South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1421
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HSJ Local
Dorset Healthcare signs new IT contract
COMMERCIAL: Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has signed a contract for a new patient adminstration system.
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HSJ Local
Avon and Wiltshire considers 'strategic partner'
COMMERCIAL: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust is considering whether a “strategic partner” would assist its bid for secondary mental health services contract in Bristol.
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Blogs
Publicity hunt
Health minister Dan Poulter used the launch of the NHS’s procurement strategy this week to urge the service to take note of the daytime television show Bargain Hunt.Dr Dan name-checked perma-tanned presenter David Dickinson, who left the show 10 years ago, but would have been the presenter when the minister ...
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News
Francis calls for rethink on minimum nurse staffing
The chair of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry has called for a rethink on minimum nurse staffing levels – less than six months after deciding not to recommend mandatory ratios in his landmark report.
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HSJ Knowledge
How East Kent is making the NHS workforce more inclusive
The trust has benefited from employing staff with learning difficulties
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Comment
Patient engagement? There should be an app for that
It’s time to update how we involve the public
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News
Council rejects public health specialist for top job
The appointment of the most high profile executive director responsible for public health who comes from a non-public health background has been announced.
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HSJ Local
Frimley under pressure from NHS 111 teething problems
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust has experienced an increase in admissions, which may be the result of the high profile problems setting up the non-emergency 111 phoneline.
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park faces ‘challenging’ C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust had already got through a quarter of the Clostridium difficile cases it is allowed for the 2013-14 year, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare car park charge to rise
FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to increase its patient and visitor car parking charges by 20p for some periods from next month.
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HSJ Local
Stroke services in East Sussex centralised
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has confirmed the implementation of the first phase of a new stroke service in East Sussex, which will see it confined to one acute site rather than two.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex children’s iPad project awarded lottery boost
FINANCE: A project working with children with emotional and behavioural issues has been awarded over £8,000 from the Big Lottery Fund, East Sussex Healthcare Trust has announced.
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HSJ Local
Dartford staff lack confidence in Medway merger
STRUCTURE: Staff at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust lack confidence that the proposed merger with Medway Foundation Trust is the “right thing”, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Medical leads sought for south east 111 service
WORKFORCE: South East Coast Ambulance Service and Harmoni are advertising for NHS 111 medical leads.
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HSJ Local
New focus on staff engagement at Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust chief executive Matthew Kershaw has launched a staff engagement programme setting out four key areas.
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Blogs
Out of the office
To quote Toots and the Maytals, it’s “time tough” in the NHS these days.But even bearing that in mind, End Game received a particularly sobering response to a freedom of information request showing just how far efficiency savings had gone at one Merseyside trust.It wasn’t so much the response itself ...
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HSJ Local
Go-ahead for Kent acute mental health reconfig
STRUCTURE: Proposals to increase the number of acute beds and develop three centres of excellence in Dartford, Canterbury and Maidstone have been agreed.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway appoints first peer support worker
WORKFORCE: A former Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust patient who recovered from post-traumatic stress disorder is now helping other service users.
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Comment
Kim Holt: Daniel Pelka's story is a sadly familiar one
Lessons have not been learnt since the death of Peter Connelly