South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 245
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The blame game
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsCQC under scrutiny for praising trust during Letby murder spree
The Care Quality Commission has come under scrutiny for its praise of Countess of Chester Hospital during the period when neonatal nurse Lucy Letby has been found to have murdered several babies.
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NewsRevealed: How trust execs resisted concerns over Letby
Trust bosses questioned the integrity of doctors who first raised concerns about a nurse who has now been convicted of murdering seven babies, and forced the medics to apologise to her, an HSJ investigation has established.
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NewsRacism and ageism up among CQC staff, leaked survey reports
The proportion of Care Quality Commission staff reporting age or race discrimination has increased steeply since 2021, alongside a big drop in those who believe it is a “good place to work”, leaked staff survey results reveal.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Two-too-short longlists, ‘very targeted’ restructuring plans and ‘warts-and-all’ references
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentHe did it! How Steve Barclay pulled off Health Week
The health secretary bravely battled cancer targets during a triumphant week-long celebration of everything that’s great about Westminster, writes Julian Patterson
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Expert BriefingHSJ Podcast: Patient experience in the post-covid era
This week HSJ Health Check focuses on patient experience and public perception of the NHS, with guests from National Voices and the Picker Institute.
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NewsRevealed: the huge growth in long-term prescription of strong painkillers
Almost 180,000 patients have been prescribed strong painkillers every month for two years, a rise of over a third compared to levels recorded just before the pandemic, data obtained by HSJ shows.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: No CEO is an island
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCutting procurement ‘red tape’ will save £100m, says NHSE
NHS England has revealed plans to “cut red tape” in procurement by slashing the number of frameworks through which suppliers do business with the NHS.
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NewsNew cancer ‘expectation’ revealed by NHSE
The proportion of patients who receive treatment within 62 days of an initial referral for cancer checks should rise to 70 per cent by March next year, NHS England has said.
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NewsPCNs face ‘resourcing and maturity challenges’, ICS leaders warn
Primary care networks may lack the “resourcing and maturity” needed to deliver integrated care systems’ ambitions, ICS leaders warned in a newly released survey.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Trust alerts police over clinician who ‘worked on forged qualifications’
A major teaching hospital has alerted the police after it discovered an advanced clinical practitioner who worked for the trust for several years and likely saw thousands of patients was doing so on forged professional qualifications, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Moving the blockage
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentThe workforce plan is wrong to focus on recruitment over retention
Georgia Stevenson discusses NHS England’s Long Term Workforce Plan, evaluating its potential to alleviate staffing shortages, enhance training routes, and ultimately improve care quality in maternity and neonatal services
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NewsToo much emphasis placed on CEO ‘success or failure’ says new chief
A chief executive of a major acute trust has said much of the ‘emphasis’ placed on CEOs represents an ‘outdated model of leadership’.
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News'Tougher ambition' for cancer diagnoses set by NHSE
A ‘tougher ambition’ to increase the proportion of patients getting a cancer diagnosis within 28 days of referral will be introduced in 2025, NHS England has announced today.
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NewsStaff ‘let down by leaders’ as ‘chaotic’ service gets double downgrade
A teaching trust has had its maternity services downgraded to ‘inadequate’ after inspectors found stillbirths and massive haemorrhages were not being treated as ‘serious incidents’.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: ‘Warts and all’
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Mairead McCormick, chief executive, Kent Community Health Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.