South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1503
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NewsCover-up trusts could lose litigation cover
NHS organisations which fail to be open and honest with patients and families when they suffer poor care could be forced to pay the costs of any litigation, the government has announced today.
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NewsBureaucracy burden 'bigger' than previously thought
National bodies should reduce the amount of data they collect from NHS providers by 10 per cent over the next two years and contribute to the cost of any new information requests, a review of bureaucracy in the NHS is set to say.
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CommentMichael White: Constant reform is reminiscent of Thatcher
Rarely a week passes without a major health announcement
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NewsMaternity services 'run deficit'
Many of England’s maternity services run at a deficit and have to be subsidised by other departments, the Foundation Trust Network has told MPs.
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NewsThinktank urges more NHS charges
Ministers should consider extending prescription charges, as well as introducing new charges on visits to NHS GP surgeries and some elements of hospital care, to raise £3bn a year for the health service, a think-tank has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 19.11.13: Government response to Francis is published
The government’s full response to the Francis inquiry rejects statutory duty of candour for individual NHS employees.
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Party time
Special End Game love goes to the comms firm which got in early with our first Christmas party invitation this year. In the seasonal spirit of goodwill, we won’t name it.Their bash takes place on 26 November – for those of you who are no good at maths, that’s very ...
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HSJ LocalColchester faces fresh data fiddle claims
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust faces fresh claims that senior managers put pressure on staff to alter data, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentLawyers are not just ambulance chasers
Clinical negligence law can help increase transparency
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HSJ KnowledgeLocal integrated care receives a massive lift
Analysis of the LIFT programme’s benefits
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HSJ Local
Dementia consultation launched by Central and North West London FT
A public consultation to determine the future of older people’s services in Harrow has been launched by Central and North West London Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Yorkshire Ambulance Service misses target for third consecutive month
PERFORMANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service faces a financial penalty after missing its target for responding to the most life-threatening calls for three successive months, according to board papers from Airedale, Wharfdale and Craven clinical commissioning group.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire to get support on HSMRs from St George's
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust is to get specialist support from south London’s St George’s Healthcare TRust on mortality ratio indicators.
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HSJ Local
Yeovil misses ambulance handover target
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Foundation Trust is failing commissioner targets on ambulance handovers, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Airedale FT one of first inspected under new CQC regime
PERFORMANCE: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust was due to be inspected the Care Quality Commission’s new acute hospital inspection programme in September.
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HSJ Local
West Herts gets cash boost to upgrade hospitals
A £16.2m boost from the Department of Health has been awarded to West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust to refurbish its hospitals.
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NewsNHS England to move into DH offices to save £1m
NHS England is to move its London office into a building with the Department of Health to save around £1m a year.
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NewsLegal move over hospital asbestos
A Scottish health board is facing legal action due to asbestos being found at a hospital.
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NewsNursing leaders divided over minimum staffing levels
Three of the NHS’s most senior nurses have spoken out against the introduction of minimum staffing levels as the profession becomes increasingly divided over the issue ahead of the government’s response to the Francis report.
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Jermey Hunt has jumped the shark
A new prison sentence for wilful neglect is an unnecessary gimmick