South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1635
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New NHS constitution rules proposed
New commitments on end-of-life care and single-sex wards are set to be included in the NHS constitution, under proposals unveiled today.
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Patient resuscitation case to start
A hearing into the circumstances surrounding a Cambridge hospital’s resuscitation policy is due to start at the High Court.
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HSJ Knowledge
New rules raise fresh problems on procurement
New procurement rules may pose more questions than answers
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HSJ Knowledge
How Rotherham saved £3m with strategic sourcing
How strategic sourcing is helping to shrink expenditure
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire CCGs overspend by £1.3m on elective care
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire’s clinical commissioning groups have reported an overspend on planned care of £1.3m in the year to date.
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BMA concerned at tools manufacture
Some of the medical equipment used in the NHS is manufactured in “unhealthy, unsafe and unfair” working conditions where employees are exposed to serious risks, the British Medical Association said.
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Cash for end-of-life hospitals
Eighty-five per cent of trusts have adopted a controversial end-of-life care regime which can involve withholding food and drink from terminally-ill patients, figures suggest.
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Circle planned cut of 20pc of staff at Hinchingbrooke
Circle’s original business plan for its running of Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust outlined a cut in the hospital’s workforce of 20 per cent, a document shared with HSJ reveals.
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Comment
Readers' letters - 1 November
Checks in place ensure over-the-counter inhalers are safe; and why is no one holding commissioners to account over abuse in care homes?
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HSJ Live: rolling news 2.11.12
All the day’s news including a King’s Fund report says tariff is “not fit for our current and future needs”
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Monitor vows to improve 'not fit for purpose' pricing system
Monitor has vowed to improve the NHS treatment pricing system after a King’s Fund report said the payment by results system was “not fit for purpose”.
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CQC staff survey shows morale still low
Just 16 per cent of staff at the Care Quality Commission think morale is good while less than a fifth think changes are effectively implemented, the organisation’s latest staff survey reveals.
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HSJ Knowledge
Embracing an era of technology
Overcoming the barriers to new technology is a cultural, people-based challenge
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NHS London reviews controversial hospital productivity analysis
NHS London is re-examining a controversial analysis which concluded the capital’s hospital sector was “not sustainable in [its] present form”.
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Epsom and St Helier may be next for failure regime after merger talks fail
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust may be the next to enter the failure regime, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Bristol children's cardiac ward where patient died was understaffed
PERFORMANCE: Managers at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust have been criticised by the Care Quality Commission for failing to address long running staffing issues on a ward for seriously ill children.
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust seeks £9m bailout
A hospital trust struggling with its finances has lodged an application for a £9m loan from the Department of Health.
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Private providers see 11 per cent growth in NHS elective work
The number of NHS-funded elective procedures carried out in the private sector rose 10.5 per cent last year, NHS Information Centre data shows.
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Hospital admission rise 'due to fragmentation' - report
A significant rise in hospital admissions in recent years is largely due to fragmented health and social care services, according to a think-tank.
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HSJ Briefing: General practice service and policy - summary
Ie look at the growing pressure for general practice to meet rising NHS demand. Policy direction focuses on local commissioning board teams and CCGs working on a slow but steady path of improvement