Berkshire Healthcare Trust has entered a business partnership with SliverCloud Health, a company providing online mental health services.
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HSJ Local
Clinical director appointed for regional research network
The University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has appointed Professor David Rowbotham as clinical director of the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network for the East Midlands, which has its administrative base at the trust.
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HSJ Local
£10.7m overspend at Oxfordshire CCG
Waiting list pressures at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust have resulted in a £10.7m overspend for Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group in the financial year to October 2013.
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Blogs
The drive for equality and diversity in the NHS
Appointing a few high profile black leaders will not change the culture within NHS trusts
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Blogs
An apple a day
Vitality is an attribute normally associated with eating a leading brand of dog food – so End Game has long wondered what possessed a string of GP practices in Birmingham to call themselves “Vitality Partnership”.There are no dogs to be found on their website though. Overall that’s probably for the ...
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Deaths from three cancers 'to fall'
The number of people dying from breast, prostate and bowel cancer will almost halve in the three decades up to 2020, new figures suggest.
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Knee, hip and eye ops 'rationed'
Surgery for knees, hips and eyes is under pressure across the NHS, with evidence of rationing to save money, a report suggests.
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Exclusive: Health Act to be changed to boost joint commissioning
The Health Act 2012 is set to be changed to make it easier for clinical commissioning groups to come together with each other – and with NHS England – to jointly commission services, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Live: 06.12.13 Hunt writes of 'long term challenges' in letter to NHS staff
London trust’s data problems, mortality ratios and the rest of the day’s news from the world of healthcare
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HSJ Local
Council leader submits plan to save consultant-led maternity cover
A council leader embroiled in a row with Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Clinical Commissioning Group over its plans to withdraw 24 hour maternity consultant cover at the Friarage Hospital has submitted his own proposal to save it.
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HSJ Local
Trust's data problem may extend beyond 18-week waits
North West London Hospitals Trust has admitted its data recording problem may extend wider than performance on the 18-week wait for elective surgery.
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Dr Foster identifies 13 trusts with high mortality ratios
Thirteen hospital trusts have higher than expected mortality indicator scores, according to an extract from the latest report by health analytics firm Dr Foster which has been shared exclusively with HSJ.