South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1896
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News
Dozens of CCGs not meeting rules must find 'alternatives'
The dozens of clinical commissioning groups which do not meet the government’s size and shape requirements will have to agree “alternatives” in the next few months.
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News
Nicholson: 'End criticism of managers'
The NHS chief executive has called for an end of criticism of health service managers, hours after the health secretary said too much money had been “wasted” on them.
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News
Cameron backs changes to GP sign off powers
The prime minister has backed calls for GPs to be stripped of their responsibility for signing people off work for long-term sickness.
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Trust spending on carers to be scrutinised
NHS trusts will be forced by the government to say how they spend cash intended for carers after research suggests it does not always reach the frontline.
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Leader
Make an ‘impossible job’ easier by following a NICE example
“I don’t mind people thinking I’m incompetent, although I don’t want them to,” Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower told HSJ this week.
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Ministers focus on older people's care ahead of Operating Framework launch
Ministers are stressing the importance of supporting care for older people as they prepare to release the NHS Operating Framework today.
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Comment
From Tokyo to Torbay, integrating services will prove to be the future
Healthcare services in Torbay, England and in Tokyo, Japan both provide valuable insight into how the health service in the UK might look in the future. In getting ready, there are some stark lessons to learn, writes Mark Britnell.
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News
Exclusive: Dr Foster names 10 trusts overlooking fast recovery processes
Ten hospital trusts which do not follow evidence-based processes for fast recovery from surgery have been named by Dr Foster Intelligence.
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Comment
Michael White: ministers' fears of a CQC tick box regime
Hurt feelings are easy to detect in the system as the winter nights draw in. Officials at the Care Quality Commission sound hurt at what they feel is unfair media treatment of their efforts to ensure the super-regulator is fit for purpose.
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News
Debt deferral measures to support would-be foundation trusts
The Department of Health has indicated that the vast majority of trusts needing financial support to achieve foundation trust status will receive it through the deferral of their loan repayments.
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News
Uniting HealthWatch with CQC a 'mistake', says advisory group
The decision to make HealthWatch England part of the Care Quality Commission is a “mistake”, according to a group advising on the proposals.
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Comment
Media Watch: nursing numbers adding up to a 'crisis'
The Royal College of Nursing’s claim that 56,000 NHS posts have been lost or marked “at risk” during the past year featured in most of the Sunday papers.
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HSJ Knowledge
Healthcare without wires: the next generation of technology for health organisations
The use of wireless technology in healthcare looks set to become the norm. Dominic List looks at the benefits for organisations ready to adopt the new generation of technology.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge: increased demand is the answer, not the question
In 2009 the UK spent 9.8 per cent of its GDP on healthcare. The equivalent figure for 2008 was 8.8 per cent. Such a year on year increase shows theimpact of continuing investment in the NHS even as the recession took hold.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving cardiac care for clinicians while reducing cost to the NHS
Can you improve patient cardiac care and working practice for GP clinicians while reducing the cost of cardiac care to the NHS? Dr Jonathan Lieberman explains how a telemedical ECG service has achieved this at his surgery in Manchester.
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Comment
A new era for performance management in the North
Last month’s clustering of strategic health authorities ushers in a new era of performance management in the North of England.
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Comment
Reconfiguration attention turns to acute services in the South East
Just as the dust was settling on the reconfiguration of community services in the South East Coast region, manoeuvring in the acute sector looks set to throw things up in the air once again.
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HSJ Knowledge
Neurology services in need of new headache pathways to improve productivity
The consistent failure to properly manage headache referrals have put unwelcome pressures on clinical neurology services already struggling with capacity. New pathways for headache patients could relieve some of the pain, says Hedley Emsley.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why behaviour change marketing can still deliver long-term cost savings
The spending freeze on public sector communications amd marketing spending, in place since 2010, has seen fewer public awareness campaigns receive government funding. But this could be counter-productive, argues Mark Blayney Stuart, when evidence suggests there are clear financial benefits to be had.
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News
'Top leaders' to help trusts get through FT pipeline
The NHS Top Leaders programme has launched a drive to send senior managers into NHS trusts needing help with savings plans or getting through the foundation trust pipeline.