South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1798
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs medical director announces resignation
WORKFORCE: The medical director of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has announced he is to resign, less than six months before the end of his contract.
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Supplements
Organisation and workforce efficiency - an HSJ special supplement
This week’s bumper 30-page HSJ supplement looks at efficiency in healthcare organisations, including exclusive articles on partnership working, estates management, workforce management and cost reduction, procurement and outsourcing.
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HSJ Local
Isle of Wight prepares to split commissioner and provider functions
STRUCTURE: The purchaser-provider split is set to be implemented on the Isle of Wight after the secretary of state approved plans to break up the existing primary care trust.
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News
Lansley condemns expensive GP phone calls
Patients should not be charged premium phone call rates to make an appointment with their GP, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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News
Doctor employed by trusts despite 'mercy killing' conviction
A foreign doctor convicted of the “mercy killing” of a patient in Spain later got a job with police in the UK, medical watchdogs have heard.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to inspire a generation of entrepreneurial leaders in healthcare
A major challenge for commissioners is how to foster clinicians with the potential to become entrepreneurs. Kingsley Manning has some advice.
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Leader
New NHS system threatens a tsunami of hospital mergers
A wave of reconfiguration is on the horizon.
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HSJ Knowledge
Keeping afloat: how trusts can survive under the new NHS failure regime
Takeover or oblivion are possibilities for some NHS organisations in the new order – so what are they doing to clutch victory from the jaws of defeat, asks Alison Moore.
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Comment
Michael White: regional pay policy needs greater attention
The maximum fuss was over minimum pricing.
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HSJ Knowledge
How managing talent can transform health organisation development
Harnessing the leadership talent among an organisation’s staff can help drive a winning business transformation, as Simon Large and Steve Keyes from Bradford District Care Trust explain.
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News
Acute sector faces wave of mergers and reconfigurations
The English NHS hospital sector is facing a wave of mergers, acquisitions and reconfigurations, HSJ’s extensive survey of trust chief executives has revealed.
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Comment
What's beneath the surface of the provider market?
This month’s trust chief executive barometer presents a relatively rosy picture of the NHS provider market.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge: the hidden cost of foundation status
“Working capital arrangement” can be a £20m trap.
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News
Quarter of trusts consider negligence scheme exit
Seventy-two NHS trusts have consulted with a private insurance broker over leaving the NHS Litigation Authority for a commercial alternative, it has been claimed.
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Comment
Readers' Letters - 29 March 2012
Why Harry Cayton is wrong on minimum staffing levels, and hardwiring the patient voice into the system
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Comment
The relationship between pharma and the NHS is challenging, not cosy
The three-cornered partnership between the NHS, pharma and academic medicine can only benefit from a more open culture, says Timothy Evans.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to make patient experience out of this world
There has never been a better time to fine tune the “patient experience” – but it can seem a daunting task. Sam Hudson looks at how it can be achieved in manageable steps.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to keep on top of your organisation's information
Data loss is high profile these days, and the Information Commissioner’s Office is planning on reforming its approach to regulation and auditing. Stuart Knowles recommends that CCGs take this opportunity to get their house in order.
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News
NHS and pharmaceutical partnerships being deterred by 'misconceptions'
Opportunities for collaboration between the NHS and pharmaceutical companies are being missed due to “misconceptions” about the industry, guidance exclusively disclosed to HSJ has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Guidance on producing an any qualified provider implementation pack
The chance to produce an AQP implementation pack offered potent insights into how the service area should develop. Sheena Hennell explains how one PCT cluster went about their project.