South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 805
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HSJ Local'Experiment' for new A&E target in the Midlands
NHS organisations in the West Midlands are set to run a “controlled experiment” around a new waiting time target for accident and emergency services, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust considers drafting in military and using volunteer ambulance drivers
An embattled ambulance trust has floated the unprecedented move of asking volunteers to drive ambulances, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalRegulator halts teaching trust’s subsidiary plans
A large teaching hospital trust in the East Midlands has dropped plans to set up a subsidiary company after being told by NHS Improvement that the new health and social care secretary Matt Hancock would be unlikely to approve it.
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NewsRevealed: Babylon email threats to CQC
Babylon Healthcare threatened to sue the Care Quality Commission for damages and suggested one of its chief inspectors could appear biased amid attempts to block a critical inspection report.
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NewsExtending safe space powers 'wholly misconceived' warn MPs
MPs have told ministers to reconsider their plans to grant NHS trusts so-called ‘safe space’ powers as part of draft legislation to establish the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch in law.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Integrated care providers, finally, make a breakthrough
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Rebecca Thomas
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NewsDaily Insight: Selling the farm
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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CommentWhat if M&S was run like the NHS?
There is a need for solutions based on a full understanding of the reasons behind the variation and complexity in service delivery, writes Alastair Beattie
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NewsTop trust chief executive retires
John Short, chief executive at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, has announced his retirement after six years at the helm.
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NewsRevealed: The largest land sales by NHS trusts
NHS trusts received around £350m from land sales in 2017-18, an increase of more than 50 per cent on the previous year, according to new data.
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CommentRash cuts in the community could undermine the long term NHS plan
Community services, primary care and social care must be at the heart of any long term plan for the health service, otherwise we risk piling even more pressure on hospitals and failing patients, their families and local communities, argues Matthew Winn.
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NewsRegulator reviews huge rise in failings at hospital mortuaries
Leading pathologists are reviewing a “dramatic increase” in the number of failings at hospital mortuaries across the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSix trusts named as 'outliers' in lung cancer audit
A hospital trust is considering hiring more nurse specialists after being flagged as an outlier for lung cancer treatment.
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NewsDaily Insight: HEE demands new funding
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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NewsCQC gaffe prompts re-inspection of NHS trust
The Care Quality Commission has been forced to apologise to an NHS trust after inspectors used data for another provider as part of its inspection report.
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NewsBrexit stockpiling will face 'serious issues' and huge costs
s 3There are likely to be “serious issues” with the government’s plan to stockpile drugs and medical devices in case of a no-deal Brexit, according to senior figures in the pharmaceutical industry.
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NewsHEE chief bids for extra funding to fill workforce gaps
Health Education England will be asking for new money to allow it to tackle widespread workforce shortages in the NHS, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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NewsCQC reveals catalogue of failings in “unsafe” A&E
The CQC has found a catalogue of failings in an “unsafe” A&E, following an inspection prompted by a patient death.
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NewsBetter evidence needed before deploying digital medicine - review lead
A major review of new technologies and workforce in the NHS will “come down hard” in favour of stronger evidence before new digital treatments are rolled out, the lead reviewer told HSJ.
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NewsBig beasts back debate but warn ditching four hour target 'too dangerous'
Senior NHS leaders have welcomed a debate on emergency targets but warned scrapping the four hour standard completely could be “too dangerous”.