South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 577
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News
Exclusive: Clinical waste building up outside hospitals
Clinical waste is piling up outside hospitals, HSJ can reveal, amid fallout from the crisis which exploded in the sector last year.
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News
New digital projects will be signed off by NHSX
NHS commissioners and IT suppliers will need to get sign-off from NHSX for new digital projects, according to fresh details released about the government’s new tech agency.
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News
Daily Insight: Control-alt-delete
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Exclusive: CQC slated major central IT programme
The Care Quality Commission has heavily criticised a major NHS England-led IT project after a review found it to be dysfunctional and at risk of breaking procurement rules.
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News
Four more healthcare professionals arrested in poisoning investigation
Four more healthcare professionals have been arrested in connection with allegations of mistreatment and neglect at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
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HSJ Awards
Improving long term outcomes for mothers and children
Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust designed a new delivery model for services for children aged up to five, and won the 2018 HSJ Award for Workforce Initiative of the Year
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HSJ Awards
Improving low rates of employment among adults with learning difficulties
Royal United Hospitals Bath Foundation Trust’s Project SEARCH in partnership with Virgin care and Fosse Way School gave adults with learning difficulties a positive experience of the workplace and employment opportunities, winning the 2018 HSJ Award for Widening Participation
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News
EU healthcare qualifications to be recognised after no-deal Brexit
EU workers will have their qualifications and registrations recognised whether the UK leaves the EU with or without a deal, the health and social care secretary has announced.
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Comment
Diversifying the HSJ Awards
The NHS England Workforce Race Equality Standard team is working with HSJ to increase diversity in all aspects of the HSJ awards, notes Dr Habib Naqvi
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HSJ Local
Controversial staff transfer gets go-ahead
A controversial transfer of NHS staff has been given the green light despite “significant concerns” being raised about the receiving provider, HSJ has learned.
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News
High Court orders second inquest into 'cover up' child death
The High Court has ordered a new inquest into the death of a three-year-old boy at Stafford Hospital following new evidence which called into doubt the original verdict.
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News
Commissioners probe collapse of 'trailblazing' service
Commissioners are investigating the abrupt closure of a midwifery service hailed as a “trailblazing” model in the NHS long-term plan which ceased operations after racking up £900,000 of debt.
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HSJ Local
Trusts fail to appoint shared chair ahead of merger
Two West Midlands trusts have failed to appoint a joint chair ahead of their merger next year.
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News
Daily Insight: The (nearly) £1m questions
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
Average RTT waiting times are pointless and a missed opportunity
Average waiting time targets will make the numbers look smaller, but that’s about it. Field testing should explore other options that might actually deliver the review’s aims. By Rob Findlay
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News
Teaching hospital outsources long waiters
A hospital trust is to outsource more than 100 surgeries as it tries to bring its waiting list under control.
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Leader
The folly of forcing Matthew Swindells out of NHSE
The NHS is making its third attempt post-Lansley to appoint a national boss to oversee operations. This is a waste of time - and Baroness Dido Harding should appoint Matthew Swindells, argues the HSJ editor.
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News
Government admits pensions policy a ‘disincentive’ to take on extra work
The public sector pensions policy is acting as a “disincentive” for senior clinicians to take on additional work, a health minister said in a Parliamentary debate today.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Show me the money
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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Comment
We need a long-term plan for the nursing workforce
Nursing education isn’t just about getting nurses their registration, it means supporting them throughout their careers to learn new skills and take on broader or more specialist roles. By RCN President Anne-Marie Rafferty