South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 826
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HSJ LocalTrust destroyed records after baby suffered brain damage
Trust destroyed medical records after legal claim was lodged against midwifery unit Midwife told registrar to stay outside delivery room while baby’s life was in danger Calderdale and Huddersfield FT’s documents had “puzzling differences” and midwife’s account had “unexplained discrepancies”, says judge A trust destroyed medical records after ...
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NewsCQC board should 'revisit its purpose', review finds
“Effectiveness” review finds concerns with the role and function of the CQC’s board Report says although the board is “effective” it should “evolve” to better interrogate its performance and offer focus on each sector it regulates equally Review says board members’ behaviour should be more “consistently” in line with ...
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NewsElection forces delay to successor to Care.data
Government response to Dame Fiona Caldicott’s third report on data security delayed by purdah Expected to push back successor to Care.data Plans still underway for new national opt-out system, “de-identification/re-identification service”, and data lake The government’s long awaited response to the third Caldicott review has been pushed back ...
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HSJ LocalNHSI: Trust was not using national ligature tool when woman died
Woman hanged herself from a bath tap in mental health inpatient unit run by Humber FT Inquest returned a verdict of accidental death but coroner flagged up concerns with trust’s ligature policy to NHS Improvement NHSI says the trust was not using a prescribed national tool and had not ...
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HSJ LocalNew finance chief for special measures trust
A trust placed in financial special measures last month has appointed a new chief financial officer.
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HSJ LocalCCG pools entire budget with council in £600m fund
Hull CCG to align entire £400m budget with local authority CCG chief officer joins Hull City Council’s corporate management team Committee in common will approve decisions by new integrated commissioning board A Yorkshire clinical commissioning group is aligning its entire budget with a local authority to create a ...
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HSJ LocalMental health trust launches review of deaths in custody
Mental health trust launches review after 10 prisoners die in one year Two patients committed suicide within nine days of each other in February Suicides in prison have doubled since 2012 A mental health trust which runs prisons services is launching a review of the way it handles ...
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HSJ LocalNHSI blocked contract despite repeated assurances, says city mayor
Leaders in Liverpool were twice given assurances that inspection concerns about a community provider would not stop it taking over a major contract, before regulators changed their mind, HSJ has been told by the city’s mayor.
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NewsRevealed: 70 hospitals awarded share of £100m A&E pot
Seventy trusts allocated £56m between them out of £100m funding for A&E Winners include Salford Royal and smaller trusts like The Princess Alexandra Seventy hospitals have been allocated a share of a £56m tranche from the £100m of capital funding ringfenced in the budget for accident and emergency ...
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HSJ LocalJune deadline for trust to move junior doctors after safety warning
Trust says “major efforts made by staff in the hospital to support training” were “not enough” to keep the trainees Thirty-eight junior doctors at East Kent trust will be affected Junior doctors and affected patients must transfer by 19 June A trust recently removed from special measures has ...
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: The general election, STPs under pressure, and IR35 latest
Your essential update on the week in health
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NewsHunt rows back plans for extending investigation 'safe space'
HSIB will operate safe space principles ahead of new legislation to protect material Local NHS organisations will not be granted safe space powers Jeremy Hunt says extending safe space locally would be “premature” The Department of Health will not extend plans for a legal safe space during safety ...
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NewsNHS warned not to ignore needs of 'generation Y' workforce
Pay review body warns policymakers not to ignore demands of “generation Y” doctors Call follows last year’s damaging junior doctors contract dispute People born between 1980 and 2000 will make up half the global workforce by 2020 A failure by NHS policymakers to respond to demands of a ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts stop referrals for under pressure specialist service
Four West Midlands trusts struggling to keep up with demand for neurology services Two no longer accepting outpatient referrals and one refusing out of area referrals Two hospital trusts in the West Midlands are no longer accepting outpatient referrals for neurology services and another is refusing out of ...
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CommentBuilding a team of teams in the NHS
Like the US army in Iraq, the NHS can restructure its teams to improve its functioning
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HSJ LocalPatient death reveals 'no coordination' between mental health services
A coroner has raised concerns about the lack of coordination in mental health services for young people in Birmingham, after a patient under NHS care was found hanged.
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HSJ LocalTroubled STP battling with £90m deficit
Three CCGs face deficit of £90m in 2017-18 Intervention by NHS England and NHS Improvement New chief officer to lead all three organisations from 2 May A sustainability and transformation partnership with severe financial problems is seeking £82m savings, as current plans amount to a £90m commissioner deficit ...
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