South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1908
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News
Assura Medical staff told to give chlamydia tests to family and friends
A private company which has taken over NHS sexual health services in Teeside instructed staff to hand out chlamydia tests to family and friends in a bid to hit screening targets, a leaked memo has revealed.
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News
FT chair forced out over alleged poor care
The chair of James Paget Hospitals Foundation Trust in Great Yarmouth has resigned following a political storm over alleged poor care.
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Comment
Massive Midlands cluster faces a big foundation status challenge
The giant Midlands and East strategic health authority cluster held its first full board meeting as a monolith last week.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge: PbR is becoming increasingly irrelevant
The strategic direction of tariff funding used to be steady expansion of scope and steady growth in sophistication. In time, it was understood, payment by results would cover virtually the entire English NHS.
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News
NHS lacks leadership consistency, peers told
Britain lacks “a consistency of leadership” in overseeing the NHS due to the changes of health secretary, a Conservative Peer has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to measure activity and workforce planning for clinical research staff
A workforce planning tool for clinical researchers adapted from US clinical research centres has helped staff in the UK with widely accepted metrics that provide recognised, valuable data and evidence, as members of the UK Clinical Research Facility Network intensity working group explain.
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HSJ Knowledge
How scenario planning can inspire creative approaches to innovation
Supporting and organising efforts to create and use innovative technologies is more difficult than ever but a recently developed set of future scenarios may help spur some creative planning, write Clive Savory, Joyce Fortune and Geoff Peters.
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HSJ Local
North Cumbria University Hospitals speeds up takeover process
STRUCTURE: The trust board decided last night to accelerate the timetable for its planned takeover, and expects to be able to choose its preferred bidder in January this year.
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News
Ombudsman names doctor in swearing row
The Health Service Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of publicly naming a GP who has refused to compensate a patient for causing her distress.
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News
Patients Association attacks care of older people
Tough action is needed against hospitals that neglect patients, the Patients Association has said.
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HSJ Local
McKinsey finds Sherwood Forest's PFI is 'sustainable'
FINANCE: A McKinsey review of the trust’s private finance initiative has found it is sustainable, with health community support.
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News
DH signals new delays to commissioning support procurement
Most clinical commissioning groups will be unable to bring in major new support services to replace ex-primary care trust staff until early 2014, new Department of Health guidance indicates.
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News
Minister: eight-minute ambulance target could be eased
The Department of Health is considering adding up to a minute to the ambulance response time target for life-threatening calls in an attempt to use resources more efficiently.
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News
Royal Liverpool innovation centre plans get boost from Heseltine report
A Liverpool trust is to seek Department of Health investment in a “bio-innovation centre” on its site, after a report commissioned by the prime minister endorsed the proposal.
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HSJ Local
New chair for London hospital
WORKFORCE: Kingston Hospital Trust has appointed a new chair.
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HSJ Local
Mental Health trust cleared in murder review
PERFORMANCE: An independent review has cleared Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust of responsibility for a murder by a service user, but has highlighted weaknesses at the trust.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospital's chief operating officer moves to West Middlesex
WORKFORCE: Julie Wright will undertake a year’s secondment to West Middlesex University Hospital as director of nursing and midwifery.
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HSJ Local
Imperial expansion at WMUH mooted
STRUCTURE: An estates strategy produced by West Middlesex University Hospital Trust said an option to “sweat assets” included “the expansion and transfer of the renal service provided on site by Imperial Healthcare Trust to the fourth floor of east wing”.
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HSJ Local
Sherwood Forest charges disabled parkers
FINANCE: The trust has agreed to introduce parking charges for disabled and concession users.
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HSJ Local
West Middlesex paying £4.2m a year in interest
FINANCE: The west London trust, which has an annual turnover of £149m, is paying £3.4m a year interest on its PFI and £800k for a DH loan.