South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 356
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Trust CEO leaves for national role
The chief executive of Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has been appointed the national lead for the implementation of the NHS long-term plan.
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‘Smoking ruin’ DHSC could not lead vaccine procurement says Dominic Cummings
Downing Street took covid vaccine procurement out of the ‘smoking ruin’ of the Department of Health and Social Care in the early stages of the pandemic, according to Dominic Cummings the former chief advisor to the Prime Minister.
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Reconsidering the approach to regulating NHS services
Learning from the experience of the covid-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to strengthen a new and constructive dialogue between providers and the bodies that regulate them. By Leanora Vlope
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The difficulties of the government’s health reforms are starting to emerge
Richard Sloggett, former special adviser to the Secretary of State, shares his views on the reforms proposed in the Health and Social Care Bill
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The NHS is sleepwalking into a cardiovascular catastrophe
Cardiovascular disease has received a concerning disregard during the pandemic, which will mean a looming avalanche of strokes and heart attacks over the coming months and years, warns Jules Payne
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Capital budgets could be cut in areas that lose control of finances, NHSE warns
Health systems that fail to show robust monitoring and control of their capital budget could see their allocation cut in subsequent years, regulators have warned.
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Daily Insight: Watered down or full strength?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Government to take ‘joint’ role in appointing NHS chairs and CEOs
Matt Hancock has revealed that the government’sproposed health legislation would give the health secretary the power to ‘sign off’ or ‘veto’ senior appointments to local NHS boards.
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Trusts say joint board under single chair ‘does not mean merger’
Two neighbouring hospital trusts have ruled out a full merger, despite forming a joint board under a single chairman.
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Covid patients now fill fewer than 10pc of general hospital beds in every system
All of England’s health systems now have fewer than 10 per cent of general hospital beds occupied by covid-positive patients, and half are at 5 per cent or below, according to HSJ analysis.
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HSJ Partners
There is no vaccine for the climate emergency
Andy Witchell, Strategy and Development director for the Public Sector, ENGIE UK, sets out three key actions for achieving NHS net zero
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The NHS has not ‘sealed the deal’ with the public on increased use of technology
New research findings suggest policymakers will need to engage with the public and staff to give grounds for future changes and help build confidence about technology-enabled care, notes Tim Horton
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The pandemic has given us a playbook for doing things differently
The past exhausting year has shown us the crucial importance of equipping doctors with the leadership skills they need to deliver first-class care, says Dame Clare Marx
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Test and Trace cuts 8,000 posts
The government’s Test and Trace service is cutting around 8,000 workers as covid cases continue to decline from the January peak, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
ICS to push ahead with contentious reconfiguration
Several acute services are set to be centralised in a partial ‘hot/cold split’ after local health chiefs recommended a controversial reconfiguration between two district general hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Trust chair accused of ‘misleading’ staff over critical report
The chair of a prominent cancer trust has sent a ‘misleading’ message to staff about the extent to which a critical draft report was significantly softened before being finalised.
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Daily Insight: Snackbox blues
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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More than nine in 10 of CCG’s staff give it their approval
More than 95 per cent of staff at one clinical commissioning group would recommend it as a place to work – but one newly-formed organisation would be recommended by well under half its staff, according to NHS staff survey results.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: A Greater big dog's dinner
Tensions have been building in Greater Manchester around the extent to which it should try to diverge from the “integrated care system” model which is being prescribed nationally.
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HSJ Partners
Digital service helps link health and social care as response to the pandemic
The Dorset Intelligence and Insight Service (DiiS) works by bringing together millions of data records made widely accessible via interactive digital dashboards.