South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1925
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HSJ Knowledge
How enhanced recovery in acute trusts can improve quality and outcomes
A programme that aims to accelerate recovery after elective surgery could have wider benefits that lead to improved patient and staff outcomes, leaner practices and higher quality. Helen Scrimshire and colleagues report from Nottingham Iniversity Hospitals Trust.
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News
Revalidation push lacking sufficient resources
A third of organisations say they have insufficient resources to properly check doctors’ fitness to practise through the revalidation system.
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News
NHS Blood and Transplant part-privatisation plans dropped
The government has dropped proposals to part-privatise NHS Blood and Transplant.
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Comment
South West community enterprises go operational in October
While many acute trusts in the South West were contending with an unseasonal heatwave that saw daytrippers flocking to the region’s beaches and emergency departments, the community sector was busy sizing up the raft of new social enterprises which became formally operational on 1 October.
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Comment
DH ruling puts paid to rotating chairs in the East
The South Essex primary care trust cluster is planning to make £300m of savings in the next four years, so it probably does not want to be playing musical chairs with its board.
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HSJ Knowledge
The benefits of PbR in commissioning smoking cessation services
Using a payment by results approach to commissioning smoking cessation services has significantly improved results in the West Midlands, which could have implications for national policy, as Fraser Battye and Steven Wyatt explain.
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News
Protection for whistleblowers to become constitutional right
Protection for NHS whistleblowers will be enshrined in the NHS constitution from next year, health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced.
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News
Finance directors 'optimistic' on savings plans but local fears persist
NHS finance directors are “cautiously optimistic” about their savings plans but increasingly pessimistic about the finances of their local health economies, a King’s Fund survey has revealed.
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News
Public health workforce 'dispirited' as uncertainty goes on
The government’s lack of action to dispel uncertainty about the future of the public health workforce is “dispiriting” and poses the “real risk” of losing expert staff, the Faculty of Public Health has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why exceeding patient expectations should be central for clinical commissioners
The Health Bill’s ambition to improve healthcare quality while empowering patients and clinicians is commendable, but the principles seem to clash. Aiming to exceed patient expectations could be a core target that may help deliver in all three areas, argues Douglas Smallwood.
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HSJ Local
Drop in patient information performance at Kent and Medway Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Only four in 10 patients at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust remember being given an information leaflet when entering the trust, according to a report.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway Partnership seeking two senior execs
WORKFORCE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is seeking to fill vacancies for a chief executive and executive director of finance and resources.
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HSJ Local
Finance 'capacity gap' at Leicester City worsens as resources are shared with CCGs
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has identified a “capacity gap” in its finance team that is worsening due to having to share resources with clinical commissioning groups.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire agrees ambulance commissioning plan
STRUCTURE: Derbyshire cluster has set out its response to the options set out by NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson for ambulance commissioning.
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HSJ Local
Stockport FT’s finances fall into red following Stepping Hill investigation
FINANCE: The fallout from the alleged sabotage of saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital has driven the finances of Stockport Foundation Trust into the red, its latest finance report shows.
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Comment
Media Watch: Lansley faces the flack after Question Time attack
Monday’s Daily Mail treated readers not only to “Cliff [Richard]: ‘why I’d consider euthanasia’” but a bumper column from Melanie Phillips on nursing.
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HSJ Local
Sharp rise in patient safety incidents reported at Cheshire and Wirral FT
PERFORMANCE: The number of patient safety incidents and near misses reported at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust in the first three months of 2011-12 rose 44 per cent compared with the previous quarter, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Pressures lead to overspend on Milton Keynes prison health service
FINANCE: Pressures on health services at a prison in Milton Keynes are causing it to overspend, according to a board paper.
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HSJ Local
Maternity reconfiguration consultation under way in East Kent
STRUCTURE: The future of maternity services in east Kent is to be decided by a three month public consultation, which is likely to see two birthing centres closed.
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HSJ Local
Medway FT commended for breastfeeding support
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust has been awarded a “Certificate of Commitment” in its first step towards gaining international recognition from the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative.