South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1725
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HSJ Local
Berkshire ambulance handovers miss target
PERFORMANCE: Berkshire primary care trusts have requested extra funding from the South Central strategic health authority to improve ambulance handover performance.
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HSJ Local
Five directors appointed to board's Wessex team
WORKFORCE: Five director-level appointments have been made to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Wessex local area team.
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HSJ Local
Winter pressures hit elective work at Southampton trust
PERFORMANCE Winter pressures have caused elective work to be cancelled at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, due to high bed occupancy caused by winter pressures.
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HSJ Local
Southampton children's breaks service to be decommissioned
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Southampton have proposed to decommission an NHS funded service providing short breaks for disabled children.
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HSJ Local
Cummings visits Southampton to learn about nursing innovations
CLINICAL RESEARCH: The NHS Commissioning Board’s chief nursing officer Jane Cummings has visited University Hospitals Southampton Foundation Trust to find out more about the trust’s bedside research.
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HSJ Local
Pressure ulcers concerns raised by Norfolk and Waveney
PERFORMANCE NHS Norfolk & Waveney PCT cluster is “very concerned” about the high incidence of pressure ulcers across all its providers, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Ipswich Hospital appoints new chief
WORKFORCE Ipswich Hospital Trust has appointed Nick Hulme as its new chief executive.
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HSJ Local
CQC carries out Basildon Hospital probe
PERFORMANCE Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors have carried out a three-day unannounced inspection at Basildon Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Fears raised over mental health trust reorganisation
STRUCTURE Commissioners have raised “significant concerns” about Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust’s proposed reorganisation.
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HSJ LocalTrust announces internal inquiry into maternity services
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is to hold an independent internal inquiry into its maternity and neonatal services, after a series of infant and maternal deaths.
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News
Decision looms on AfC changes after RCN backs plans
Reductions to NHS workers’ terms and conditions have moved a step closer after one of the largest health unions gave its backing to the plans.
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HSJ Local
Staff morale dips at Hinchingbrooke
WORKFORCE Staff morale at Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has seen a “minor but consistent deterioration” since it was taken over by a private provider, Circle’s chief executive has admitted.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex trust forces apology from local papers
STRUCTURE: Local newspapers published lengthy apologies to East Sussex Healthcare Trust this month after they included inaccurate information in a coupon urging readers to oppose reconfiguration plans.
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News
Lamb calls for out-of-hours primary care reform
Health minister Norman Lamb has said new arrangements for out-of-hours primary care could be needed to help cut rising demand for emergency services.
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News
CCGs concerned over loss of funds to commissioning board
Clinical commissioning groups have raised concern about overspending in their first year of operation because they have “lost” large sums of money to the NHS Commissioning Board’s specialised services budget.
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NewsGrounds for legal action if hospital downgrade approved, critics claim
A judicial review is likely if health secretary Jeremy Hunt approves plans to downgrade Lewisham Hospital, HSJ has learnt.
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Blogs
Money can't buy an all-star team
High-performing teams are rarely created but they evolve when all memebrs share responsibility, support their colleagyes and take it in turns to lead
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NewsAnalysed: The fate of Lewisham Hospital
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the south east London health economy, which is the first to be subject to the failure regime.
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NewsNHS 'a very strong brand' overseas
Dozens of countries have inquired about setting up NHS organisations abroad after the health service’s starring role in the Olympics opening ceremony, reports suggest.
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NewsLord Owen registers bill to overturn key Lansley reforms
One of the leading opponents of the 2012 Health Act has announced a parliamentary bill to remove some of its most contentious elements.