South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1843
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Comment
'Engaging GPs is the new year's resolution for clinical commissioning'
Although many CCGs are now up and running, they face a number of challenges that show no sign of abating. Ben Gowland discusses a key priority for his commissioning group.
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Comment
Media Watch: it's beginning to look a lot like winter
Freezing temperatures kept most of the press preoccupied this week. By the time you read this, Britain will probably have entered a mini ice age with Siberian blasts immobilising the country - or at least the readers of the Express.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to make change management a driver of quality care
Delivering an improved level of quality in patient care through change management is certainly achievable, but the vision and the process must be visible and understood at all levels of your organisation, say Marie-Clare Mendham and Seraphim Patel.
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HSJ Knowledge
How a 'bottom-up' approach to innovation is making service improvements easier
Adopting a bottom-up approach to driving clinical improvements in a traditionally top-down health service is making a significant difference to the collaborative projects being run in north west London by the National Institute for Health Research, writes Ganesh Sathyamoorthy.
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Comment
Opposition likely for Yorkshire reconfiguration plans
Major service change is not getting any easier in North Yorkshire: plans to close inpatient children’s services at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton are back on the agenda, a press release reveals.
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Comment
London ambulance service facing new investigation on performance
Difficult times for the London Ambulance Service as it faces a fresh investigation into its performance.
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HSJ Knowledge
The benefits of using virtual environment radiotherapy training
Utilising virtual environment radiotherapy training has helped one trust develop and improve learning and knowledge in different departments across the trust, as Dean Garnham and colleagues explain.
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News
Confed warns Monitor off credit ratings plan
Most NHS providers are “extremely unlikely” to be able to obtain a credit rating, and the proposal is likely to be unacceptably costly to the health service, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Comment
Redesigning hospital environments can help tackle infection
Controlling healthcare acquired infection requires intelligent hospital design and practices, write Nigel Klein and Vanya Gant.
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News
Fears over 'destabilising' C difficile fines to be investigated
The possibility that fines for C difficile infections will have a “destabilising” effect on some hospitals next year is to be investigated by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
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HSJ Local
Midwife numbers below par at Dartford and Gravesham
WORKFORCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust needed to recruit another 20 midwives, according to latest board papers.
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News
Ideas to improve quality and safety in care homes sought
Nurses are being asked for ideas on how to improve patient care and working conditions in care homes, as part of a new programme of work by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
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HSJ Local
County council to handle health and social care complaints
STRUCTURE: Staffordshire County Council is planning to introduce a single complaints service for health and social care in the county.
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HSJ Local
Sussex Partnership opens new secure unit
STRUCTURE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has opened what it says is the most modern medium secure mental hospital in the country.
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HSJ Local
Inspectors recognise good healthcare in Surrey prison
PERFORMANCE: The healthcare given to prisoners at HMP High Down has been praised in a report.
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News
PM responds to HSJ's criticisms of reforms
David Cameron has defended his government’s health reforms at prime minister’s question time from the criticisms set out in HSJ’s joint leader with Nursing Times and the BMJ.
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HSJ Local
South East’s first stand-alone children’s A&E opens
STRUCTURE: The first stand-alone children’s emergency department in the South East has opened at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton and Hove.
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News
Government urged to slow NHS 111 rollout
GPs and nurses are urging the government to slow the implementation of the new non-emergency NHS telephone number amid fears it could actually increase pressure on services.
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News
Private providers attack Monitor failure regime
Private mental health firms are lobbying for deep changes to Monitor’s proposed failure regime, claiming rules putting “patients ahead of creditors” will prevent them from borrowing.
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News
CCG performance could be measured against 120 indicators
Clinical commissioning groups could be judged against up to 120 performance measures, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has revealed today.