South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1975
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HSJ Local
Kent PCT to end treatment centre deal with Care UK
COMMERCIAL: NHS West Kent has opted to close the Mid Kent Treatment Centre, which is run on its behalf by independent provider Care UK, due to “sufficient alternative capacity”.
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HSJ Local
Royal Wolverhampton awards contract for legal work
COMMERCIAL: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a contract for legal advice to law firm Weightmans LLP, following a tendering process.
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HSJ Local
Aintree University Hospitals plans to cut 600 posts by 2014
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust has set itself a target of reducing headcount by 200 whole time equivalent posts each year until 2014, its three year plan shows.
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HSJ Local
Community services acquisition sees Homerton grow by a third
FINANCE: The east London foundation trust expects to see its income from community services grow by a third, while acute income falls.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon facing health and safety risks but with 'no affordable' solution
FINANCE: The north west London hospital trust said it was “aware that there are significant health and safety and ongoing maintenance issues facing the estate”.
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HSJ Local
South London and Maudsley to cut £7.5m-worth of posts
WORKFORCE: The South London and Maudsley plans to cut £7.5m-worth of posts from its workforce over the next three years.
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HSJ Local
North Essex cluster yet to find £13m of savings plans
FINANCE: More than £13m of saving schemes for this year are yet to be identified by the North Essex primary care trust cluster.
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HSJ Local
Homerton looks north to expand rehab service
COMMERCIAL: The east London foundation trust said it would look to expand its stroke rehabilitation service into Enfield and Haringey, as part of its growth strategy.
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HSJ Local
Continuing care demand leads to overspend in Norfolk
FINANCE: NHS Norfolk is overspending on continuing healthcare due to “continued growth in patient numbers”, despite a £5m increase in its budget.
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HSJ Local
Countess of Chester to shed 6 per cent of staff over three years
WORKFORCE: The foundation has forecast that it will reduce its workforce by an estimated 189.51 whole time equivalent posts by 2013-14, its newly published three year plan shows.
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HSJ Local
NHS Lewisham memory service aiming for 500 referrals this year
PERFORMANCE: The south east London commissioning organisation is aiming to refer 500 people this year to the service provided by the local mental health trust.
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HSJ Local
NHS Croydon plans £3.4m disinvestment in mental health services
FINANCE: The south London commissioning organisation is planning a total disinvestment of £3.4m on its block contract with its local mental health trust over the current and next two financial years.
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HSJ Local
Early acute overspend leads to £10m 'pressures' forecast in Norfolk
FINANCE: Norfolk primary care trust is predicting acute activity to be above plan by more than £10m by the end of the year, as “all major providers” are currently over performing.
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HSJ Local
Cancer target breach expected at Luton and Dunstable
PERFORMANCE: Luton and Dunstable Hospital FT expected to breach cancer waiting targets for the first two months of current financial year due to clearing a backlog, according to board papers.
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News
Chronic illness link with suicide revealed
At least one person with a chronic or terminal illness decides to commit suicide every day, new research has indicated.
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HSJ Local
Patient volume forces East Surrey to close A&E
PERFORMANCE: Patient volumes forced the accident and emergency department at East Surrey Hospital to close for five hours last month in a situation more akin to winter pressures.
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News
Disagreement over new 'death rate' measure continues
The NHS Information Centre has been forced to amend the new summary hospital mortality indicator following complaints from the members of the steering group set up agree a consensus on measuring mortality rates, HSJ has learned.
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Blogs
The upside-down reporting of NHS waiting times
When waiting times improve, the papers say they got worse. A closer look at the numbers shows why.
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News
Infections rise forces hospital to close to new patients
A hospital has been closed to new patients following a rise in the number of cases of the C difficile bug.
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News
Less than a third of patients asked about diet
Less than a third of patients have been asked about their diet and weight during a stay in hospital and less than a quarter have been given a choice of what they would like to eat, according to new research.