South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1833
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New MD for Surrey social enterprise
WORKFORCE: The newly formed social enterprise in east Surrey, First Community Health and Care, has appointed Philip Greenhill as its new managing director.
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Western Sussex having trouble generating interest in spare hospital block
COMMERCIAL: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS has extended a deadline for organisations to express an interest in taking over the Harness Block at Southlands Hospital.
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Norovirus warning at Royal Surrey County Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has asked outpatients to stay away if they have had diarrhoea or vomiting in the last 48 hours.
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Community engagement strategy for Kent and Medway Partnership
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership has launched a Community Engagement Strategy.
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East Kent Hospitals set to introduce new patient monitoring system
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is investing in a new deteriorating patient monitoring system.
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East Kent Hospitals launches ‘passport’ for LD patients
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has developed and launched a “healthcare passport” for patients with learning disabilities.
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QVH first to offer ‘claw hand’ drug on NHS
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has become the first hospital to offer an innovative new treatment on the NHS.
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QVH remains slightly over MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is reporting only two MRSA cases this financial year, but has already failed to reach its tough target of just one case.
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New theatre build set to begin next month
STRUCTURE: The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is due to begin site redevelopment in March in preparation for the building of new surgical facilities.
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Oxfordshire pockets surplus despite acute overspending
FINANCE: Oxfordshire primary care trust is on track to meet its surplus target of £2.2m, despite overspending on its major acute contract and deteriorations in other areas of commissioning.
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Rise in 'digestive procedures' prompts overspend on private contract
FINANCE: NHS Swindon is forecasting an overspend on its contract with the private provider BMI.
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Bucks PCT falling short on CIP
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire primary care trust is beating its revenue spending target, but falling behind on its cost improvement plan.
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NHS Swindon challenges GWH on overperformance
FINANCE: NHS Swindon is at “significant” risk of failing to achieve its planned £2.9m surplus.
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Central Manchester loses appeal against £1m race discrimination award
WORKFORCE: The foundation has lost its appeal against an employment tribunal which awarded one of its former managers around £1m for unfair dismissal and racial discrimination.
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Comment
'Hospitals should be hungry for quality patient meals'
“The story of the failure to provide tasty, healthy food in British hospitals is a result of an indefensible failure by those in charge of hospitals to understand the basic importance of good food to good health.”
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News
Campaigners demand social enterprise future for community hospital
A campaign has been launched for a community hospital to be run as a social enterprise - to stop it becoming part of a foundation trust.
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News
Public sector bonuses to be reviewed
The government is looking at public sector bonuses after the angry reaction to payouts at bodies such as Royal Bank of Scotland.
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News
Coalition tensions emerge as Cameron backs Lansley
The coalition is braced for further criticism of its NHS reforms today, with health secretary Andrew Lansley’s future still hanging in the balance.
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News
Decline in NHS productivity 'a myth'
The decline in NHS productivity that the government has cited as grounds for health reform is “a myth”, it has been claimed.
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Comment
Andrew Lansley: competition is critical for NHS reform
The section of the Health Bill which seeks to increase competition within the NHS is the focus of the growing row over the legislation. Here, in an exclusive article, a defiant health secretary Andrew Lansley champions the importance of competition.