South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1604
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HSJ Local
Blackpool CCG authorised in first wave
STRUCTURE: Blackpool clinical commissioning group was among the first wave of new organisations to be authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ Local
Merger delay means North Cumbria will need fresh loans, trust reports
FINANCE: Delays to the trust’s planned takeover by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust mean North Cumbria will need to apply for further strategic health authority loans, its latest finance report states.
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News
DH overrules health 'politicisation' fears
The government has rejected councils’ objections to proposal which could “politicise” local disputes about hospital closures.
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HSJ Local
South West ambulance trust merger approved
STRUCTURE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has approved South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust’s acquisition of Great Western Ambulance Service.
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News
Minister: change to consultant contracts 'long overdue'
Radical proposals on changes to how consultants are rewarded in the NHS – including proposals to create a new pay grade - will form the basis of wider discussions on pay, terms and conditions for doctors, the government said today.
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News
Junior doctors' contract not 'fit for purpose'
The contract for junior doctors working in the NHS is “not fit for purpose” and should be fully renegotiated according to a report by NHS Employers.
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Blogs
A decade of austerity should spur on fundamental care reform
CCGs have the opportunity to reform patterns of service provision and ways of working.A decade of austerity could spur on some long overdue changes to our health and care system..
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News
Warning over buying drugs online
The purchase of prescription medicines online without a prescription is increasing, pharmacists have said.
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Comment
Health leaders on Twitter have a public health responsibility
Health leaders can use social media to improve public health
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News
National group to examine barriers to seven-day NHS
A new group is to be established to review the barriers which prevent the NHS from functioning as a seven-day service, offering procedures such as day surgery at weekends.
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HSJ Local
Dartford and Gravesham attains HSMR of 93
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust performed better than expected for patient mortality rates, according to this year’s Dr Foster “hospital guide”.
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Blogs
Nursing, society and older people
The argument about whether nursing should be a degree-based profession is merely a displacement activity. The real issue is about the link between nurse training and how society wants its older citizens to be cared for.
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News
HSJ Live: rolling news 17.12.12
Driving change with staff engagement and the rest of today’s news
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HSJ Knowledge
Drive change with staff engagement
A Midlands trust won an HSJ Award for its Listening into Action programme
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News
Government gearing up for discussion on medical contracts
Discussion on changes to bonus payments for consultants look set to begin in earnest next week with the publication of a long awaited report into clinical excellence awards.
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News
Commissioning Board will lift and shift just 200 staff
The NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed it will have to “lift and shift” 200 staff, but will have completed job matching or internal competition for 98 per cent of posts by the end of this month.
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: October 2012 data
Interactive maps showing where the very-long-waiters are, how organisations fare against the “92 per cent within 18 weeks” target, and where the most clock pausing is happening. All updated with the latest October 2012 data.
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HSJ Local
Merseyside GP takeover undergoing OFT and CCP scrutiny
FINANCE: The takeover of 20 practices by a family run GP firm is being examined by the Office of Fair Trading and Cooperation and Competition Panel.
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HSJ Local
Report says LAS wrongly bringing stroke cases to West Middlesex
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital has written to the Lonsdon Ambulance Service over “a number” of cases where patients should have been taken to a hyper acute stroke unit but were instead taken to West Middlesex.
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HSJ Local
North Tees and Hartlepool names bidders for building work
STRUCTURE: North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals Foundation Trust has named three bidders who will compete to win the job of building the trust’s new hospital.