South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1839
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CCP recommends biggest acute merger go ahead despite 'reducing patient choice'
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has recommended England’s biggest hospital merger should be allowed to go ahead - but only because there is no alternative.
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Pressure on Lansley grows as Lords scrutinise reforms
Health secretary Andrew Lansley will face yet more pressure over his controversial NHS reforms, with peers resuming their scrutiny of the legislation today.
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DH to issue guidance on terms and conditions for public health directors
Government guidance on how directors of public health and their staff should be employed will extend as far as stating their terms and conditions and how they should be managed, according to ministers.
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Government risks going backwards on integration, warn MPs
Financial pressures and the government’s reforms risk the level of integration between health and social care actually diminishing, despite ministers restating their commitment to the policy, according to MPs.
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Lords set to debate integration and health secretary's duty
The Health Bill returns to the House of Lords today, with a raft of new amendments lined up including one proposing a “duty of co-operation” for providers of NHS services.
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Mothers and babies still at 'significant' risk at Morecambe Bay
PERFORMANCE: The safety of mothers and babies at the foundation’s Furness General Hospital remains at “significant risk”, according to a new independent review commissioned by foundation trust regulator Monitor.
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How to improve staff collaboration and delivered integrated care
Collaboration and enabled leadership helped one trust achieve better integration of services, which ended up benefitting both the patients receiving care and the staff delivering it, writes Jane Wells.
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Revealed: CCG funding gulf could 'destablise services'
The first analysis of the budgets set to be given to clinical commissioning groups shows huge variation and has sparked concern about services being destabilised by a shortage of cash.
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Exclusive: Care Quality Commission to get external assessor
An “external body” is set to be appointed to assess the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learnt.
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Government benefits clampdown 'increasing disability abuse'
Charities have warned that disabled people are increasingly being subjected to abuse as a result of the government’s focus on alleged fraud and over-claiming to justify benfits cuts.
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North West PTS contracts to be opened up
COMMERCIAL: Contracts for patient transport services in the North West are to be procured on a primary care trust cluster-basis after warnings the existing regional arrangement may break competition rules.
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Training plans for major government project leaders
Whitehall officials will undergo training programmes before being allowed to run major public projects like the new high-speed rail link or the NHS IT project, ministers have said.
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CQC calls for improved care quality data
The Care Quality Commission is backing a campaign started by Dr Foster Intelligence for hospitals to record simple care quality information when patients are admitted to hospital.
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Lord Owen: Lords have failed to alter the Health Bill
The House of Lords has failed to make significant changes to the Health Bill, the influential crossbencher Lord Owen has said, calling on the prime minister to scrap the legislation before it becomes law.
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How to prioritise disinvestment in support services
A tool to help assess disinvestment in support services can help organisations validate their difficult decisions in this area, as Marion Bain, Hester Ward and Simon Belfer explain.
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Guy's and St Thomas' criticises SHA reorganisation of nurse education
WORKFORCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has criticised NHS London for its plan to change the way nursing education is commissioned.
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King's College Hospital working to avoid year-end deficit
FINANCE: The south London acute trust King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust recorded a deficit of £1.28m in December, up from a £1m deficit in month 8.
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King's Health Partners looks to St George's
STRUCTURE: King’s Health Partners, the south London Academic Health Science Centre, has said it was exploring “partnership models with St George’s”.
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South Essex PCT cluster tenders for NHS 111
COMMERCIAL: The NHS South West Essex and South East Essex primary care trust cluster is seeking expresions of interest from providers interested in providing an NHS 111 and out of hours service.
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North Bristol failing four hour target due to 'lack of beds'
PERFORMANCE: A lack of medical beds has seen North Bristol Trust miss the four hour accident and emergency target every month since September 2011 and is compromising performance against the 18 week referral to treatment target.