South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 433
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Running the health service under covid
This week’s HSJ podcast reveals the dilemmas facing those running and working in the NHS as it tries to operate while keeping covid-19 outbreaks under control.
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News
Ex-nurse appointed CEO of hospital trust
Salisbury NHS FT has appointed a former nurse as its new chief executive officer.
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News
Trusts with the most covid outbreaks to get regional intervention
NHS trusts have been told to carry out internal investigations each time a patient is suspected of contracting covid-19 while in hospital — with “outlier” trusts subject to regional intervention.
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Comment
The real reason why the NHS testing app had to be ‘world beating’
Paul Corrigan writes that the Government’s desire to produce a ‘world beating’ test, track and trace system is misplaced and counter-productive.
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News
CQC investigates its own response to concerns over troubled service
The Care Quality Commission has launched a review into its own regulatory response to a troubled autism service, HSJ has learned.
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News
‘Requiring immediate action’: The patient safety issues hidden in unpublished reports
These are some of the serious findings of external reviews of NHS services from recent years, previously unpublished but now released to HSJ.
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News
Revealed: The serious care failings the NHS tried to keep secret
The NHS has kept secret dozens of external reviews of failings in local services – covering possible premature deaths, unnecessary and harmful operations, and rows among doctors putting patients at risk – an HSJ investigation has found.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: The Pressure on Test and Trace
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Leader
Not before time the covid testing programme finds proper purpose
The success of the test and trace programme is the cornerstone of both the NHS’ ability to increase the amount of care it can provide, as well as the continued unlocking of the economy and guarding against a second peak.
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News
Pandemic had ‘significant’ impact on AHP learning
The covid-19 pandemic had a “significant” impact on the ability of hospitals to offer and deliver clinical placements for allied health professionals, the membership body for the 14 different AHP professions has warned.
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News
Exclusive: Private provider’s contract suspended pending safety review
An independent provider’s NHS contract has been suspended, and a harm review is to be carried out on patients who have faced a long wait.
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News
Ministers consider flu vaccine for extra 10 million people
The government is considering plans to extend flu vaccinations to all over 50s for this winter, HSJ understands.
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News
Restoration delayed as trusts wait for covid cash
There is growing frustration from local leaders over delays in accessing covid-19 capital funds — despite government assurances the NHS would get “whatever it needs”.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Braced for an encore
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: The domino effect
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
CCG chief seconded to NHS England
The chief officer of the clinical commissioning group at the heart of a first-wave integrated care system is leaving to work for NHS England and Improvement.
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News
NHS planning for second covid peak more than double the size
Health services in at least one of the NHS’s seven regions are preparing to cope with a second peak of coronavirus demand more than twice the size as the first.
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News
Officials put £5bn estimate on coronavirus testing cost
The government is estimating it will spend £5bn on testing for covid-19, according to a Public Health England notice.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Cough up for the costly coping mechanism
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Decision to end shielding for 2 million at ‘high risk’ confirmed
The government has confirmed the “shielding” programme for 2 million people at high risk from coronavirus will finish at the end of July, as revealed by HSJ last week.