South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 372
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Expert BriefingThe four trusts with worrying waiting lists
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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NewsJavid: ‘Extra pay for leaders in challenged areas’
Sajid Javid says NHS leaders will be incentivised to take jobs in challenged organisations through increased pay offers and better ‘support packages’.
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NewsMessenger at odds with Javid over NHS diversity jobs
Sajid Javid’s claim that the number of NHS roles dedicated to promoting equality and diversity should be cut is incorrect and not what the government-commissioned review into NHS management recommended, according to its author.
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CommentEfficiency asks risk damaging patient care
Complex operational pressures, workforce shortages, reduction in covid-19 funding…the list of barriers preventing trusts to deliver efficiency savings, goes on. By Saffron Cordery.
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NewsTrusts may have to close services to make savings, say NHS leaders
The tight financial envelope facing the NHS could force trusts to close services in some areas and ‘streamline’ them to single sites, NHS Providers has warned.
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NewsNHSE extends Capita primary care contract for £94m
NHS England has extended Capita’s primary care support services contract for three more years for £94m.
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NewsGovernment plans ‘single set of management standards’ for the NHS
A government review of health and care leadership has recommended a single set of ‘core leadership and management standards’ for NHS managers.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The Brum bump
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNew role for CQC chief inspector
The Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector of primary care is taking up a new role at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, it has been announced.
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CEO InterviewCEO Interview: Jan Thomas, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS
This is the latest in a series of interviews with senior healthcare leaders, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Tide finally turning on physical checks
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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CommentNHS England’s PCN contract is working against the Fuller review
There is a stark contrast between the themes of the Fuller Stocktake report and NHS England’s primary care network contract, writes Dr Joe McManners
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NewsFour trusts failing government’s free parking commitment
Four trusts are not providing free car parking to those identified as needing it, despite this being a government commitment, HSJ has established.
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HSJ InteractiveHSJ webinar discussed how can the NHS most effectively build resilience to a major cyberattack?
in association with On demand recording now available Before the pandemic, the NHS faced a widespread emergency in the form of the WannaCry attack. The sense then was that it was a matter of when and not if another ...
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NewsStaff shortages leaving women in ‘barbaric’ pain
Patient safety campaigners have said ‘too many women’ are still not being offered a general anaesthetic for a diagnostic test because of staff shortages, leaving them in severe pain.
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NewsMajor trust reports huge jump in two-year waiters, against national reduction
A large NHS trust has reported a huge jump in patients waiting more than two years for elective treatment, bucking the national trend which shows numbers reducing.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A spanner in the works
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ InteractiveCould the NHS make greater use of remote testing?
A recent HSJ webinar, supported by Medichecks, considered whether it’s viable for more patients to collect more samples remotely for subsequent analysis in laboratories – and what impact such a move might have on patients and services. Claire Read reports
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NewsUPDATED: Cancer provider collapses despite NHS catch-up drive
A private cancer diagnostic and treatment provider which last year signed a ‘game-changing’ elective recovery deal with an NHS trust has collapsed and is set to be liquidated.
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NewsJavid: Government ‘on track’ to deliver 48 new hospitals
Sajid Javid has insisted the government is ‘on track’ to deliver 48 new hospitals by 2030, amid reports of funding rows and delays.