South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1924
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CommentThe duty of communicating information to patients
Healthcare regulators need to communicate risks loud and clear.
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News'Incentives required' to improve arthritis support
GPs should be offered incentives to improve the care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who continue to be “systematically and appallingly let down by the NHS”, according to Arthritis Care.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to deliver integrated care alongside effective staff engagement
How and why is people management crucial to the success of integrated care? HSJ Award winner Jane Wells explains.
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HSJ KnowledgeA little more conversation: appraisal and revalidation
Every five years doctors must be ruled fit to practise, and regular appraisal is the cornerstone of the decision. Jennifer Taylor explains how to lead the process in your organisation.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to utilise digital dictation technology for cost and time efficiencies
Digital dictation and related technology can save the NHS time and money, as long as trusts think carefully first about their needs, writes Alison Moore.
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HSJ KnowledgeFrom healthcare to self care: services that help patients look after themselves
Dee Kyne explains how investing in a service redesign secured savings for one practice and health improvements for its patients.
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HSJ Local
SHA's proposed cut to mental health funding 'disgraceful'
FINANCE: A strategic health authority has asked staff to plan for a cut of nearly two-thirds in its mental health research and analysis budget to make up a shortfall on cancer projects.
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HSJ KnowledgePutting patients in the centre: the whole person approach to integrated care
Seraphim Rose Patel explains, with a colleague, how a whole person, whole system approach can reduce NHS and social care costs.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to buy: digital dictation technology
The purchase of digital dictation and other related software by an NHS trust will constitute a purchase of goods for the purposes of the EU procurement rules as implemented under UK law.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow GP practices can help patients help themselves
Dee Kyne takes us through the learning one GP practice uncovered in designing services that would free up clinicians’ time and help patients become better at self care.
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HSJ KnowledgeCase study: how coaches help managers improve their performance
Two managers share their experiences of using coaching sessions to improve their skills - and consequently performance in their roles.
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CommentMedia Watch: Lansley's regional pay plan is 'from another planet'
Health policy in the media this week.
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HSJ Local
Prostate treatment pioneered at Southampton
Doctors at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust are the first in the UK to use a pioneering non-surgical procedure to treat men suffering an enlarged prostate.
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HSJ Local
Nursing director follows chief exec and chair out of James Paget
WORKFORCE: Nursing director Carole Crocker is the latest senior manager to leave the troubled James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust in Great Yarmouth.
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NewsPCTs bypassed in applications to Cancer Drugs Fund
Doctors have been told they can bypass primary care trust funding processes and apply direct to the controversial Cancer Drugs Fund in certain cases, under new guidelines issued by the Department of Health.
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HSJ Local
North Cumbria savings target under pressure from 2011 shortfall
FINANCE: Shortfalls in North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust’s 2011-12 savings programme have nearly doubled the cost reductions it will need this year, its latest finance report shows.
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HSJ Local
NHS Plymouth issues contract notice over A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: NHS Plymouth has issued Plymouth Hospitals Trust with a contract performance notice, after the trust failed to meet the four hour accident and emergency target during February and March.
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HSJ Local
Ealing Hospital misses maternity target
PERFORMANCE: Ealing Hospital Trust has missed its target for 12-week screenings for pregnant women.
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HSJ Local
Locum costs and bed pressures key risk to Weston budget
FINANCE: Expenditure on locum staffing is one of the key risks to the delivery of Weston Area Health Trust’s 2012-13 budget, papers presented to April’s board reveal.