South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 669
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HSJ PartnersThe ATOM approach can deliver a step-change in theatre productivity
Using the building blocks of deep clinical engagement and extensive activity data, ATOM – Deloitte’s theatre scheduling tool, allows trusts to reorganise their activity to optimally fill planned capacity, writes Adam Thwaites
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NewsMajor pay boost for trust directors agreed by NHSE/I
NHS England and Improvement are planning a significant pay boost for trust chairs and other non-executives as they seek to tackle the “growing disparity” with foundation trusts.
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NHSX chief: NHS has ‘not made it easy’ to adopt new tech
The NHS has “not made it easy” to spread new technology across the healthcare system, according to NHSX’s chief executive.
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NewsNational living wage rise to cost NHS millions
Trusts are set to face additional salary costs of millions of pounds as a result of the government’s plan to raise the national living wage, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalLeading trust strikes £25m deal for ‘digital control centre’
A leading acute trust has struck a £25m partnership deal with Hitachi Consulting to streamline its care processes with data and digital technology.
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NewsGovernment bids to control FT capital spending
Foundation trusts will be subject to capital spending limits – further eroding their autonomy – as part of an overhauled approach to planning and approving estates and technology investment in the NHS.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Hurricane heart
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsDaily Insight: Oh goodie – another acronym
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTeaching trust hires new digital chief
A hospital trust has appointed a new tech chief, months after his predecessor slammed the “excruciating” state of NHS IT as he stepped down from the role.
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NewsManager wrongly sacked amid theft row, tribunal heard
A GP unfairly dismissed her practice manager, a tribunal has found, after the manager and her mother gave themselves large unauthorised pay rises.
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NewsTroubleshooter CEO appointed at FT after sudden resignation
A foundation trust has appointed an interim CEO after its former chief executive announced her shock resignation in an email to staff.
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NewsRevealed: Mass use of credit check firm to find NHS patients to charge
An NHS trust is routinely sharing patients’ identities with a major credit check firm to find overseas visitors who can be charged, and officials have sought to extend the scheme nationally, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFull maternity services at hospital axed for ‘foreseeable future’
Commissioners have extended the temporary closure of an obstetrics unit for the “foreseeable future” after difficulties staffing it.
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NewsAmbulance trust faces multimillion pound bill for no-deal Brexit
An ambulance trust is expecting a multimillion pound hit to its bottom line if the UK crashes out of the European Union without a deal next month.
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CommentWhy we need to protect the “engine rooms” of developing STP/ICS partnerships
Nick Ville reflects on the “engine room” of developing STP/ICS partnerships, their fragility and why they are too important not to be properly resourced
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Johnson’s spending spree, Kark’s references, and the latest acronym
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsDaily Insight: Politicians in hard hats
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentWhen doctors must report deaths to coroners
Josiah Kirpalani on shaping the future relationship between medical examiners and senior coroners
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NewsNew burdens could wipe out public health grant uplift
New significant public health burdens could be imposed on councils, wiping out a promised real-terms increase in the public health grant next year.
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NewsDoctors face new laws on reporting deaths to coroners
New laws will come into effect tomorrow requiring doctors to report deaths to a coroner for the first time in a bid to modernise the death reporting process in England and Wales.