South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1911
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NewsConcern over board FT meetings held in private
Only two out of the five acute foundation trusts which hold board meetings in private in the East of England have changed their policies, nearly a year being told to do so by the health secretary.
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NewsMiliband to attack government handling of the NHS
Labour leader Ed Miliband will today accuse the government of acting like “the masters, not the servants” of the NHS.
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NewsRecord low in post-50 cancer deaths achieved
The number of people in their 50s dying prematurely from cancer in the UK has reached a record low, new figures have revealed.
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NewsRCN chief 'fears' for commissioners negotiating with private sector
NHS commissioners will be “taken to the cleaners” by private sector providers, the head of the Royal College of Nursing has claimed.
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NewsLansley faces nurses' cuts and pensions complaints
The health secretary fought to rebut complaints about service cuts and damage to pensions in his speech to the Royal College of Nursing annual congress.
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NewsLeicester receives CQC rebuke over trolley waits
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been issued with a Care Quality Commission warning notice after an inspection revealed lengthy trolley waits, resulting in “a lack of privacy and dignity”.
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Blogs
Commissioning board must safeguard the future of secure care services
The Commissioning Board takes over responsibility for specialised services in April 2013 and needs to focus on designing a system without the blockage problems of today if it is to commissioning secure care successfully.
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Blogs
Debunking some myths about disruptive innovation in the NHS
As the focus on innovation grows inside the NHS, some leaders have suggested that the really radical “disruptive” innovations that the NHS needs can only come from external sources. But where do the most radical, disruptive innovations come from?
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NewsThree commissioning support services fail key test
Three out of 26 commissioning support service plans have been scrapped and a further nine have been identified as needing “rigorous management”, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced this morning.
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Blogs
Holding a mirror up to the managers
“Mirror mirror on the wall, am I a good manager after all?”
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NewsRCN warns of treatment in corridors and long trolley waits
Patients are being routinely left on trolleys for hours and treated in corridors and other inappropriate areas, the Royal College of Nursing has warned in the wake of new survey results.
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CommentWill economic problems finally fix London health care?
And, can London focus on the future when the present is so tough?
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HSJ Local
BSUH pens deal for EPR system
COMMERCIAL: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a contract for a new electronic patient record system.
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HSJ Local
Dementia care initiatives trumpeted in East Sussex
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has highlighted the improvements it is making in care for dementia patients.
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HSJ Local
Top 40 ranking for Frimley Park
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been named among the 40 best in the country for the eleventh time by health intelligence company CHKS.
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HSJ Local
New medical training facility opens
STRUCTURE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has officially opened a new state-of-the-art facility to improve patient safety.
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HSJ Local
Chief exec praises waiting time efforts
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has met the accident and emergency waiting time target for weeks in a row, according its chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Medway FT rated in top 40 list again
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust was named one of the 40 top hospitals in the country at the annual CHKS 40 Top Hospitals Awards.
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HSJ Local
Heart success for Medway
PERFORMANCE: The number of people dying of heart attacks in Medway has fallen by 77 per cent over the last two decades, according to latest public health data.
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HSJ Local
School liaison nurses work to reduce absenteeism
SERVICES: A pioneering service in Essex will see two school liaison nurses working to reduce school absenteeism and encourage appropriate use of health services.