South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 192
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NewsRevealed: Trusts most reliant on oil for their energy
Oil consumption across the NHS estate has seen its largest annual increase in a decade, as trusts turn to the fuel for emergencies and surges in demand.
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HSJ LocalICB boss takes charge of acute trust
The deputy CEO of an integrated care board has been given interim charge of one of its acute providers, HSJ has learned.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: the bed occupancy metric is useless, but automation can fix the problem
NHS’s reluctance to automate data collection hinders operational efficiency. Real-time insights are crucial for tackling waiting times effectively
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HSJ LocalICS freed from ‘intensive’ central oversight for first time
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System has been lifted out of the lowest category of NHS England’s performance management regime.
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News‘Limited scope’ for senior manager pay rises warns government
NHS deficits mean there is “limited scope” for senior manager pay rises, the government has claimed.
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NewsCEOs told ‘hit A&E target this month or risk funding cuts’
Hospital chiefs have been asked to confirm their trusts will hit the four-hour A&E target this month in a bid to restore confidence in the NHS, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: ‘Martha’s Rule will mean that she didn’t die completely in vain’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Vacant posts, crucial upgrades and lost chances
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentIntegration: the answer to everything
Martin Plackard, NHS Blithering’s director of communications and head of system fruition, has published a comprehensive guide to integrated care. ‘It tells you all you need to know – and more,’ he told Julian Patterson
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The systems most reliant on the private sector
There has been a huge increase in the proportion of treatments done by the private sector compared to before the pandemic, and for the first time we’ve worked out which parts of the country send most patients to independent hospitals.
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NewsTrust director resigns over ‘dishonesty’
The strategy director of an acute trust has resigned after being suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for dishonesty over a “repeated period of time”.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Challenging times
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsMore trusts discover their buildings have faulty concrete
Thirteen more NHS hospitals have identified a potentially unsafe form of concrete in their buildings, causing closures and disruption to wards.
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NewsChair leaves trust after a year in post
An ambulance trust chair has announced his departure, little more than a year after he took up the post.
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NewsTrust rejects NHSE’s claim it has lost 17% productivity
A large hospital trust has rejected NHS England analysis suggesting its productivity has fallen by nearly a fifth post-pandemic.
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NewsLack of collaboration a factor in failed bids for new hospital, says CEO
The lack of collaboration with a neighbour was a factor in a trust being overlooked for capital investment to rebuild an acute hospital, its chief executive has suggested.
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HSJ LocalService with 10-year waits set for overhaul
A mental health trust where waiting times for ADHD assessments reached 10 years attempted to stop running the service amid concern over “untenable” demand pressures, board papers suggest.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Robbing Peter
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsGovernment ‘taskforce’ to plan ‘future of general practice’
Government will launch a “taskforce” this year to consider the “future of general practice”, it has announced, while describing this year’s GP contract as a “stepping stone” towards “more fundamental reform”.
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NewsNew director ‘competency’ requirements unveiled by NHSE
NHS board members must speak up against discrimination, challenge others constructively and help foster a safe culture, under a new NHS England assessment framework.