South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 406
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Comment
Gov medical advisors should resign or speak out over England’s failing covid strategy
Regulatory policies need appointment processes and employment contracts which make the freedom to speak out, a genuine independence for medics. By David Oliver
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News
Hospital closed by CQC to reopen under new provider
A mental health hospital which was closed by the Care Quality Commission last year following the deaths of two teenagers will be reopened by a different provider.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The Ministry Of Unsound: Is Dido Harding getting another, even bigger, job?
Andy Cowper sheds light on the policy and politics of healthcare as Simon Stevens closes on completing his tenure.
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News
Chief exec of NHS agency resigns
The man reponsible for leading the troubled NHS Supply Chain agency has resigned, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Interactive
Leadership Q&A: Lancashire and South Cumbria FT
Caroline Donovan explains the transformational new organisational structure for Lancashire and South Cumbria
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Single and unhappy
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Local
NHS England rejects four-way merger and insists on one CCG for 2.7m people
NHS England has rejected plans to merge four clinical commissioning groups in north Merseyside – insisting the merger must also include the five other CCGs in the wider health system, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Expert fatigue, ‘No problems’ Prerana, and a new era for outsourcing
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: A good old-fashioned NHS finance row
Payment by results is being swept away in favour of system funding and block payments — making some hospital chiefs very unhappy indeed. Meanwhile, is the government giving the NHS the money it needs to get through the pandemic? This week’s HSJ Health Check explores.
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HSJ Partners
Gene Therapy – will the NHS lead or follow?
In a four-part series, Bluebirdbio is exploring how the NHS can embrace the power of gene therapy as a treatment for rare diseases in the UK, including some of the systemic changes that will be needed. In this fourth and last column, Ross Selby, MRPharmS, Bluebirdbio UK’s Access, Value and ...
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Treasury tackles Tower of Babel
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
£40m cost of new covid-19 contact tracing app revealed
Up to £25m will be spent funding the new contact tracing app, while another £4m was spent on the defunct NHSX app, health officials have confirmed.
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News
Councillor claims local trust is ‘scapegoated’ over care failings
A councillor has implied the Care Quality Commission has been “heavy handed” for criticisms of his local trust, which saw sustained covid-19 deaths linked to the virus spreading in hospital.
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News
Providers ‘missed opportunities’ in outbreak which killed 15
An investigation into the outbreak of a bacterial infection that killed 15 people has found there were several “missed opportunities” in their care.
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News
First NHS trust to run covid Lighthouse lab
A Lighthouse laboratory will for the first time be run by an NHS hospital trust, which hopes to open the covid-19 testing facility before Christmas.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Tell staff the truth about testing
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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News
Trust director condemns ‘nanny state’ covid measures
The medical director of a major North East hospital trust has warned a ‘nanny state’ approach to local lockdowns could “merely prolong the pain” of the covid-19 pandemic.
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News
Bid to simplify outsourcing ‘could reduce need for subsidiary firms’
A government attempt to simplify the rules around outsourcing could have “massive” implications for the NHS, HSJ has been told.
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Comment
The pandemic must serve as a catalyst for improvements in stroke care
With a second peak of covid-19 likely, it’s becoming clear that the virus is having a profound effect on people living with other health conditions. Unless we act quickly to improve stroke treatment and care, the pandemic risks causing thousands of stroke recoveries, as the Stroke Association’s chief executive Juliet ...
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News
Plans for extra trauma unit mooted to cope with population growth
A new trauma unit could be set up in Kent and Medway because of increasing need for services in south London and north west Kent.