South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 756
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HSJ Local
NHS England director to take over at special measures trust
An NHS England director has been appointed as the new chief executive of Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust.
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News
Teaching trust pulls out of trouble-hit vanguard IT project
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has pulled out of the £30m East Midlands Radiology consortium amid mounting concerns for patient safety and repeated system failures.
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News
Government reveals plan to cut number of regulators
The Department of Health has revealed its long awaited plans to reform professional regulation, which could see the number of organisations cut.
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HSJ Local
Trust reveals detail of investigation following nurse's death
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed Verita to carry out an investigation into its disciplinary processes following the suicide of a nurse.
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Comment
I’m a bipolar NHS leader – and I still fear telling my colleagues
The NHS can be at the forefront in changing perceptions to mental health issues in the workplace, says a CCG director anonymously revealing to HSJ about his mental health condition
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HSJ Local
Patient sleeps on chair for a week as trust runs out of beds
A mental health inpatient was left to sleep on chair for a week in a unit intended to keep people for no more than 12 hours.
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HSJ Knowledge
Uplifting NHS estates to build quality care
Graham Spence on the quiet revolution helping people transform their wellbeing
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News
STPs given targets for GP recruitment
Every sustainability and transformation partnership area has been set a target for the number of GPs it needs to recruit by 2020 by NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Whither London devolution?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs finally abolished after decade of scandal
The hospital trust at the centre of one of the worst care scandals in the NHS’s history will finally be dissolved tomorrow after three years as a shell organisation costing taxpayers £2.5m.
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News
Third Cygnet hospital criticised by CQC
A third young people’s mental health service run by Cygnet Health Care has been heavily criticised by the Care Quality Commission – which ordered admissions to be suspended unless it specifically approved them.
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HSJ Local
CCGs to share chief officer
A single chief officer has been appointed across neighbouring clinical commissioning groups in West Yorkshire.
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News
New investigation into Vasco-Knight finances
A new inquiry has been ordered into the family finances of a former NHS executive who pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this year, in an attempt to force her to repay over £11,000.
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HSJ Local
Backlog of 30,000 reports after vanguard IT system failure
The rollout of a multimillion pound vanguard project imaging system to University Hospitals Leicester Trust led to a 30,000 backlog in image reports, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Chief executive of hospital trust to retire next year
The chief executive of a multisite hospital trust is retiring next year, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Why patients need to understand the NHS
It is high time the NHS leadership promote a new vision with enhanced patient involvement that will empower the users of the service. By Laura Fulcher
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News
Exclusive: More than 50 trusts yet to carry out post-Grenfell fire checks
More than 50 NHS trusts have confirmed they have not had a fire service inspection since the Grenfell Tower disaster – despite all providers being ordered to arrange them just days after the fire.
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News
Bed capacity issues hold up hospital safety improvements
High bed occupancy is making it harder for hospitals to carry out fire safety work – because they have nowhere to put patients if wards need to be closed.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The big machine or the ecosystem?
NHS bosses are using loopholes in law to slowly transform the NHS from an ecosystem into a big machine, which could lead to unintended consequences, notes Andy Cowper