South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1395
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Supplements
Moving up a gear − an HSJ efficiency supplement
The latest HSJ supplement looks at how trusts are preparing to cope with winter pressures.
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Supplements
Coping with winter pressures
As trusts begin to prepare for accident and emergency departments’ busy season, a concerted move towards co-located urgent and primary care services to take the pressure off is gathering pace
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Supplements
Tackling the issue of patient transport
Patient transport services are notoriously erratic, exacting a heavy toll on patients and trusts. So does it really have to be like this, asks Alison Moore
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Blogs
English waiting list peaking just below 3 million
The English waiting list peaks just below 3 million: the largest reported list size since April 2008. But 18 weeks performance remains steady.
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News
CQC appoints campaigner to advise on safety
A father whose high profile fight for answers over the death of his baby son at an NHS hospital led to the setting up of an independent inquiry has been appointed an adviser to the Care Quality Commission.
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News
UPDATED Hunt: 'unacceptable compromises' made by aspirant FTs
Jeremy Hunt has today said he believes that “in certain cases unacceptable compromises were made on staffing” by aspirant foundation trusts.
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News
Statistics 'vital to boost health'
Experts say analysis of statistics needs to continue to help boost people’s health amid concerns at cuts being considered at the Office of National Statistics.
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News
Review of health rules on veils
A review is being launched into health service guidelines on full-face veils to ensure that patients always have “appropriate face to face contact”, it has emerged.
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News
HSJ Live 19.09.13 Jeremy Hunt announces Keogh buddies
How CCGs and providers can end high weekend mortality rates and the rest of today’s news and comment
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News
Analysis: Big gap between priorities of CCGs and 'rising star' wellbeing boards
HSJ analysis has revealed a gulf between the stated aims of clinical commissioning groups and council hosted health and wellbeing boards, with the two organisations sharing no priorities in two-fifths of CCG areas.
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HSJ Local
Cambridge takes out £50m loan to fund IT project
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has taken out a £50m loan to partly fund its ambitious new electronic patient records system, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
Predicted wave of tenders refuses to arrive
Lack of TCS tenders is one of many miseries facing commissioners
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Comment
Why independence for directors of public health is so important
The updated role is vital for patient safety
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HSJ Knowledge
Putting an end to high weekend mortality rates
CCGs and providers cane work together to deliver safer care 24/7
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HSJ Local
CQC: Still ‘great deal’ of work to be done at Morecambe Bay
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has only fully met seven of the 40 recommendations it received from the Care Quality Commission last year for improving its emergency services, the regulator will report today.
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HSJ Local
CQC gives Kidderminster thumbs up
PERFORMANCE: Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre has been told it is meeting all five essential standards in a recent CQC inspection.
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HSJ Local
Death rates fall at George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital trust is reporting improved performance on mortality rates.
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HSJ Local
Cambridge governors express ‘concern’ over C.diff levels
PERFORMANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust governors have expressed “concern” about the number of C.difficile cases so far this year, according to unconfirmed board minutes.
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News
Keogh review trusts to be paired with 'buddies'
The Keogh review trusts placed into special measures by regulators are to be “buddied up” with more successful providers in a bid to drive improvements, HSJ understands.