South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 671
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Comment
NHS funding settlement: ‘a change of gear’ for the NHS?
The announcement about the NHS funding settlement can be interpreted in two ways, says Ben Gershlick
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News
New procurement model to make in-house catering "more cost effective"
Trusts will benefit from greater price transparency when buying food, regardless of whether they choose local or national suppliers - according to the new head of food procurement for the NHS.
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Waiting list probe abandoned as officials not given 'right of reply'
Probe into cause of four year waiting time problem at teaching hospital Investigation was unable to complete because trust could not finish “right of reply process” with people named in report Barts Health Trust reported waiting times for elective care this month for first time since August 2014 ...
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Exclusive: Tariff set to cut payments for traditional outpatient appointments
NHS leaders are proposing to cut the payments made to hospitals for traditional outpatient appointments, HSJ understands.
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Comment
Five legal changes the health service needs
Tom Kibasi and Toby Lambert argue the health service should seize on the government’s offer of legislative reform, and set out five changes it needs to take integration forward.
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CCG U-turn on life-saving care to vulnerable patient after legal challenge
A clinical commissioning group has reversed a decision to pull life saving support from a vulnerable patient, after his lawyers argued the commissioner was breaching the Equality Act.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: After the promise
Andy Cowper asks how the promised increase in spending on the NHS is going to be funded
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Jam today and jam tomorrow
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: New money, workforce plans and HSIB's first report
Your essential update on health for the week
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News
Full coverage: New funding deal and long term plan for the NHS
Read HSJ’s comprehensive coverage and analysis this week of the five year funding deal for NHS England and the government’s long term plan for the NHS.
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Bed shortages causing dangerous surgery delays, report finds
Just one third of providers for a specialist surgery are meeting waiting times standards and one in 10 patients don’t receive timely emergency surgery, a new report shows.
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NHS trusts overturn council's £100m Virgin Care contract
A High Court judge has overturned a local authority’s contract with Virgin Care for public health services after a successful legal challenge by two NHS trusts.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Repudiation, legislation and the long term NHS plan
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior bureau chief Dave West.
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Exclusive: Stroke patient who died waited 19 hours for ambulance, leak reveals
A 91-year-old stroke patient who waited nearly 19 hours for an ambulance in the East of England was among 22 cases investigated by an external review which found no one died “as a direct consequence” of long delays, HSJ has learned.
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NHS warned of new WannaCry cyber scam
Multiple NHS organisations have been targeted by a scam, claiming their computers are infected by the WannaCry virus.
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Home Office rubber stamps EU workers' rights
EU workers employed by the NHS will be granted “settled status” after five years living in the UK under plans revealed by the government today.
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Exclusive: One in four STP plans failing on child mental health
Almost one in four STP regions are failing to make clear commitments to improve services for children and young people suffering poor mental health, HSJ can reveal.
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Whistleblower named chief executive at scandal hit hospital trust
An executive director who blew the whistle at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has been named today as the trust’s news substantive chief executive.
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Daily Insight: A higher calling
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership