South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 40
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Comment
Bring on the chief health AI officer
As electronic health records pave the way, GenAI tools promise transformative gains, requiring strategic focus and investment. By Robert Wachter and Harpreet Sood
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News
Embattled trust seeks merger
A high-profile mental health trust is looking to merge with another organisation amid questions over its long-term viability.
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News
‘High trust’ GP contract sought by NHS England
An NHS England primary care director has said she is hopeful it will be able to shift to a more “high trust” contract with general practice, less reliant on micromanaging poor performance.
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News
New consultants pay deal backed by BMA leaders
The government has agreed to a new deal on consultants’ pay with union leaders, which will now be put to members.
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News
Revealed: The worst hospital food in England
New data has revealed the latest trusts with the best and worst scores for food and cleanliness, according to assessments by staff and patients.
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News
NHSE sued after incomplete video clip led to framework exclusion
A technology company is suing NHS England after the firm’s omission of a 17-second video clip from a tender meant it was excluded from a pivotal procurement framework, High Court documents have revealed.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Going with the flow
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: Where four out of five CEOs are new
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Local
CEO admits ‘risk aversion’ clogging up hospitals
Medics and managers must overcome a system-wide “aversion” to risk after their integrated care system was identified as a national outlier for low numbers of patients discharged home, according to the ICS’s chief executive.
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News
Revealed: Trusts most reliant on oil for their energy
Oil consumption across the NHS estate has seen its largest annual increase in a decade, as trusts turn to the fuel for emergencies and surges in demand.
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HSJ Local
ICB boss takes charge of acute trust
The deputy CEO of an integrated care board has been given interim charge of one of its acute providers, HSJ has learned.
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Daily Insight
The mythbuster: the bed occupancy metric is useless, but automation can fix the problem
NHS’s reluctance to automate data collection hinders operational efficiency. Real-time insights are crucial for tackling waiting times effectively
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HSJ Local
ICS freed from ‘intensive’ central oversight for first time
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System has been lifted out of the lowest category of NHS England’s performance management regime.
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News
‘Limited scope’ for senior manager pay rises warns government
NHS deficits mean there is “limited scope” for senior manager pay rises, the government has claimed.
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News
CEOs told ‘hit A&E target this month or risk funding cuts’
Hospital chiefs have been asked to confirm their trusts will hit the four-hour A&E target this month in a bid to restore confidence in the NHS, HSJ understands.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: ‘Martha’s Rule will mean that she didn’t die completely in vain’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Daily Insight
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Vacant posts, crucial upgrades and lost chances
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Comment
Integration: the answer to everything
Martin Plackard, NHS Blithering’s director of communications and head of system fruition, has published a comprehensive guide to integrated care. ‘It tells you all you need to know – and more,’ he told Julian Patterson
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: The systems most reliant on the private sector
There has been a huge increase in the proportion of treatments done by the private sector compared to before the pandemic, and for the first time we’ve worked out which parts of the country send most patients to independent hospitals.
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News
Trust director resigns over ‘dishonesty’
The strategy director of an acute trust has resigned after being suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for dishonesty over a “repeated period of time”.