South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 193
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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.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The trusts going Further, Faster
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsStrikes spread to more trusts over backpay dispute
Strike action by healthcare assistants looks set to spread to more trusts, having so far been confined to the North West region.
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NewsStaffing agency sues trust in framework row
A staffing agency is suing the NHS after it was denied a place on a major procurement framework.
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NewsNHS backlogs drive £20m boost for private cancer firm
A private cancer provider has grown its turnover by £20m – more than 20 per cent – in the past year on the back of the NHS cancer backlog, it reports.
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NewsTop earners to pay less into NHS pension from April
Top earners will soon pay less into their NHS pension each year, the government has confirmed.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The long game
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: £1bn raid on capital budget to cover pay rises and strike costs
Capital budgets have been raided by almost £1bn to fund day-to-day cost pressures, including unfunded pay rises and industrial action costs, new documents reveal.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Audit ‘horror stories’ risk spreading to NHS
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsNHSE approves 20 procurement framework hosts ahead of clampdown
A first set of organisations that set up and run procurement frameworks has been approved by NHS England as part of preparations to force trusts to buy services through accredited routes.
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NewsThirty trusts report more 12-hour waits, despite national improvement
Long A&E waits have got worse at more than one in five acute trusts, despite an improving trend nationally.
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NewsNHS to target same elective activity next year
Health systems will be asked to deliver the same amount of elective activity next year as they were tasked with completing in 2023-24, HSJ understands.
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HSJ PartnersTransforming NHS patient care: The evidenced impact of 18 Week Support on reducing waiting times
Claire Dubowski, chief executive officer of 18 Week Support, highlights the impact of their collaboration with the North West Anglia FT in eliminating backlogs and enhancing patient care
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NewsOver 30 sepsis deaths linked to ‘systemic’ failings, investigation reveals
Major progress made in sepsis care during the previous decade has been significantly reversed amid repeated failures in recognising and treating the condition.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Pretty vacant
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsParamedic named as trust’s permanent CEO
A leading paramedic has been confirmed as the permanent chief executive of an ambulance trust.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The threat of regime change
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE looks to scrap ‘follow ups’ target
NHS England is looking to ditch a key elective target that aimed to deliver large reductions in follow-up appointments, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘Oldest NHS IT system’ to be replaced
An acute/community trust is set to implement a “game-changing” electronic patient record which will replace one of the oldest IT systems in the NHS, according to its chief executive.
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HSJ PartnersInterview: The story behind Cumbria’s next-generation smart ambulance service
Matt Dugdale, head of digital and clinical innovation at North West Ambulance Service Trust, shares how the trust is using technology to improve ambulance services