South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1820
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Comment
Staffing issues warn of 'catastrophic' potential for South Central trust
University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust is reporting rising tensions over staffing levels, in spite of attempts to manage demand.
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Comment
Peter Carter: tomorrow's NHS
The future of the NHS - patient care, sustainable services, preventing illness - depends not on competition, but collaboration and cooperation, argues Peter Carter.
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Comment
Frank Field: how changing life chances will change the distribution of income
Frank Field on where Reform needs to focus its marked influence next.
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HSJ Local
FT consultation starts in Leicestershire
STRUCTURE: Leicestershire Partnership Trust has embarked on a 12 week consultation about gaining foundation trust status.
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News
Virgin rebrand for care provider Assura Medical
Community and primary care provider Assura Medical is to rebrand as Virgin Care, two years after Virgin bought a controlling stake in the company.
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Comment
Julie Moore: a lot more for a lot less
Embracing innovation and setting long term ambitions have stood University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust in good stead to face the next 10 years, as chief executive Julie Moore explains.
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Comment
Simon Stevens: living to be 500, death by asteroid, and the inevitability of NHS reform
Health reformers should paint an inspiring vision of what progress could mean for patients and for health professionals rather than focus on the negatives that have necessitated it, says Simon Stevens.
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HSJ Knowledge
How international health links help improve family planning services
Establishing partnerships with healthcare groups around the world can benefit both the organisations in developing countries and the health service staff placed there, as Chris Smith and Rebecca Hill explain.
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News
Exclusive: Monitor to publish 'black lists' of unviable hospitals
Monitor will publish a “black list” of hospital services which must be reconfigured under an eleventh hour change to the Health Bill.
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HSJ Local
PFI staff strike in Swindon
WORKFORCE: Hospital housekeeping staff employed by a private finance initiative partner have staged a series of walkouts over alleged management bullying.
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HSJ Local
Smallest CCG told: merge tomorrow
STRUCTURE: The smallest pathfinder clinical commissioning group in England has been given less than two days’ notice to merge with its neighbours.
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News
DH appoints three new director generals
Three new director generals have been appointed by the Department of Health, covering public health, external relations and group operations and assurance.
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News
Charities pursue involvement for CCG commissioning support
National charities are expecting to become major suppliers of commissioning support in the restructured NHS, HSJ has learnt.
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News
Exclusive: two in three hospital trust savings plans in trouble
More than two thirds of NHS hospital trusts fell behind on their savings plans in the first half of 2011-12 as the sector slipped deeper into the red, HSJ can reveal.
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News
UK medicine prices 'cheapest in Europe'
The price of drugs is falling more steeply in the UK than the rest of Europe, it has been claimed.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth trust prepares to miss savings target
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has set aside £2m in case it fails to hit its savings target for 2011-12, but has admitted that this might not cover the shortfall.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood plans maternity unit closure after CCG abandons service
STRUCTURE: Directors of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust have earmarked the trust’s Ascot Birth Centre for permanent closure – in part due to GP commissioners moving their patients to another unit.
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News
Unique hybrid finance model planned for trust's PFI
A foundation trust is in talks about combining a “bullet payment” from the Department of Health with its own surplus and charity funds to make a private finance initiative rebuild more affordable.
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Blogs
The appeal of diversity - in theory
Embracing diversity in the workplace is now a common goal for every organisation. Achieving it is much trickier than the cosy theory behind it, however.