South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 29
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NewsNHSE picks seven trusts for £5bn investment
NHS England has announced the seven trusts it intends to award contracts totalling £5bn to run the NHS Genomic Medicine Service over the next decade.
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HSJ PartnersPFI countdown: Securing the NHS estate for tomorrow
With more than 150 NHS PFI contracts expiring by 2051 – most by 2036 – early handback preparation is essential. Anisha Mayor, WSP’s UK head of healthcare, examines how trusts can protect their estates, reduce clinical and financial risks, and transform handback from liability to long-term asset
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NewsPoor ventilation leaves hospitals ‘not ready’ for another covid
Just four years after the peak of the pandemic, four in five NHS acute trusts are concerned their ventilation systems may be inadequate, according to an investigation by HSJ.
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NewsEx-NHSE director joins consultancy
One of the senior directors who left NHS England in the spring has taken up an executive role at a large management consultancy.
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NewsFirst ambulance trusts to share leaders
Two ambulance trusts are set to appoint a joint chair and chief executive, the first to do so in the sector.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The space hospitals can’t cut any more
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: Director quits DHSC for senior regional role
The second permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, Tom Riordan, is leaving after only a year in the post for a newly created cross-government role.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The end of deficit support
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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NewsProfits slump at staffing agencies as NHS cuts bite
Four leading providers of agency staff to the NHS have all reported a sharp decline in turnover and profits as trusts continue to cut spend on temporary workers.
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NewsMinimum ‘staff welfare’ space mandated for the first time
New hospitals will be required to set aside a minimum amount of space for “staff welfare” for the first time, it has been revealed.
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CommentOur simulation will share the ingredients for neighbourhood success
A simulation over two days at the NHS Providers conference will test new ways of delivering the shift to neighbourhood care
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NewsTrust sells in-house consultancy for £12m
An NHS trust has sold off its consultancy arm as part of efforts to meet a demanding cost improvement target.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A deficit of safety
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust admits failings after absconded girl’s death
A hospital trust faces a substantial fine after admitting staff failed to follow a teenage girl with mental health problems who absconded from a hospital ward and then killed herself.
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NewsWarning of ‘future deaths’ as repeated governance failures are revealed at major trust
A “failure of governance” has been identified by two coroners investigating deaths at the same major London teaching trust.
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NewsFive convicted over £300k fraud at major trust
A former NHS credit controller has been convicted of fraud after stealing more than £218,000 and attempting to claim a further £84,000 from a top London trust.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: A classic tale of NHS process failure
Taking the time to find out how the NHS really works reveals huge opportunities for improvement, but too few leaders and policymakers bother to do so.
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NewsNHSE push for FDP adoption sparks concern over ‘costs and benefits’
NHS England has stepped up its campaign to get trusts and integrated care boards to use the national Federated Data Platform, sparking further concerns from technology leaders that the centre is overriding the wishes of local organisations.
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NewsIntegrated health organisations actually a form of contract, says NHSE
The “integrated health organisations” proposed in the government’s 10-Year Health Plan are not, in fact, organisations but a “contract-based delivery method”, according to the 2026-27 planning guidance issued by NHS England today.
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NewsNHS App to become default patient communication channel
The NHS App should be the main channel for all types of patient communication by the start of 2029, new national guidance has stated.