South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 185
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The NHS needs to rethink how it communicates
The failure to consider the needs of diverse groups of people badly impacts experience of care. Sarah Sweeney, Head of Policy at National Voices points out how the NHS needs to change the way it communicates with people regarding care
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Mackey fires warning at trusts delivering ‘inexplicably low’ activity levels
A group of struggling trusts that are delivering “inexplicably low” elective activity levels will face “consequences” if they do not meet revised trajectories, NHS England’s elective recovery adviser has warned.
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HSJ Partners
The Plan for Digital Health and Social Care: The Livi take
The publication of the Plan for Digital Health and Social Care welcomingly outlined key digital transformation priorities in a single action plan.
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Daily Insight
National Voices Daily Insight: How should the NHS respond to the cost of living crisis?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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‘Mothballed beds’ must be brought back into service to boost elective activity says NHSE
NHS England has warned trusts that it is “essential” that elective procedures go ahead over winter, despite acknowledging hospital occupancy is running at an “all time high”.
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Exclusive: Urgent safety measure took three years to implement
A key national policy change recommended by the inquest which led to the East Kent maternity inquiry will not be implemented until next February – more than three years after it was called for by a coroner.
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‘Urgent’ patients waiting up to 14 weeks to be seen
Epilepsy patients needing to be seen urgently are waiting up to 14 weeks – against guidance to see such patients within a fortnight – at a trust with a backlog of neurology referrals.
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Public do not support plans to prioritise patients based on ethnicity and deprivation
There is little public support for prioritising waiting lists based on factors such as ethnicity, deprivation or lifestyle habits, despite a growing number of trusts exploring such an approach, new research has found.
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Former trust CEO and medical director cleared over surgery scandal
A major trust’s former chief executive and medical director have been cleared, after being accused of failing to protect breast patients from a rogue surgeon.
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HSJ Interactive
Ensuring good health and well-being for deaf people
Supporting the deaf community in accessing healthcare and committed to removing the barriers that prevent equitable access and treatment, SignHealth, a passionate and caring deaf-led team, have been working with and campaigning for deaf people, many of whom use sign language, since 1986.
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Comment
Bereavement support has been neglected for far too long
Reverend Sarah Mullally emphasises the measures that need to be taken to improve bereavement support across the UK.
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Careless roll out of high intensity services could pose serious risks
With the implementation of High Intensity Use services comes the promise of no coercion and less strain on services, writes Mary Sadid
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Comment
How should the NHS respond to the cost of living crisis?
How is the cost of living crisis impacting patients, and what can the service do to help? Alastair McLellan reviews a timely debate
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Slow cancer diagnosis twice as likely for ethnic minority patients, survey shows
New patient data shows significant regional differences in the effectiveness of primary care in getting cancer sufferers diagnosed – with an even more alarming picture when the data is broken down by ethnicity.
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Daily Insight
National Voices Daily Insight: Making the NHS work for us all
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Paramedics in ‘Mexican standoff’ with A&E staff after ‘unprecedented’ rule change
Angry exchanges between paramedics and A&E staff in Liverpool have broken out after new measures were deployed to hold and treat patients in the back of ambulances.
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Trusts need hundreds of millions to stop hospitals’ roofs collapsing
Trusts need hundreds of millions of pounds to remediate dangerous roofs.
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Leading teaching trust cut from national research programme
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has said it is ‘extremely disappointing’ it will lose a flagship research centre worth tens of millions of pounds, after failing an application process.
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HSJ Interactive
Working to eradicate health inequalities experienced by the black community
Created to erase health disparities faced by the black community, CAHN act as a direct point of contact with commissioners; to champion the work of the Caribbean and African community, and promote its assets, efficiencies, and achievements.
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Comment
Building an effective palliative care workforce
Toby Porter emphasises the need to develop a strong end-of-life care workforce that is prepared to meet growing future need