South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1926
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HSJ Local
Royal Surrey County appoints director of nursing
WORKFORCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital has appointed a new executive director to lead its nursing workforce.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe fails to keep pace with CIP target
FINANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust is falling behind on its cost improvement plan and surplus targets, and is overspending on pay costs.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospital revises down CIPs for year
FINANCE: The north west London hospital has cut its “most likely” cost improvement programme total from £5.3m to £4.5m.
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HSJ Local
Low serious incident reporting flagged at Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes
PERFORMANCE: Concerns have been raised over incident reporting in primary care, independent contractors a hospital in Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes.
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HSJ Local
Acting chief exec named for Bradford Teaching Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Bryan Millar has been named Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust’s acting chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Rising referrals cause concern in Buckinghamshire
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in Buckinghamshire have expressed concerns over rising demand from GP referrals.
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Leader
CCG support vision will calm anger but spark controversy
Last week Sir David Nicholson summoned the 51 primary care trust cluster chief executives to a meeting at which he set out how they should address the challenges ahead. The audience listened dutifully, but the tension in the room was palpable.
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News
DH commissioning support vision revealed
The Department of Health’s vision for the development of commissioning support, which reveals the services likely to be delivered on a national scale, has been leaked to HSJ.
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News
Mental health patient recalls rise as community teams struggle
A dramatic rise in the number of people with serious mental illness being recalled to hospital has led to concern that community mental health teams are overstretched.
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News
NHS savings measures needed until 2020, King's Fund warns
The financial squeeze driving the NHS’s £20bn savings programme will not end in 2015, and the service faces a “productivity gap” of half as much again in the subsequent five years, the chief economist of the King’s Fund has warned.
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News
Government eyes timing as Health Bill amendments pour in
The government is preparing for months of House of Lords debate over the Health Bill, including potential changes.
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News
Lansley's candidate for Commissioning Board chair narrowly wins MPs' backing
The health secretary’s preferred candidate to become NHS Commissioning Board chair has only won endorsement from the House of Commons health committee on the casting vote of its chair.
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News
Older patients' heart care 'not equal'
Heart attack patients aged over 85 are less likely to receive specialist care from a cardiologist in hospital and vital heart medicines after leaving, according to research.
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News
NHS whistleblowers to get better protection
Greater protection for whistleblowers in the health service will be a kep part of a changed NHS Constitution, according to UK health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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HSJ Knowledge
Will Any Qualified Provider bring the private sector and the community together?
With the provision of some community based services being opened up to Any Qualified Provider, Beachcroft LLP partner Robert McGough examines five crucial questions for commissioners to consider.
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HSJ Local
South Tees Hospitals slips on two A&E indicators
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is generally performing well against new A&E clinical quality indicators, but slipped up on two of them in August.
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HSJ Local
A&E performance on track at East Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Hospitals is continuing to exceed the relaxed four hour waiting time target, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex Hospitals spends £5.3m over its staffing budget
WORKFORCE: East Sussex Hospitals was employing nearly 270 more staff than it had budgeted for in August, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex Hospitals changes forecast to surplus
FINANCE: East Sussex Hospitals has revised its year end forecast from an overspend to a small surplus, following “discussions” with commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Sainsbury's offer to replace Milton Keynes health centre
COMMERCIAL: The supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has offered to build a new health centre in Milton Keynes in exchange for building on the site of an existing centre.