South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1516
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Blogs
The Facebook metric
It’s hard to know if health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s performance is best assessed by his level of popularity, or whether his preferred measure of success is how obscure he can remain by keeping the NHS out of the news.If the latter is best, he seems to be doing very well ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Seizing leadership opportunities in the NHS
How the latest leadership literature applies to the service
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News
Healthwatch chief admits delayed start for some areas
The chief executive of Healthwatch England has admitted some local branches are not yet established but said it will help resolve problems as “quickly as possible”, in an interview with HSJ.
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Comment
The NHS must refind its bearings on regulation
Unreasonable performance measures and fear stifle FTs
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Comment
How Gandhi's words speak volumes to the NHS today
What can the NHS learn from Mahatma Gandhi’s key principles?
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HSJ Local
West Herts trust appoints new finance director
WORKFORCE: A new finance director has been appointed at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust – which has also got a new medical director as it refreshes its leadership team.
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HSJ Local
Private sector brought in to cut West Herts elective backlog
PERFORMANCE: Operations are being outsourced to the independent sector at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust as it attempts to meet the 90 per cent target for referral to treatment across all specialties.
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HSJ Local
Emergency pressures drag down ambulance turnarounds at West Herts
PERFORMANCE: Only a third of ambulances are able to leave West Hertfordshire Hospitals within the target time of 15 minutes.
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News
NHS 111 failures have 'let patients down', NHS England admits
Patients have been “let down” by the “unacceptable” failure of some NHS 111 services, NHS England directors have admitted.
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News
Keogh criticises poor data in NHS following Leeds row
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has criticised clinicians and organisations which do not gather or report quality data in the wake of the Leeds children’s heart surgery controversy.
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HSJ Local
South Norfolk CCG given 13 conditions for authorisation
STRUCTURE South Norfolk CCG clinical commissioning group (CCG) has been granted conditional authorisation with 13 conditions, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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HSJ Local
Great Western behind on surplus but ahead on savings
FINANCE: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust was behind on its planned surplus by £811,000 at the end of February.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds North Bristol failing one standard
PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors found North Bristol Trust was not meeting standards on record keeping during a routine visit earlier this year.
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HSJ Local
Dudley CCG reports risk on activity transferred to NHS England
FINANCE: Dudley CCG has identified a financial risk over the level of commissioning activity which is transferred to NHS England.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals sees 25 per cent increase in blue-light ambulance attendances
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Fondation Trust has seen a 25 per cent year-on-year rise in blue-light attendances from ambulances, a board report said.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals above sickness absence target rate
WORKFORCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is exceeding its staff sickness absence target rate of three per cent for the year so far.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth wins research award
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Plymouth Hospitals Trust’s research team has won a national award for promoting clinical research in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
2gether failing follow up target
PERFORMANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust hit the target for following up 95 per cent of patients within seven days of discharge from mental health inpatient units.
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HSJ Local
Swindon CCG signs commissioning support deal
COMMERCIAL: Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group has signed a contract with Central Southern Commissioning Support Service worth £2.4m.