South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1832
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News
Trust backtracks on umbilical blood collections
A foundation trust has seemingly backtracked on a scheme to offer mothers a private facility to collect blood from their baby’s umbilical cord.
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News
Monitor intervenes to replace chair at underperforming trust
Monitor has stepped in to replace the chair of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust after three separate independent reviews last week revealed a catalogue of leadership and governance failures.
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HSJ Local
Three clusters advertise for commissioning support MD
STRUCTURE: An NHS commissioning support service has advertised for a managing director “with commercial experience” and the “necessary commercial acumen to effectively grow the business”.
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Cameron to tackle £2.7bn alcohol costs
The prime minister will today vow to take on the “scandal” of public drunkenness and alcohol abuse that costs the NHS £2.7bn a year.
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'Drop the bill' online petition hits 100,000 signatures
More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition urging the government to abandon the Health and Social Care Bill.
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Marmot demands focus on inequality as cuts bite
Renowned epidemiologist Sir Michael Marmot has criticised the government for its lack of action on health inequalities - and called for the health impact of economic policies to be considered.
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Lansley remains defiant as pressure grows over competition
An embattled Andrew Lansley makes a staunch defence of the importance of greater competition in the NHS this week, as Liberal Democrat peers pressed to further reduce its importance in the Health Bill.
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire misses surplus target, despite below-plan paybill spend
FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust’s bottom line was still hovering just above breakeven at the end of December, against plans to have delivered a surplus of £658,000 by that point.
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HSJ Local
QVH remains on course for surplus, despite challenges
FINANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s financial performance remains on course for a planned surplus.
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HSJ Local
NHS Midlands and East launches 'real time' monitoring of patient experience
PERFORMANCE: A system for ranking NHS trusts by patient satisfaction will be introduced across a quarter of England’s hospitals in 2012-13, with part of their funding dependant on league table performance.
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Blogs
Imperial's waiting times holiday
Imperial is taking a “reporting break” on 18-week waiters. Bad idea.
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HSJ Knowledge
How reduced internal delays can save money, and thousands of bed days
A toolkit used at one trust has proved to be effective at reducing internal waits, saving the trust millions of pounds in the process, as Liz Williamson explains.
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HSJ Local
Yorkshire trust appoints new chief exec with council background
WORKFORCE: A new chief executive has been appointed at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust.
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News
Treatment information for outpatients must improve, trusts warned
Hospitals must get better at explaining treatment, according to the Care Quality Commission, after a national survey of outpatients found many were left confused about tests, medicines and side effects.
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News
Surgery uses patient list to market private tests
A GP practice has used its patient list to distribute marketing material for a company offering private screening for heart conditions and stroke risk.
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News
Hospital infection strategies 'wrong' - study
Hospitals may be adopting the wrong strategy for tackling a notorious healthcare associated infection, a study suggests.
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News
Government forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
The government has denied that there is a conflict of interest between its health reforms and a management consultant advising on them.
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News
Reforms spell end of joint commissioning in Peterborough
A long-running agreement on joint commissioning of health and social care has come to an end because of the government’s health reforms.
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HSJ Knowledge
The benefits of delivering healthcare in patients' homes
Taking patients out of the hospital and successfully providing their care at home is certainly achievable, and Mehmood Syed looks at steps commissioners and providers can take to ensure home is where the health is.
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HSJ Knowledge
How using a tariff system can help community service providers hit targets
Communicating activities to commissioners is easy with the right tariff system, and delivers enhancements in the performance of care teams, say Rachel Simkiss and Alex Hadayah.