South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 637
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Quarter of CCGs fall below psychosis spend benchmark
Nearly a quarter of clinical commissioning groups are spending less than the estimated sum needed to provide proper care to seriously ill mental health patients, according to a new analysis by HSJ.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The ability to count
The chancellor’s recent speech with incorrect numbers about the funding boost to the NHS damages public perception at a time when trust in politics is low, says Andy Cowper
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Daily Insight: Cyber scrimping
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Comment
Productive and unproductive organisational change: a view from within
With mergers of CCGs picking up, Bie Nio (Pauline) Ong notes that for any organisational change to be successful it should focus more on people rather than just structure
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Human waste stockpiling, gender balanced boards and idiom confused Parliamentarians
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Trust considered stopping sick pay for staff refusing flu jab
A foundation trust considered proposals – which it has now abandoned – to deny staff sick pay if they had time off work with the flu after refusing vaccination.
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RCN to hold elections for new council following mass resignation
The Royal College of Nursing will hold an election “as soon as possible” to recruit a new council, as most current members have decided to stand down.
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Exclusive: Tighter cyber security deemed ‘not value for money’
The government is set to ignore recommendations from its top national cyber body that the NHS must meet a “minimum bar” for cyber security, even as the service continues to come under online attack.
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HSJ Partners
Is the NHS heading for EPR-related burnout?
Jonathan Bloor on the burden created by the use of electronic patient records and how to digitally transform the NHS in a sustainable way.
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Government reviewing procurement process after 'human body parts' scandal
The government has said it will review the way contracts are awarded to clinical waste disposal firms, in the wake of the HES case and a legal challenge earlier this year.
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Exclusive: Trusts alerted as firm stockpiles clinical waste and body parts
Hundreds of tonnes of human body parts and dangerous waste from NHS patients has been stockpiled by a leading disposal company, sparking a major national incident.
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Comment
Address NHS clinicians’ underestimation of social care
Existing disparity between NHS clinicians and social care workers must hit equilibrium to achieve better care outcomes. By Allyson Kay
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Core 999 targets ‘won’t be met for two years’, sector chief warns
Ambulance trusts will not hit most of their new response time targets for “another two years” largely because of significant workforce shortages, a sector leader has told HSJ.
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CQC chief inspector quits to lead nursing watchdog
The Care Quality Commission chief inspector of adult social care Andrea Sutcliffe has been appointed the new chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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Daily Insight: Not got a leg to stand on
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Exclusive: Examine ‘cost premium’ for smaller hospitals, says major study
A financial premium for remote hospitals, consultant contract changes and ending the practice of separating out services like ambulatory care are among the recommendations from a major study on the sustainability of smaller hospitals.
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Regulator requires trust to think again on budget
A west London trust is resubmitting its budget to NHS Improvement after failing to find sufficient savings to satisfy the regulator.
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News
Daily Insight: Whistleblower dismissed in minutes
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Don't hate the rota, hate the game
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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News
Prime Minister announces new cancer strategy
The prime minister has announced a new cancer strategy for the NHS that will see patients diagnosed and treated faster to improve cancer survival rates.