South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1912
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HSJ Local
NHS Bolton invokes 'contractual penalties' over foundation trust’s waiting times
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has told the Royal Bolton Hospital Foundation Trust that it will face contractual penalties for failing to achieve waiting time targets in August.
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HSJ Local
East of England failing to cut outpatient activity
PERFORMANCE: The NHS in the East of England has failed to cut the number of people attending outpatient hospital appointments, while other regions have succeeded, according to a board report.
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News
Wiping kidney waiting list could save £650m
Clearing the kidney transplant waiting list for could save the NHS £650m over five years, according to a new donor charity.
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News
NHS workers vote to strike
NHS staff and managers have voted to strike at the end of the month in protest at planned changes to public sector pensions.
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News
Flexible GP registration schemes piloted
Pilot schemes are being launched to enable patients to have more flexibility over registering with a GP close to their workplace.
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News
National framework launched for clinical commissioning leadership development
A national framework has been launched for buying leadership development for clinical commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier misses unplanned re-attendance target
PERFORMANCE: The south-west London trust missed the new A&E standard for unplanned re-attendance in September, with a rate of 7.3 per cent against a target of 5 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Plans approved for three trauma centres in West Midlands
STRUCTURE: Plans to reconfigure major trauma care in the West Midlands around three centres in Birmingham, Stoke and Coventry have been approved.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth trust opposes reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: Reconfiguration plans for stroke, vascular and trauma services in the South Central region has caused disagreement among trusts, some of whom could lose specialties under the proposals.
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News
'Amicable resolution' to United Lincs whistleblower saga
A trust has reached an “amicable resolution” with a former chief executive who was sacked after whistleblowing to NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson about pressure to meet government targets.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier £12.6m deficit £870k off-plan
FINANCE: The south London/Surrey borders hospital trust reported being nearly £1m off-plan, as of month six.
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Leader
Change is inevitable, but more confusion and conflict is not
The last thing most HSJ readers want to hear about is the prospect of further change. Unfortunately the nature of these reforms almost guarantees it.
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News
Expert panel to debate pathology services - free online Q&A for HSJ readers
Pathology services are set to transform over the next few years - but what shape will they take and what practical problems will organisations encounter? HSJ puts together an expert panel to answer your questions in a live online Q&A session.
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News
GPs underperforming on quality and outcomes face 'serious questions'
Scores of GP practices in deprived areas are consistently failing to demonstrate clinical quality under a national incentive scheme, analysis by HSJ has found.
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Comment
Michael White: don't bank on blaming Brussels for the NHS's ills
I was nursing a cold and watching the Commons EU debate on the telly at home when I was startled to hear David Nuttall, the Tory MP leading the anti-European charge, blame those wily foreigners for the imminent closure of the maternity ward and special care baby unit in his ...
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News
Exclusive: equality concern as eight in 10 CCGs led by men
An HSJ analysis has revealed the great majority of emerging clinical commissioning groups are led by men.
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News
Joint commissioning plans need to 'go further', Future Forum lead urges
Clinical commissioning groups need to work with councils to increase the scale of joint commissioning arrangements, a key figure in the NHS Future Forum has told HSJ.
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Leader
Where are all the female clinical leaders?
Of all the unwelcome consequences of the NHS reforms, perhaps the most unexpected is HSJ’s revelation that the leadership of clinical commissioning will be overwhelmingly male.
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News
King's Fund warns Monitor is at risk of 'political interference'
Monitor faces a “considerable” risk of failing in its role as an economic regulator and is too vulnerable to interference by ministers, the King’s Fund has warned.
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Comment
'Our new solutions will come from new entrants'
Circle managing partner Ali Parsa on what Clayton M Christensen’s thinking on innovation means for the NHS.