South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 655
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NHS England urged to axe ‘perverse’ cancer funding policy
NHS England has been urged to stop a “perverse” policy of withholding money from a £200m cancer transformation fund from areas breaching the 62 day target.
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HSJ Partners
A Paperless NHS by 2023 - but can you afford to digitise?
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more Phil Burke offers tips to successfully deploy electronic patient record systems in a cost effective manner
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CEO failed to ‘grasp severity’ of trust’s financial crisis
A review into financial governance failures at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust recommended its chief executive be removed. It also made multiple criticisms of the board.
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Medical director's position may be 'unsustainable' after tackling 'inappropriate' consultants
It may be “unsustainable” for a trust’s medical director to remain in post after he sought to challenge “inappropriate behaviours” among its medical consultants, a review has found.
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Daily Insight: NHSI wraps up Barking investigations
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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Ministers to ask drug companies to stockpile six weeks of medication
Drug companies are due to be asked to stockpile up to six weeks of medications ahead of a potential no deal Brexit, HSJ understands.
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Exclusive: CCGs and trusts instructed to reduce "excess bed days"
NHS trusts and commissioners have been told to introduce new schemes to reduce the number of patients waiting too long in hospital beds, to increase elective capacity ahead of winter and save money.
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Revealed: CCGs with the worst excess bed day rates
NHS England and NHS Improvement have compiled a list ranking CCGs across England on their excess bed day rates, HSJ can reveal
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Reconfiguration key to 'special measures' CCG's turnaround
Four CCGs placed into special measures by NHS England won’t be able to solve all the area’s problems until a decision is made on a reconfiguration of acute and specialist services, the accountable officer has warned.
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NHS England launches consultation on accountable care contract
The creation of new accountable care organisations to deliver health services has moved a step closer after NHS England launched a long awaited consultation on a proposed contract.
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Daily Insight: Ian Dalton sets out his stall
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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Comment
Bigger step-change is need of the hour for children's mental health
It will take vision, hard work, political bravery, and realistic investment to make progress amidst children’s mental health crisis, writes Sean Duggan
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HSJ Interactive
Home blood pressure monitoring is better for pregnant women and reduces use of NHS resources
Ingrid Torjesen reports on the award winning new care pathway, which uses a smartphone app for home monitoring of hypertension in pregnancy
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NHS England integration blamed for failure to sign care concerns protocol
NHS England and NHS Improvement have blamed a proposed integration of the two national bodies as the reason they did not sign up to a new protocol sharing concerns about poor care.
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NHS England director resigns over anonymous online posts
An NHS England director has resigned after posting controversial comments under an anonymous pseudonym.
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'We shouldn't treat trust CEOs like football managers', says NHSI boss
NHS Improvement boss Ian Dalton says there is a “slight crisis” in leadership across the health service, and there “needs to be a difference between being a football manager and being a chief executive”.
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Expert Briefing
Performance watch: Red lines and bear traps
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NHS regional directors to be given regulatory powers
NHS Improvement is to scrap its regulation department – with its responsibilities largely devolved to seven new regional directors.
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Trust debts could be written off says Dalton
Ian Dalton says NHS providers will need to achieve higher levels of productivity than those achieved last year, despite the extra funding provided by the government.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The silly season
Andy Cowper muses on the solstice of silliness in the world of health policy and politics