South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1863
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NewsVacant commissioning board posts endangering transition
Vital appointments to the new commissioning system have fallen further behind schedule, the NHS Commissioning Board has admitted, causing significant knock-on problems for the transition process.
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CommentMichael White: much ado about almost nothing - 0.02pc
The economics of NHS funding are out of joint.
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HSJ KnowledgePeople power: how to make better use of patient experience
It is the commitment of leaders, not the use of surveys, that will properly harness the power of patient experience, argue Seraphim J. Rose Patel and colleagues.
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NewsMid Staffs medical director criticises doctors' 'self-preservation'
Doctors are turning a blind eye to poor practice to protect their own jobs, according to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s medical director.
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NewsCaution over funding for social care reform
The cost of reforming social care should only be met by the NHS if there is also a wider move towards fully integrated services, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: CCP research suggests competition improves hospital services
Research by the NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel, shared exclusively with HSJ, claims to provide new insight into the mechanism by which competitive pressure improves hospital services.
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Comment'Poor patient experience is a clinical time bomb'
But can Virgin’s customer service know-how help?
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy physician involvement can inspire higher performing healthcare
The level of physician involvement is positively associated with better performing hospitals and improved financial management, write Peter Spurgeon and colleagues.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: when risk assessment goes awry
How necessary monitoring is to avoid failure.
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HSJ KnowledgeTrial blazers: the benefits of carrying out clinical studies
Evidence suggests being active in clinical studies helps improve trusts’ performance as well as providing a potential source of income. Alison Moore finds out how trusts of all sizes can lead the way in promoting research.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to ensure quality is kept in place
The quality governance framework is an excellent way of ensuring high-quality care is in place – the key is using it properly, writes Kate Hall.
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CommentHelping the NHS plan for positive patient experience
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust chief medical officer Jonathan Fielden asks Stephen Murphy what Virgin can teach the NHS about customer care and innovation to practice.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy now is the time to invest in community care
Care in the community will ease nursing pressures and help patients but it is not going to happen by accident, says Peter Carter
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy staff policy should revolve around patient needs
The Royal College of Nursing’s head of policy and international Howard Catton talks to Ruslan Zinchenko about designing staffing policies based on patient need.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve variation in inappropriate admission performance
Paul Fitzsimmons explores the rate of inappropriate inpatient admissions associated with diabetes and discusses why CCGs must know how to harness information and to act on it.
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HSJ Local
Mersey Care appoints two new board members
WORKFORCE: Two new members have been appointed to the Mersey Care board, to oversee the trust’s strategic direction and statutory obligations as it bids to make foundation trust status by April 2014.
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HSJ Local
Walton Centre misses 90 per cent waiting target in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust was one of just seven across the North of England to miss the national waiting target for admitted patients in April, latest strategic health authority board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Chemo patients boost thanks to charity
PERFORMANCE: Chemotherapy patients at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital will not have to wait as long for treatment thanks to a charity donation of £41,631.