South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 600
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Expert BriefingThe 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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NewsSeverely 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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PodcastHSJ 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 BriefingDaily Insight: Access granted
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalCQC 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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NewsOfficial 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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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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NewsWhere 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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NewsTrust’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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NewsExclusive: 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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LeaderThe 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 BriefingDaily Insight: Getting back to business
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsVisas 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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NewsBAME 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.
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NewsNHSE issues plan to restart urgent non-covid care
NHS England has set out a six-week action plan and priority areas for the health service as it seeks to restart a raft of non-coronavirus services.
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NewsContentious NHS scheme to bolster care homes brought forward
National leaders have set out plans for GPs and NHS community providers to give increased levels of support to care homes, in the second phase of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsHancock grants GCHQ powers over NHS IT systems
The NHS must hand over information from its IT systems to the UK’s intelligence and security authority during the covid-19 pandemic after the agency was granted extra powers by Matt Hancock, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsA&E overcrowding ‘unconscionable’ as services restart
Major transformation is required to stop the return of “unacceptable and unconscionable” corridor waits and overcrowding in emergency departments as the NHS gears up to re-open services, a senior figure has warned.
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NewsPhysios make visa plea as NHS faces ‘tidal-wave’ of rehab
Ministers are being urged to expand the automatic visa extension scheme to include physiotherapists with the NHS facing a “tidal wave” of rehabilitation work because of the covid-19 crisis, MPs and unions have warned.