South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1754
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News
Cameron introduces 'family and friends' hospitals rating
A system for ranking NHS hospitals by patient satisfaction in “real time” will be introduced across England from April next year, the prime minister has announced.
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News
Social enterprises face losing core contracts
Social enterprises set up by former NHS staff must improve their commercial skills or risk losing their contracts in the next two or three years, a key Department of Health official has told HSJ.
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Providers sceptical on extending mental health choice
Proposals to extend competition between any qualified provider for mental health have been greeted with scepticism.
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Doctors to take industrial action following strike ballot
UK doctors will not provide non-urgent care on 21 June in industrial action over the government’s planned pension changes, the British Medical Association has said.
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HSJ Local
Royal Wolverhampton produces newspaper
PERFORMANCE: A West Midlands hospital has produced its own four-page newspaper to be distributed to more than 100,000 homes.
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HSJ Local
New merged Barts trust 'can learn from Whipps Cross and Newham'
PERFORMANCE: The newly merged Barts Health NHS Trust organisation “can learn from Whipps Cross and Newham”, turnaround advisors have said.
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HSJ Local
CQC criticises poor discharges at Lincoln
PERFORMANCE: Patients at Lincoln County Hospital were “at risk from delays and uncoordinated care” when they were discharged, according to an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Parking fee rise at Chesterfield
FINANCE: Parking fees are set to rise for patients and visitors at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust from June 1.
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HSJ Local
Barts chief executive asks for audit on cancelled operations
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of the £1.1bn-turnover Barts Health NHS Trust has ordered an audit to determine the number of operations cancelled the day before surgery.
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HSJ Local
Royal Surrey celebrates low neonate mortality rates
PERFORMANCE: Neonatal services at Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have been rated the best across Surrey, Sussex and South West London.
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News
Nicholson: 'very real' chance Francis recommendations will conflict with policy
Recommendations from the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry run a “very real” risk of conflicting with government policy, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has admitted.
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HSJ Local
Trust rips up FT plans and seeks merger
The board of Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust has voted unanimously to abandon plans to become a foundation trust and will instead seek a merger.
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HSJ Local
Analysed: faltering foundation trust ambitions in Devon
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: how the transforming community services programme is affecting Devon organisations’ foundation trust ambitions.
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HSJ Partners
Predictably secure
UK and European energy storage is vital. “Futureproofing” the UK’s energy supply is dependent on having a well developed energy system that provides secure, low carbon, affordable energy, while providing the flexibility to respond to varying demands and unforeseen circumstances.
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Social care system needs urgent funding reform - report
Urgent reform to the funding of the social care system is needed to meet the needs of an ageing population, health experts have said.
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News
New research centre for major diseases opens
A new research centre to find treatments for major diseases has been opened by the Princess Royal.
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HSJ Local
South London Healthcare records below average infections
PERFORMANCE: South London Healthcare Trust recorded a 2.1 per cent rate for healthcare-associated infections, against a 6.5 per cent national average, according to Health Protection Agency figures.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals
WORKFORCE: The Essex trust has appointed Clare Panniker, chief executive of North Middlesex University Hospital Trust, as the replacement for Alan Whittle.
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Comment
Patient preferences matter: another call for doctors to change
Do clinicians really know what patients want?