South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 594
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News
Trust spot purchasing beds after ending deal with 'inadequate' home
An NHS trust has been forced to spot purchase beds after it pulled out of a contract with a care home ahead of criticism from the Care Quality Commission.
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News
CQC calls on public to speak up about care
The Care Quality Commission is calling on the public to speak up about their experiences of care in the NHS, after new research showed millions of patients who had concerns never raised them.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: The battle for capital
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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News
'Creative accounting' behind £600m DHSC bailout, says MP
The in-year bailout for the Department of Health and Social Care is partly a result of the “creative accounting” which has masked the real financial position, says the chair of the Commons public accounts committee.
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Daily Insight: The dam holding back the flood
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ Interactive
Regional Talent Boards: Balancing a national approach to talent with regional priorities
Martin Hancock discusses how Regional Talent Boards came about and the core principles that underpin them
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut:Tesco, Disneyfication and avoiding the real problems
Instead of stating the real problems facing the NHS, two leading figures are Disneyfying the problems and missing the point, rues Andy Cowper
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News
Ward leaders key to safety as new roles introduced, says chief nurse
Ward leaders are key to maintaining patient safety as new staff roles join the workforce this year, the new chief nursing officer for England has told HSJ.
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New CNO: We must grow undergraduate nursing supply
The workforce implementation plan must lead to an increase in the undergraduate supply of nurses while retaining current NHS staff, England’s chief nursing officer has said.
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HSJ Local
Trio of private providers fight for £2.2bn London contract
Three bidders have been shortlisted for one of the biggest NHS pathology contracts, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Trust in land sale deal with city university
A foundation trust has sold one of its former hospital sites to the local university, which plans to use it for a centre of research into elderly care, along with housing and business units.
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Comment
The Bedpan: It's difficult for people to imagine different could be good
This week: Stella Creasy MP
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News
Trust blames coding problems for high death rate
A review of deaths at a trust with elevated mortality rates has suggested coding issues, and not care quality, as the likely cause, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Acutes 'carrying all the risk' in city with five specialists - CEO
The long-planned hospital merger in Liverpool is unlikely to create an NHS trust which is financially secure – so there will need to be a rebalancing of funding in the city to help it escape a structural deficit, according to an acute chief executive in the patch.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: GP at Hand gets expansion nod, local council exits Luton ICS and ALBs on a short leash
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Comment
Winter hits elective waiting times
RTT waiting times shot up in December as winter started to bite. In better news, one year waits continued to fall. By Rob Findlay
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News
Children's services rated 'inadequate' after staff raise concerns
Children’s and young people’s services at a major acute trust have been rated “inadequate” after concerns from staff prompted the Care Quality Commission to carry out an unannounced inspection.
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News
Public health charity to close as DHSC cuts funds
A public health charity providing “vital” services has been forced to close this year after losing most of its government funding.
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Hospital CEO: Leaders with 'heads down' get overlooked
A long-standing chief executive has argued NHS trust leaders are treated too inconsistently, as those who “have their heads down doing the job” sometimes don’t get enough recognition.