South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 673
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Comment
The PM has shown faith - we now need bold policies for change
Extra funding for the NHS has been secured despite Treasury scepticism that the health service can change. If there’s a deal for social care and local government, backed by a more coherent policy landscape, we can prove them wrong, says Rob Webster
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HSJ Partners
Using trusts' own data to identify improvement opportunities
Four Eyes Insight helps NHS trusts improve operational productivity. In this second of two articles, the company explains what it can add to trusts’ own efforts to become more productive across their clinical services and how its support for their improvement has expanded to cover a range of hospital operations.
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News
Five CCGs forced to make £50m savings
Five clinical commissioning groups in Sussex have to save £50m in the next nine months to achieve an agreed £65m deficit – and to gain access to sustainability funding.
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Leader
The funding deal is done, but a crucial few months follow
How far the NHS’s new funding deal will stretch will be shaped by some important decisions in the next five months.
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Expert Briefing
Performance Watch: Honesty needed ahead of another tough winter
The NHS is facing a winter which is likely to be just as tough, or tougher still, than the last one. Even if new money is pumped into the service this year, there is a danger the die is already cast.
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News
Daily Insight: Trust takes on staff from collapsed PFI provider
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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News
Stevens: Law change will ‘speed us on the journey’ of new plan
Simon Stevens has welcomed the prime minister’s suggestion that the NHS develop proposals for changes to the law, saying legislation could “speed us on the journey” of implementing the long term plan.
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News
Three hospital trusts to form alliance
Three acute trusts in the South West have agreed to form a hospital alliance focusing on identifying gaps in workforce and capital across the region.
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News
NHS Providers warns against 'safe space' plans
NHS Providers has added its voice to warnings against local NHS trusts being given “safe space” powers to investigate patient safety incidents.
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News
Devastating fire prompts checks on 3,500 NHS buildings
NHS Property Services is to carry out a review of all the clinical buildings it owns after a report into a devastating fire which destroyed a community hospital.
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News
Solicitor general backs CCG bid for new inquest after HSJ exposé
The attorney general’s office has backed a bid for a new inquest into the death of a three-year-old boy at Stafford Hospital following an alleged “cover up”.
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News
Carillion staff transferred to NHS as PFI provider collapses
A mental health trust is taking “urgent action” by moving dozens of estates and facilities management staff to a newly-formed subsidiary company after its PFI provider went into administration.
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News
Theresa May: Top NHS leaders ‘waste too much time' on bureaucracy
The prime minister has said “the most outstanding NHS leaders” face “competing incentives”, excessive “negotiations”, “templates that seem to put process ahead of patients”, and waste “too much time on reporting”.
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News
Daily Insight: May sets out her vision
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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News
Targets under review and NHS legislation open to change - PM
The prime minister has said the government is prepared to legislate to roll back the NHS “internal market” where it is found to be inhibiting integration.
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News
Taskforce chair says new funding must target mental health
The government’s funding settlement for the NHS should focus on raising mental health workforce levels, addressing health inequalities and boosting prevention strategies, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Interactive
Roundtable: How can we address workplace violence in the NHS?
With strong evidence that violence against NHS staff is rising, a panel of experts met in May to discuss how to tackle workplace violence
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News
Trust takes over A&E streaming from private provider after CQC concerns
A trust in the West Midlands has taken over the A&E streaming service run by a private provider following “concerns” raised by the CQC
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HSJ Interactive
Transforming care with innovative estates
An integrated care centre with a focus on proactive assessment is preventing multiple admissions among frail residents, says Alison Moore
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The 3pc solution – the politics and practice, the ends and means
With the government having declared a NHS funding boost, Andy Cowper mulls over the politics of NHS funding