South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 334
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HSJ Partners
Greater Manchester - next steps in developing as an Integrated Care System
Dr Jaweeda Idoo writes that subject to legislation, ICSs should become statutory organisations as it will bring a greater degree of accountability and transparency and underpin the financial reforms we need to foster further integration
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HSJ Local
Landmark reconfiguration that promised to save 300 lives a year ‘quietly dropped’
One of the highest profile NHS reconfigurations of the last decade — that pledged to save 300 lives per year — has been “quietly dropped”, HSJ has learned.
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News
ICS asks private providers for £10,000 contributions
An integrated care system is asking independent providers on its patch to pay a substantial annual fee to fund system ‘running costs’, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Partners
Will telehealth be the new frontline of healthcare?
Lori Prestesater shares three key factors that should be taken into consideration if healthcare providers are to continue along their trajectory towards being truly digitally driven
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News
Ambulance trust reveals patient’s death amid handover delays row
An ambulance trust has highlighted the death of a woman which it says was due to “being delayed on the back of an ambulance”, just two days after it warned that lives were ‘at risk’ from long handovers.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Dominic Cummings’ fire and brimstone
Dominic Cummings set the Commons health committee on fire with his serious allegations about Matt Hancock’s handling of the pandemic earlier this week.
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News
Daily Insight: Convenient timing
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: A fragile recovery
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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News
Government scraps free emergency parking for NHS staff
Ministers are set to scrap a free emergency parking pass issued to NHS and care staff last year once lockdown restrictions end next month, updated guidance reveals.
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HSJ Interactive
How can we make the most of community healthcare services through the pandemic and beyond?
Even after a year in which keeping patients out of hospital has been more of a priority than ever before, the work of community services often remains overshadowed. Claire Read reports from an HSJ webinar which explored how parity of esteem might finally be established
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News
CQC to focus on services where there is a ‘greater risk of a poor culture going undetected’
The Care Quality Commission has revealed a new strategy that will place more emphasis on a patient’s experience of care and seek to get a better grip on ”care settings where there’s a greater risk of a poor culture going undetected”.
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News
Daily Insight: Bombs over Westminster
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Two major private providers to the NHS to merge, expecting 'sustained demand'
One of the largest private providers of NHS acute care looks set to buy another, and has declared that the unprecedented NHS elective waiting list will “create sustained demand” for their services.
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News
NHS England gives green light to drop four-hour A&E target
NHS England is pushing ahead with plans to replace the NHS’s four-hour emergency target with a new set of 10 metrics, it has announced today.
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News
Claims around protecting care homes from covid ‘complete nonsense’, says Cummings
Dominic Cummings has said official claims around care homes being protected from covid-positive patients who were discharged from hospitals last year are “complete nonsense”.
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HSJ Interactive
Managing booking of outpatient appointments
Nicholas Sands discussed how his organisation is managing the booking of outpatient appointments, particularly in the face of the backlog caused by the pandemic. He was joined on the panel by his colleague Sharon Osterfield, head of automation and programme manager – transformation. Offering an overarching perspective on the current ...
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Beefing up critical care and the issues system leaders must consider
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman
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News
Trust told to take ‘urgent’ action over risks to cancer patients
An external review has issued a series of ‘urgent recommendations’ to a specialist cancer service around patient safety risks.
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News
NHS England in talks over permanent boost to critical care capacity
High-level discussions have started about a substantial permanent increase to the NHS’ critical care capacity, HSJ has learned.
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News
Cummings: ‘Hancock lied to everybody and wrongly accused Stevens over PPE’
Dominic Cummings has accused Matt Hancock of ‘lying to everybody on multiple occasions’, including about NHS chief Sir Simon Stevens blocking crucial orders of personal protective equipment.