South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 814
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Daily Insight: NHS told to prepare following Manchester attack
The must read stories in the NHS
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NHS Improvement could assess trusts on cybersecurity
An NHS Improvement committee has recommended that trusts are assessed on cybersecurity, in the wake of the cyberattack earlier this month.
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HSJ Knowledge
Leadership Q&A: University of Leicester Hospitals Trust
University of Hospitals Leicester trust chief executive John Adler explains why the organisation’s chief operating officer is a role for a high-calibre leader ready to make their mark
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NHS told to prepare urgently for second possible terrorist attack
Message to trauma centres to prepare for possible further terrorist attack Simon Stevens told NHS England board trusts are being urged to check staffing levels and mutual assistance plans Terrorist threat level was raised to critical – the highest level – following attack in Manchester on Monday night ...
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HSJ Local
Trust forced to delay opening of new PFI hospital
A trust in the West Midlands has pushed back the opening of its new hospital by six months following “engineering difficulty”.
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Enacting change at pace and scale in the NHS
What started as a procurement project using GS1 barcodes at Derby Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust will eventually give us data for the whole patient pathway
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Unprecedented winter bed pressure revealed in new stats
Bed occupancy hits record high, as overall bed numbers across NHS continue to decline Royal College of Surgeons says data is “exceptionally worrying” Acute bed numbers have however risen slightly overall on last year Acute bed occupancy hit a record high in the final quarter of 2016-17, while ...
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Three CCGs in 'devolution' STP appoint shared chief officer
New chief officer appointed to the three CCGs in Surrey Heartlands STP It has yet to be confirmed who will lead the STP following the departure of Julia Ross A single chief officer has been appointed across the three clinical commissioning groups in the Surrey Heartlands sustainability and ...
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HSJ Local
Trust working with aviation performance experts to wipe out DTOCs
Performance specialist working with Sheffield health system to draw up action plan to bring down DTOCs Trust chief says sustained improvement requires behaviours to change Council director accepts path to improvement has been “rocky” One of England’s largest teaching hospitals is working with an aviation performance specialist to ...
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CCG targets millions in savings under Right Care programme
West Kent CCG uses NHS Right Care data to identify five priority areas for savings Plans to reduce A&E attendances and prescribing costs Investment needed to change care models that no longer meeting patients’ needs Commissioners in Kent plan to save more than £7m by reducing unwarranted variation ...
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Recognise the value of people powered health initiatives
It’s high time we reduce the demand on mainstream health services by involving the local people
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Dalton: Creating a sustainable NHS remains the goal
Sir David Dalton offers an update on what the NHS has achieved in the wake of his inquiry
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HSJ Local
Trust seeks partner to fund major hospital shake-up
A struggling West Midlands trust intends to go out to procurement for a partner to help fund a major reconfiguration of its acute services.
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HSJ Local
Special measures trust rejects 14 per cent savings target
Isle of Wight Trust initially accepted a control total deficit of £0.4m, which required savings of 14 per cent But following further financial deterioration it now has an £18.8m deficit plan Trust was rated inadequate by the CQC earlier this year An NHS trust that is trying to ...
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HSJ Local
'Severe harm' to patients at teaching trust after records failure
A patient suffered a stroke that might have been prevented and another received late treatment for cancer after record keeping failures at a teaching hospital.
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HSJ Local
Mental health crisis unit fails to hit admission target
Proportion of service users referred back into community falls from 79 per cent to 55 per cent in March Service user complains that men and women are treated in the same room which is “completely inappropriate and very unsafe and scary for vulnerable women” Trust highlighted large number of ...
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Winners of the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017 revealed
Twenty organisations have been honoured in HSJ’s annual celebration of inspirational best practice in the awards’ eighth and biggest year to date.
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HSJ Knowledge
This year's Value in Healthcare Awards is the most impressive to date
Read Alastair McLellan’s speech, in which he says that the winning entries represent the kind of thinking that will help the NHS to achieve the tough goals laid down in Next Steps
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HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Acute Service Redesign
Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust: Children & Young People Acute pathway (PAU)
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HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Community Health Service Redesign
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust: Sexual Health Services Integration