South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1611
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Comment
A research engine could drive the NHS to lead the world
Through more open data sharing and by driving clinical trials the NHS can again be the ‘envy of the world’
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Comment
Readers' letters - 6 December 2012
Support for Jeremy Hunt’s “technology revolution”, and an assertion that NHS providers are better placed than independent ones to provide integrated secure services
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News
Next generation of PFI announced by Osborne
“Soft facilities management” services like cleaning and catering will be excluded from future NHS private finance projects, new government guidance reveals.
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News
Chancellor abandons regional pay
George Osborne has abandoned plans to introduce regional pay in the NHS but accepts the need for greater Agenda for Change flexibility
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Comment
We must beat our hospital addiction
Fresh thinking is needed to avoid a social care funding crisis, says Lord Warner
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News
Exclusive: 'Rapid reduction' in hospital care planned following Winterbourne View
The treatment of all people with learning disabilities or autism receiving inpatient care is to be reviewed, ahead of a drive to rapidly reduce hospital placements and increase community provision.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol renews plans to go it alone
A proposal to merge two South West trusts, creating an organisation with a turnover of almost £1bn, appears less likely to proceed after one of the organisations confirmed it was still working on an alternative plan to go it alone.
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Leader
CSUs are heading for centre-stage
The vision for commissioning support units is expanding under Bob Ricketts
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Comment
CCG budgets: Challenging or naive?
Many CCG leaders are approaching important issues with a novel or naive attitude
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News
Investigation to probe relationship between CQC and ombudsman
The Care Quality Commission is investigating a claim its former chief executive Cynthia Bower tried to discourage the health service ombudsman from investigating concerns about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Liaison psychiatry can bridge the gap
A joint approach to managing physical and mental care is a prime example of integration
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News
Ricketts: don't externalise before CSS market is mature
Plans to “externalise” commissioning support units should be given a lower priority over the next two to three years than establishing a market in support services, HSJ has been told.
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News
Drug chief uncomfortable over fund
A cash pot used to pay for life-extending drugs should not be limited to patients who have cancer, the head of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has suggested.
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News
Healthwatch England appoints chief executive
A former adviser to the prime minister has been appointed chief executive of the new consumer champion for health and social care.
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Blogs
Concern that black staff are more likely to be disciplined
In the NHS and other public sector organisations, black staff are involved in a disproportionate number of disciplinary cases
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Comment
Hunt picks out a worthy target
The health secretary is modelling himself on Michael Gove and Einstein
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News
England's chief nurses call for transparency on staffing levels
Hospitals could be required to publish nurse staffing levels at least twice a year under plans set out in the chief nursing officer’s strategy.
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News
Circle chief executive Ali Parsa steps down
Ali Parsa has stepped down from his role as chief executive of Circle, the private healthcare provider that runs Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, it was announced today.