South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1951
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Poor NHS cost data will delay national pricing, Audit Commission warns
Costing data in the NHS is too poor to establish fixed national prices for new acute and community services, an Audit Commission review has found.
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Comment
Michael White: don't get mad, get on with it
By the time I reached Birmingham for the Liberal Democrats’ autumn conference, the threatened drama about the fate of Andrew Lansley’s much-amended Health and Social Care Bill was all over bar the inevitable shouting.
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GP conflicts of interest could 'badly undermine' confidence in NHS
Conflicts of interest under clinical commissioning could “badly undermine the confidence of regulators, providers, and patients” in the NHS, the NHS Confederation and Royal College of General Practice Centre for Commissioning have warned.
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Comment
Media Watch: notes on a sandal
No single, major health story seemed to grab the attention of the national media at the start of this week – the papers instead mostly opted to write about nurses’ shoes and a missing filing cabinet.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to incorporate diversity into a top performing team
When it comes to workforce and recruitment, “diversity” has become associated with creating challenges for employers, managers and their teams. Philppa Tucker discusses how to approach recruitment so that workforce diversity ends up benefiting everyone involved.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why the NHS needs more transparency in benchmarking to truly drive better services
The NHS brand provides an assurance of quality, but the benchmarking process is murky and doesn’t allow for comparison with independent care providers - calling into doubt whether benchmarking currently can really be a useful tool for measuring performance, says Patrick Carter.
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Comment
Socially enterprising South West faces union resistance
Minutes from a recent NHS South West board meeting published last week reveal the extent of union disquiet at plans to transfer around half of the region’s community services to social enterprises.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs seeks bailout to avert cash crisis
FINANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has sunk so much money into resolving its care quality failures it will run out of cash by December unless it secures a bailout.
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News
Cabinet Office review condemns NPfIT
Ministers have today pledged to hasten the demise of the National Programme for IT after a Cabinet Office review found that it could not deliver on its original aims.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why the amended Health Bill still creates a worrying outlook for the NHS
As the Health and Social Care Bill moves to the Lords, Lucy Reynolds, Martin McKee and Alex Scott-Samuel consider the impact of the Government Response to the NHS Future Forum Report and subsequent amendments agreed by the public bill committee.
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Transfer of public health services to councils in doubt
Many local authorities are not ready to take on public health budgets and responsibility from primary care trusts, according to research exclusively shared with HSJ and sister title Local Government Chronicle.
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Readmissions policy costing hospital trusts £2.3m a year 'should change'
Hospital trusts are being unfairly penalised by bearing the cost of readmissions which are not their fault, according to the Foundation Trust Network.
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London 2012 sports medic pledge likely to fall short
An expansion in specialist sports medics proposed as part of London’s 2012 Olympic bid is likely to be missed by a huge margin, according to a report.
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Leading doctor calls for more clinically-led reconfigurations
Getting local clinicians to drive reconfiguration plans will reduce “overall system costs” and the number of letters sent to local MPs and newspapers, according to a hospital doctor leader.
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Emergency services commissioning needs clarity, committee warns
MPs have called for clarity about who will be responsible for commissioning ambulance services amid concerns that urgent and emergency services could become fragmented.
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HSJ Local
Arden cluster plans commissioning support service
STRUCTURE: The Arden cluster of primary care trusts is planning a commissioning support service with around 200 staff.
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HSJ Local
Lancashire PCT cluster ‘banked’ £38m QIPP savings by end of July
FINANCE: The primary care trust cluster is currently forecasting it will achieve £64.3m of its £66.7m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target in 2011-12, its latest board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Lancashire providers to hold QIPP summit
FINANCE: Lancashire providers are to hold a summit of all clinical leaders, finance directors and chief executives in a bid to “reframe” savings plans on “improving outcomes” and addressing financial challenges collectively.
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HSJ Local
Lancashire Care FT revises reconfiguration blueprint, cutting planned beds by 298
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust has revised its strategic plan for a major reconfiguration of inpatient mental health services across Lancashire, reducing the overall number of beds that will be provided from 560 to 262.
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News
Anonymous tip off raises questions on CQC evidence to Mid Staffs
Evidence given to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry by witnesses from the Care Quality Commission has been called into question after the inquiry team received an anonymous tip off.