South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1689
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CommentCompetition, conspiracy and cock-ups
The row over the section 75 regulations has been chaotic
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CommentPatients can stop trusts playing the ratings system
New quality measures should be based on local patient input
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay Inquiry chair revealed
PERFORMANCE: The independent inquiry into poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be led by Dr Bill Kirkup CBE, local MPs have revealed.
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HSJ Local
Regulator demands action over Hull Infirmary assessment unit
PERFORMANCE: Hull Royal Infirmary is not always ensuring safe care for patients in its acute assessment unit, a Care Quality Commission inspection has found.
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CommentFrancis chairs survey: Odgers Berndtson's view
The majority of chairs feel empowered to challenge their executives
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NewsMost chairs back Francis's recommended rules for board members
Nearly three-quarters of hospital and mental health provider chairs back the introduction of a “fit and proper person test” for membership of trust boards
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NewsTrust chairs believe there are other Mid Staffs-type failures
“A small number” of trusts are failing in a similar way to Mid Staffordshire, HSJ survey finds
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NewsCQC: NHS 'failing dementia patients'
The health and social care system is “struggling” to care properly for people with dementia, the health watchdog said.
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News
Aggregate hospital ratings 'risk leaving out what matters'
A study into quality ratings for hospital trusts has found that single organisational measures - which are being explored by the government - “run the risk of leaving out what matters to patients with specific conditions”.
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NewsHSJ Live 12.3.2013: Are there more Mid Staffs?
Trust chairs believe there are other Mid Staffs-type failures and the rest of the today’s news
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HSJ KnowledgeExploring how new NHS organisations will collaborate
How HWBs and AHSN will help each other
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HSJ KnowledgePositive steps already taken towards dignity in the NHS
How the diginity in care board addresses the concerns of Francis
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NewsCSUs see chance for new business in wake of Francis
Commissioning support units are strengthening their quality assurance services in response to the Francis report on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEx-older people's tsar criticises out of hospital obsession
Planning for large reductions in older people in acute hospitals is “absolute la la land”, the government’s former older people’s tsar has told HSJ.
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NewsGovernment drops controversial clause from NHS competition rules
The Department of Health has amended key sections of controversial secondary legislation covering the contracting out of NHS services.
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Blogs
Patients vs the business case
The NHS is not subject to local democratic accountability. If you want to have more say in what happens to your local hospital maybe you should advocate a transfer to local government
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NewsCommissioning board names Barbara Hakin as interim deputy chief
The NHS Commissioning Board has announced that Dame Barbara Hakin will step up to be its interim chief operating officer and deputy chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Aylesbury Vale CCG heading for deficit
FINANCE: Aylesbury Vale clinical commissioning group is forecasting a £1m deficit for 2012-13, driven largely by demand for unscheduled care services.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire QIPP plan behind target
FINANCE: The Oxfordshire quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan was £1.3m below its savings target at month nine.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier plans 5.4 per cent saving next year
FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust are planning savings of £19.9m in 2013-14.