South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1652
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News
Nurses 'warned children about Savile'
Nurses advised young patients to “pretend to be asleep” when Sir Jimmy Savile was visiting their hospital, it has been claimed.
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News
New acute care guidance launched
Acutely ill hospital patients should have access to consultant doctors for at least 12 hours a day, seven days a week to reduce the number of hospital deaths which occur out of hours, leading physicians have said.
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News
In full: CCG leader names
Information is from Health Service Journal research in September and October 2012. Although the majority of clinical commissioning groups have now decided their chairs and accountable officers, in some cases they may still change. HSJ intends to publish updated lists in future.
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HSJ Local
NW London consultation closes
STRUCTURE: The 14-week consultation into a large-scale service reconfiguration in north west London has come to an end this week.
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News
Fresh concerns over NHS data protection
The information watchdog has raised fresh concerns about the NHS’s ability to protect sensitive personal data, warning trusts of further fines and adverse publicity if they fell short of their duties.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving the quality of dementia care
Better planning and a reduction in medication can improve quality of life and make savings
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Comment
Face the facts on closures
If we don’t share performance information with the public, it is hard to avoid “cuts” branding
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News
Big drop in GPs lined up for CCG leader roles
Less than a quarter of the clinical commissioning groups created under the government’s NHS reforms will have GPs as their accountable officers, an HSJ investigation has found.
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Comment
Irresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?
Asda is making it easier to get a blue inhaler by cutting out the GP
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Comment
There is a Plan B after all
Public sector employment could be part of the solution to our economic woes, argues Noel Plumridge
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Comment
Stephen Eames: successful acquisitions
These laudable aims often act as a fig leaf for cost cutting - remember the old fable about Greeks bearing gifts
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Leader
Making integration happen
Integration will be as important as competition, Jeremy Hunt has declared
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Leader
The alternative to centralisation
In rural areas a different set of solutions to care delivery are being explored
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HSJ Knowledge
Take the frustration out of aspiration
A foundation degree course is offering leadership skills to neglected managers
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HSJ Knowledge
Dispense with the old way of doing things
Lack of transparency in the medicines supply chain is of concern to many observers
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Comment
Media Watch: cuts, porridge and pigeons
There was a mixed bag of health stories across the nationals on Monday
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HSJ Local
New chair for one of UK's most troubled trusts
WORKFORCE: A new chair has been appointed at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals in deficit and £1.7m behind plan
FINANCE: The foundation trust’s August finance report shows a year-to-date deficit of £588,100 after exceptional items, against a planned surplus for the period of £1.1m.
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HSJ Local
Brighton board signs off business case for surgical unit
STRUCTURE: The board of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has given the go ahead for a new day surgery centre.
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HSJ Local
Four overdue patient safety alerts for Aintree
PERFORMANCE: The number of overdue patient safety alerts outstanding for the trust has dropped to four, according to latest central alerting system data.