South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 685
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News
Care standards will fall this year warns CQC boss
The Care Quality Commission has assumed standards in the health and social care sectors could deteriorate in 2018-19.
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News
Exclusive: CQC needs more powers to rate health systems, says Behan
The government should give the Care Quality Commission new powers to inspect and rate local health systems, its outgoing chief executive has told HSJ.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The less deceived
Andy Cowper ruminates on drawing a line between experience and cynicism when it comes to NHS politics and management
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News
Hopson: NHS must 'get off the pot' on improving community services
The Five Year Forward View has failed NHS community services and a third of community providers cut staff last year, NHS Providers chief executive has said.
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Comment
Community services – the glue in the system
Georgia Butterworth argues that we need to recognise and build on the massive untapped opportunities presented by strengthening community services
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Damning NMC report, back to basics tech, control total games
Your essential update on health for the week
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Comment
True integration must start with the local economy
If we want to earn the trust of local authorities we need to be talking with them about the financing of social care, not just the provision
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HSJ Local
HSE investigates patient death as trust admits failings
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the death of a patient who absconded from a mental health unit and was then killed by an apparent stranger.
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HSJ Local
Trusts in separate health economies consider 'stronger collaboration'
Two hospital trusts in separate health economies are looking at the benefits of a “stronger working relationship and collaboration”.
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News
Uncertainty over NHS pricing tool as deadline looms
Uncertainty has arisen over the provision of a price comparison tool used by trusts to analyse and improve their spending, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
New ward to eliminate mental health trust out of area placements
A mental health trust in a rural location has opened 15 rehabilitation beds to implement a “unique” model of care which it says will eliminate the need for inappropriate out of n area placements.
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News
Daily Insight: Standing in the way of control totals
The must stories and talking points from Thursday
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Comment
Five GP referral systems – four of them safe
Sam Everington discusses the pros and cons of the five ways a GP can refer patients to a hospital
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HSJ Local
Trust accepts control total after 'grip' warning from regulator
A financially troubled NHS trust has accepted its control total for 2018-19, despite the finance director saying it should be rejected in draft plans.
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News
NHS leaders face fresh criticism over misleading A&E data
Public confidence in official NHS waiting times data “continues to be undermined” because of lack of action by NHS leaders, the government’s statistics watchdog has warned.
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Expert Briefing
The Commissioner: What will the long term NHS plan do for integrated care?
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners. By senior bureau chief Dave West.
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Comment
Karin Smyth: Do away with tax benefits for wholly owned companies
Wholly owned companies drive a further fragmentation of the NHS and ignore the strategic drive towards partnership and cooperation across systems, opines Karin Smyth
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HSJ Local
Trust receives £53m from land sale to local authority
A mental health trust has received £53m from the sale of a large parcel of land to the Greater London Authority.
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HSJ Local
Deficit trust rejects 'hard to understand' surplus control total
A deficit ridden acute trust has rejected a demand by NHS Improvement to deliver a £23m surplus in 2018-19, with local commissioners criticising the imposed target.