South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1769
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HSJ Local
Devon Partnership delays FT application
STRUCTURE: A South West mental health trust has deferred its foundation trust application amid concerns about quality governance.
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NewsPathology reforms moving too slowly says Carter
The man who led a national review of pathology services has lamented the slow pace of service reform and questioned whether a recent high-profile laboratory blunder could have been avoided had consolidation happened sooner.
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Blogs
Transforming real waiting lists with better scheduling
How a rules-based approach to patient scheduling can dramatically reduce waiting times.
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Blogs
New record best for one-year-waiters (now let's go for zero)
A fantastic result on one-year waiters: come on, let’s get them down to zero. Otherwise, everything on waiting times is pretty much treading water.
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HSJ Local
Hospital exhibits 'healing' art works
A collection of works by renowned photographer Jorge Lewinski are to be exhibited at London’s Charing Cross Hospital.
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Health action party targets coalition seats
A new political party dedicated to opposing the government’s reforms of the NHS has said it will target the seats of high-profile Tories, including prime minister David Cameron, at the next general election.
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NewsExclusive: Lamb signals new wave of integration experiments
Ministers are planning to support a series of large-scale integrated care “experiments”, which could result in a movement away from payment by results, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Integrated CCG sidesteps government's councillor ban
North East Lincolnshire CCG has developed a novel governance structure including representation from councillors, so it can take on an adult social care budget.
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HSJ KnowledgeThink About Your Life puts people's experience first
A set of tools support patients with cancer and chronic illnesses
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CommentStandards suffer when children's services are fragmented
Disparate children’s services need an urgent review
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HSJ Local
Health minister meets campaigners
STRUCTURE: Campaigners fighting plans to review acute services in Worcestershire have had a 45-minute meeting with health minister Dan Poulter.
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HSJ Local
Salisbury cancelled procedures due to spike in emergency demand
PERFORMANCE: The number of operations cancelled on the day of surgery at Salisbury Foundation Trust rose “significantly” during August due to an increased emergency workload, board papers said.
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NewsMinister seeks to defend lack of GPs in CCG lead role
Health minister Lord Howe has attempted to defend the health reforms against HSJ’s finding that fewer than a quarter of clinical commissioning groups will have a GP as their accountable officer.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for the Homerton revealed
WORKFORCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed its chief operating officer Tracey Fletcher as its new chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Salisbury brings in consultants to find savings
FINANCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust has contracted with a consultancy firm to identify schemes to help achieve its £9.6m of cost improvements.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: calculating the cost of mental health
The answer is £334, not 42, according to new reference costs
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NewsReport: NHS slipping on Innovation, Health and Wealth targets
There has been a “disappointing” lack of local engagement with the government’s plan to improve the spread of innovation in the NHS, new research has concluded.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow King's made the most of a commercial break
A commercial arm is helping one foundation trust enhance care
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BlogsProtecting the NHS brand or devaluing it?
Sir David Nicholson has had to defend the role of the NHS’s new “head of brand”