South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 837
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HSJ Local
MPs criticise 'extraordinary' absence of ambulance trust bosses
MPs have called for an “urgent explanation” as to why the chief executive and other senior board members of a crisis hit ambulance trust went on holiday during what was long predicted would be “a really difficult period”.
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News
Daily Insight: A tale of two mega-mergers
The must read stories and debate in the NHS from Thursday
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Trust predicts years of deficits amid £47m deterioration
The chief executive of a severely challenged acute trust has warned staff “difficult choices” lie ahead after its financial forecast for the year was changed from a £10m surplus to a £37m deficit.
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News
CCGs have legal directions removed
National leaders have lifted the legal directions for three formerly struggling clinical commissioning groups.
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HSJ Local
Virgin set to bid for £260m children's services contract
Virgin Care has indicated it will bid for an NHS contract to provide children’s community and mental health services in Devon worth at least £259m over seven years, HSJ has learned.
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News
NHS England and Improvement appoint first shared board directors
NHS Improvement and NHS England have moved to appoint shared board directors, created a joint finance committee, and are seeking to avoid ”duplication [and] directly contradictory instructions”.
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HSJ Local
NHS Improvement changes stance on Wirral inquiry publication
NHS Improvement has said there is a “strong presumption in favour” of it publishing the independent investigation into the regulator’s handling of concerns at the Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Biggest NHS trust in line for £125m government loans
Manchester’s new hospital trust is in line for £125m of loans from the Department of Health to implement an electronic patient record and reconfigure its emergency departments.
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HSJ Local
Uncertainty over capital stalls hospital rebuild
The redevelopment of a community hospital has been delayed because NHS Property Services has not agreed its capital budgets for next financial year.
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Comment
The NHS is a beacon for healthcare worldwide
Despite its current well publicised problems, the NHS in its 70th anniversary year remains a shining example to the world on how to build an equitable health system. By Ben Simms
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HSJ Local
Concern over patient harm investigations at teaching trust
A teaching hospital where 10 patients suffered severe harm after the trust failed to keep track of their appointments has been criticised by NHS England.
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HSJ Local
Trust hires consultancy for 'disaster' IT system inquiry
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has asked consultancy firm EY to carry out an inquiry into its £14m digital health record system labelled a “disaster” by consultants.
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HSJ Local
Hospitals to return charity donations after sexism controversy
Two London teaching hospitals have said they will return donations from a charity event at the centre of a sexism row.
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HSJ Local
Major hospital merger held up in funding talks
A merger that would create one of the biggest trusts in England has been delayed amid ongoing talks with NHS Improvement over funding.
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News
More trusts to receive 'digital exemplar' funding
The first ambulance trusts have been chosen to join NHS England’s global digital exemplar programme but they will receive far less funding than acute and mental health providers.
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HSJ Local
STP and CCGs fail to find new leader from 'limited' pool
Healthcare leaders in the South West have postponed the recruitment for a new accountable officer after failing to attract enough suitable candidates for the role covering two clinical commissioning groups and an STP.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Capital's cancer turnaround
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy.
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Comment
Private investment can transform primary care estate
Private finance as an option to fund an upgrade of primary care estate can deliver value for money for the taxpayer and significantly improve patient outcomes, writes Maisie Borrows
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Comment
Scaling up innovation requires action at multiple levels
A new research report looks at ways to ensure the successful uptake of innovations in healthcare to relieve the NHS’ financial and operational pressures, say Will Warburton and David Albury