South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1948
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News
Lords set to launch further Health Bill challenge
The government’s health reforms could be delayed further due to a series of likely challenges as the Health Bill reaches the House of Lords.
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HSJ Local
Royal Brompton & Harefield Trust judicial review to start this week
STRUCTURE: The central London specialist trust is due to start its judical review hearing in the High Court on Tuesday.
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HSJ Local
Financial concerns 'escalated' at Ipswich Hospital
FINANCE: NHS East of England has “escalated” financial concerns with the Ipswich Hospital as the trust is reporting that it is £3.8m behind on financial plans.
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HSJ Local
Yorks & Humber establishes Local Education and Training Board
WORKFORCE: NHS Yorkshire and Humber has established an Interim Yorkshire and the Humber Local NHS Education and Training Board.
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HSJ Local
Seven North East PCTs behind on C difficile
PERFORMANCE: Seven PCT areas in the North East have recorded more C difficile infections than their target maximum at July.
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HSJ Local
County Durham and Darlington cluster praised for leadership
STRUCTURE: The County Durham and Darlington PCT cluster has been praised by the Department of Health as part of the strategic health authority assurance process.
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HSJ Local
Aintree FT advises on introduction of medical emergency team at Whiston Hospital
WORKFORCE: The foundation has been advising St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust on its plans to introduce a multidisciplinary medical emergency team, it said in a statement.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk community trust requests FT timeline extension
STRUCTURE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has requested a nine month extension to its deadline for achieving foundation trust status amid governance, quality and finance concerns, according to SHA board papers.
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News
Businesses call for Osborne to dip into health budget if economy worsens
An influential business lobby group is calling for the Treasury to consider “dismantling” the ring fence protecting health spending if the economy has not improved “significantly” by the 2012 Budget.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive appointed to key London trust
WORKFORCE: A new chief executive has been appointed to a large non-foundation trust in London.
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HSJ Local
CQC tells James Paget to 'urgently' improve nutrition
PERFORMANCE: James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust must make “urgent improvements” to how it meets the nutritional needs of older patients after failing to demonstrate improvements, the Care Quality Commission has demanded.
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News
Flexible hospital visits claim defended by Carter
A nurses’ leader who suggested relatives of the elderly should be encouraged to help care for loved ones while in hospital has moved to defend his comments.
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News
Doctors 'failing' cancer patients on side effects
Cancer patients are being let down “far too often” by doctors failing to spot other medical problems caused by their treatment, according to a leading expert on the disease.
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Comment
What the realities of competition mean for organisations' sustainability
While the theory of competition in healthcare drives up quality, the pragmatics mean commissioners should keep a close eye on whether their services remain sustainable in the long term, warns NHS Tameside and Glossop chief executive Tim Riley.
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HSJ Knowledge
Is more surgery the answer to the nation's obesity crisis?
Obesity is perhaps the biggest crisis facing the nation’s health. Effective treatments such as bariatric surgery must be used more widely, say David Haslam and Carel Le Roux.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham Women's loses chair and chief exec
WORKFORCE: The chief executive and acting chair of Birmingham Women’s Hospital Foundation Trust have left within a week of each other.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall Partnership wants to be single learning disabilities provider
STRUCTURE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust is planning to acquire children and adolescent mental health services, develop a perinatal service and become a single provider for learning disability services in Cornwall.
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HSJ Local
SHA sounds alarm bells about NHS Cumbria’s QIPP progress
FINANCE: The primary care trust has been asked to provide a “detailed recovery plan” explaining when it will get its QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings back on track, after they were rated “red” by NHS North West.
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HSJ Local
NHS North cluster names senior executive directors
WORKFORCE: The senior executive team has been appointed for the NHS North cluster, made up of NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, North West and North East.
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HSJ Local
NHS Midlands and East cluster names senior executive directors
WORKFORCE: The senior executive team has been appointed for the NHS Midlands and the East cluster, made up of NHS East of England, West Midlands and East Midlands.