South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1550
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Blogs
A Shakespearian story at the top of the NHS
Sir David Nicholson will no doubt be wondering who his friends are and who he can trust as the press clamours for his resignation.
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News
Wollaston: Nicholson should go after transition
An influential Conservative member of the Commons health committee has told HSJ that Sir David Nicholson should oversee the end of the NHS reorganisation, and then resign as NHS Commissioning Board chief executive.
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News
Nicholson 'absolutely determined' to see reform transition through
Sir David Nicholson has defended himself before MPs and said he is “determined” to remain in post as the government’s NHS reforms are introduced.
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HSJ Local
Monitor advised to downgrade Mid Staffs services
STRUCTURE: A report to Monitor from consultants Ernst and Young has recommended cutting expenditure on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by half, as services are moved to other trusts.
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HSJ Local
Small deficit predicted by Medway FT
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust expects to finish the current financial year with a small £1m deficit, according to a board finance report.
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HSJ Local
Hike in older patients at Western Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has “continued to experience particularly high levels of activity in care for older people”, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex celebrates orthopaedics improvements
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has claimed its trauma and orthopaedics services are going from “strength to strength”.
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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex on course for small surplus
FINANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust predicted in February that it would end the financial year with a surplus.
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HSJ Local
Sussex health visitor receives QNI grant for local project
FINANCE: A health visitor from Lewes has been awarded a £5,000 grant by the Queen’s Nursing Institute to improve access to healthcare for the Gypsy and Traveller community locally.
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Blogs
Interim NHS managers can relate to Rafael Benitez
Senior NHS managers are now considered like football coaches, no one expects them to be around for very long.
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News
Government to amend controversial competition rules
The government will amend its controversial competition regulations, minister Norman Lamb has said.
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Comment
NHS productivity: more of the same or more for less?
More thought and action is required to improve
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News
Nicholson defends himself to MPs over Mid Staffs failings
Sir David Nicholson has defended himself before MPs and said he is “determined” to remain in post as the NHS reforms are implemented.
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Blogs
Little known FoI exemptions, from CSU Cassander
This is the latest installment in End Game’s occasional series, in which the ever-resourceful CSU Cassander identifies some little known exemptions to the pesky Freedom of Information Act.Section 66: Archives hauntedSection 71: Information eaten by catsSection 75: NHS will be privatised from 1 AprilSection 84: We’ve always been at war ...
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HSJ Local
East Sussex wards closed by norovirus
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has several wards closed due to norovirus.
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HSJ Local
Medway FT accepts health and safety fine
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust accepted a fine for beaching health and safety laws, according to board papers presented in January.
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Borders expands community eating disorder team
WORKFORCE: Three new nurses are to join Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust’s eating disorder services this month as part of efforts to keep younger patients out of hospital and in the “family environment”.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals FT notes improvement in food
PERFORMANCE: Improvements in food at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have resulted from a new ward oven system.
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HSJ Local
A&E refurb complete at East Kent Hospitals FT
STRUCTURE: The refurbishment of the emergency separtment at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital was completed on 25 January.
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HSJ Local
Review of A&E complaints at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has begun a review of why its accident and emergency department has more complaints than other parts of the organisation.