South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 42
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HSJ Partners
Transforming NHS patient care: The evidenced impact of 18 Week Support on reducing waiting times
Claire Dubowski, chief executive officer of 18 Week Support, highlights the impact of their collaboration with the North West Anglia FT in eliminating backlogs and enhancing patient care
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News
Over 30 sepsis deaths linked to ‘systemic’ failings, investigation reveals
Major progress made in sepsis care during the previous decade has been significantly reversed amid repeated failures in recognising and treating the condition.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Pretty vacant
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Paramedic named as trust’s permanent CEO
A leading paramedic has been confirmed as the permanent chief executive of an ambulance trust.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: The threat of regime change
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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News
NHSE looks to scrap ‘follow ups’ target
NHS England is looking to ditch a key elective target that aimed to deliver large reductions in follow-up appointments, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
‘Oldest NHS IT system’ to be replaced
An acute/community trust is set to implement a “game-changing” electronic patient record which will replace one of the oldest IT systems in the NHS, according to its chief executive.
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HSJ Partners
Interview: The story behind Cumbria’s next-generation smart ambulance service
Matt Dugdale, head of digital and clinical innovation at North West Ambulance Service Trust, shares how the trust is using technology to improve ambulance services
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HSJ Partners
The ghost in the machine – balancing the human and technology in digital transformation
Large-scale digital transformation is happening right across the NHS; however, this is often too focused on technological change and overlooks the human changes required to deliver the desired impact. An approach that balances the human and the digital will be key to ensuring sustainable, long-term change
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News
Top team overhauled at trust with ‘inadequate’ leadership rating
Half of the executive directors at an ambulance trust are absent from work or due to leave as it contemplates a major shake-up of its governance.
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News
NHSE not recruiting to 900 vacancies despite staff ‘frustration’
NHS England will “hold back” nearly 900 posts in its new structure, despite many staff currently being at risk of redundancy and looking to apply for the roles, it says in a note leaked to HSJ.
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Daily Insight
The mythbuster: The six ways the NHS screws up making things better
Steve Black sets out the six steps to developing and implementing good policy – and then examines how the NHS too often fails at each of those steps.
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Comment
Why 1.9% for general practice won’t cut it
The government’s proposed 1.9 per cent funding uplift for general practice this year would undermine providers and their GP partners, argues NHS Confederation primary care network director Ruth Rankine, in a rare intervention in the contract negotiation.
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Comment
A Labour government will need unpopular solutions
The solutions an incoming Labour government would need to bring to bear on the NHS would be challenging, counterintuitive, and often unpopular, say Richard Bourne and Professor Steve Iliffe.
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News
ICB pauses work on new stroke unit after ‘assurance’ concerns
A decade-long bid to establish a hyper-acute stroke unit has been delayed further after commissioners raised “assurance” concerns.
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News
Newly installed EPR contributed to A&E death, warns coroner
A newly installed electronic patient record contributed to the “preventable” death of a 31-year-old woman in an emergency department, a trust has been warned.
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Daily Insight
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Digital dawn, stars slip-up and missing millions
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Comment
A positive lack of clarity
Technical problems prevented livestreaming of the latest meeting of the Blithering Integrated Care Board. Fortunately, Julian Patterson was there to capture highlights of the proceedings
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HSJ Partners
Empowering healthcare providers with digital transformation
Kodak Alaris has a long heritage in empowering healthcare providers to streamline their operations, improve data accuracy, and enhance patient care. Read on to discover how Kodak Alaris has already helped several NHS trusts meet their transformation goals
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News
Revealed: The ICBs most reliant on private hospitals
Up to 20 per cent of NHS elective patients are now being treated by private hospitals in some areas, analysis by HSJ suggests.