South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 449
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Comment
Younger female NHS workers may face greater risk of death from coronavirus
In a follow up to their initial analysis of NHS staff deaths from coronavirus, Tim Cook, Lesa Kearney, Ella Woodman, Emira Kursumovic and Simon Lennane have looked into the age and sex of those who have died.
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HSJ Interactive
Meeting the healthcare needs of armed forces veterans
Taking a partnership approach to identifying and providing tailored services for veterans, Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group won the Military and Civilian Health Partnership category in the 2019 HSJ Awards
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Acutes impressed but did the discharge plan Excel?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Trusts see surge in acutely ill patients
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Contact me in confidence.
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News
Exclusive: ‘Wobbly’ tracing app ‘failed’ clinical safety and cyber security tests
The government’s coronavirus contact tracing app has so far failed the tests needed for it to gain approval to be included in the NHS app library, HSJ understands.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Starting again
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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News
Mask guidance downgraded amid reports of failing stock
Public Health England has made new changes to its guidance on the use of face masks as “a pragmatic approach for times of severe shortage”.
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News
Flagship Nightingale hospital to be mothballed until second peak
London’s Nightingale Hospital is to be mothballed until a second peak, after seeing only a fraction of the patients first envisaged.
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News
GPs and community services given two weeks to provide consistent support to care homes
Commissioners, GPs and community health providers have a fortnight to start delivering a clinical support service to every care home in England, according to a letter from NHS England.
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HSJ Interactive
Leadership Q&A: Northamptonshire Healthcare FT and Leicestershire Partnership Trust
As two East Midlands trusts embark on the process to appoint their next Medical Directors, Chief Executive Angela Hillery explains how these posts will help propel forward the medical agenda to meet the changing needs of the trusts and their systems
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HSJ Partners
IMPOWER offers a free covid-19 staff tracker
IMPOWER has developed a free to use staff tracker to track staff availability and absences during covid-19, says James Swaffield
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The People’s Chat Show Host
Andy Cowper on government’s attempts to rebut media stories and a blatant attempt at numerical chicanery.
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Comment
Surgeons face “uncomfortable” decisions and a “mammoth” catch-up task
The surgical workforce has a key role to play in the current crisis which requires adaptation and cooperation, write Emily A.H. Duggan, Alex C.G. Armstrong, Justin C.R. Wormald and Mark M. Mikhail
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Comment
‘Let’s not get back to normal’
Phil Hope argues that healthcare devolution may carry the answers to four burning questions about how to battle the covid-19 crisis.
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News
Trust loses appeal against tribunal which strongly criticised CEO’s evidence
A major teaching trust has lost an appeal against an employment tribunal which had been highly critical of evidence given by its chief executive, in the unfair dismissal of a whistleblowing surgeon.
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News
Senior trust director dies after contracting covid-19
A “talented and highly-regarded” senior leader at a major specialist trust, has died after testing positive for covid-19.
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News
Government bans trusts from major PPE deals to stop them competing for scarce equipment
Trusts have been told to stop procuring their own personal protective equipment, ventilators, and a range of other products in high demand due to covid-19.
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News
New areas emerge as hotspots for ‘excess deaths’
New areas have emerged as hotspots for excess deaths during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new analysis of care home statistics by HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham trust to open “covid-free” hospital
A large West Midlands trust has announced it will open “a covid-free” elective hospital as the NHS begins to reintroduce care back into its hospitals.
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News
CQC to call providers to decide whether inspections needed
The Care Quality Commission will call healthcare providers to decide whether they need to be inspected during the covid-19 epidemic.