South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 450
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Out for the count
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
Reduced attendances and admissions: lessons from the covid crisis
Several factors have contributed to reduced emergency attendances and admissions during the coronavirus pandemic, writes Ben Owens
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News
Former trust chief to chair STP
The former chief executive of a London acute trust is to chair the sustainability and transformation partnership in Kent and Medway.
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News
Government counts mailouts to hit 100,000 testing target
The government changed the way it counts the number of covid-19 tests in order to hit its target of 100,000 tests per day by the end of April, HSJ can reveal.
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News
“Major problem” with testing meant likely covid deaths went unrecorded
GPs may have undercounted the number of deaths certified as caused by covid-19 because of a “major problem” with a lack of testing, the chair of the Royal College of GPs has warned.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: The NHS shuffles its workforce pack for covid phase 2
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
Severely ill eating disorder patients getting least support, says leading expert
Patients with the most severe eating disorders have received the least support during the covid-19 pandemic, a leading expert has warned.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: A possible covid-linked syndrome in children
On this week’s HSJ Health Check podcast we discuss warnings over a possible covid-linked condition in children, and Sir Simon Steven’s new guidance on the next phase of the response for the NHS.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Access granted
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Local
CQC recommends ‘inadequate’ trust goes into special measures
The Care Quality Commission has recommended Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust be placed in special measures.
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News
‘Restarting services more complicated than stopping them,’ say hospital bosses
A drive to restart elective procedures will be hampered by a lack of rapid testing and tracking of covid-19 positive patients, senior hospital leaders have warned.
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News
Official data demonstrates rapid rise of remote GP consultations
GPs moved swiftly to change their practice model in the face of covid-19 as part of the grand NHS reorganisation for covid-19, according to NHS Digital’s appointments data.
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News
Doctors union ‘dismayed’ GPs asked to bring forward care home support
The British Medical Association has pushed back on NHS plans to start a contentious care home service five months early, with the chair of its general practice committee saying it was “incredibly disappointed” by the centre’s decision.
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News
Where the NHS restoration might start first — and last
Figures seen by HSJ highlight areas where NHS hospitals may have the most scope for reintroducing normal care — but those in the areas argue it will not be straightforward.
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News
Trust’s ‘inadequate’ leadership referred to patients as bed numbers, finds CQC
A trust which has struggled to sustain improvements after coming out of special measures three years ago has been judged “inadequate” for being well-led.
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News
Exclusive: Trust diverted at least 120 women in labour in four years
A trust with deep-rooted problems in its maternity service had to close one of its two units — which are nearly 40 miles apart — to new births 111 times in four years, HSJ can reveal.
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Leader
The NHS’ recovery from covid will be complex, uncertain and controversial
Restarting “routine” care will be no simple task, as our analysis of yesterday’s letter from NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens shows.
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Expert Briefing
Daily Insight: Getting back to business
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Visas for further 3,000 overseas workers extended
More than 3,000 overseas health and social care workers have had their visas extended by an extra 12 months to help fight the covid-19 outbreak.
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News
BAME staff should be ‘risk-assessed’ over covid concerns, says NHSE
Healthcare leaders should “risk-assess” staff who may be at a greater risk of covid-19, including those from black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and make “appropriate arrangements”, NHS England has said.