South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 838
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Private providers warned over 'fundamental' safety concerns
CQC warns safety concerns during inspection of independent ambulance providers may “not be isolated findings” Over three-quarters of providers inspected so far have faced CQC enforcement action Concerns include drivers not holding the correct licence, failure to carry out DBS checks, unclean vehicles and not following “fundamental safety processes” ...
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Revealed: Staff at inadequate trusts worst for reporting patient harm
CQC analysis of 2016 NHS staff survey against its ratings show staff at inadequate trusts most likely to witness harm but least like to report it Staff at inadequate trusts most likely to experience bullying and harassment from staff and public Data suggests open reporting culture is part of ...
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Comment
The American Healthcare Act decoded
Alice Murray and Saira Ghafur on the changes that the American Healthcare Act seeks to bring in US healthcare
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HSJ Local
Special measures trust lost patients' urgent referral records
Patients missed urgent referrals after a hospital trust lost track of their records, HSJ can reveal.
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Government demands 'concrete progress' on STPs
The government’s instructions to the NHS this year call for “concrete progress on local sustainability and transformation plans” and say it must deliver “the productivity and efficiency gains necessary to maintain financial balance”.
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New law to ban 'blacklisting' of NHS whistleblowers
New law would prevent whistleblowers being discriminated against by potential employers Move follows recommendation by Sir Robert Francis’s review, which found evidence of whistleblowers being “blacklisted” The law would allow applicants to seek compensation from trusts for discriminatory employment processes It could become illegal for NHS trusts to ...
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Trusts 'will not be fined for failing waiting list and cancer targets'
NHS England and NHS Improvement have effectively dropped routine financial penalties for trusts that fail to meet elective and cancer waiting times targets, HSJ has been told.
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Dorrell: New NICE policy will 'decelerate' access to drugs
NHS Confederation chair says new NICE affordability policy would “decelerate” drug access Stephen Dorrell says Treasury was looking for “anything at any price to control cash flow” Also warned Brexit would “undermine patient welfare” Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell has warned allowing NHS England to postpone access to ...
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Patient Safety Awards 2017 shortlist revealed
HSJ has announced those organisations and projects in the running for its prestigious annual Patient Safety Awards, which this year feature 10 new categories.
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Expert Briefing
Lintern's Risk Register: The NHS faces a workforce Brexodus
Contact me in confidence here. Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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Comment
Is the NHS suffocating in its own froth?
For greater operational efficiency we must learn to focus less on pointless distractions and more on bite-sized, everyday win-wins, writes Paula Goode
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HSJ Partners
Sponsored content: Interoperability matters
Dr Amir Mehrkar – chief clinical information officer at Orion Health, and co-founder of INTEROPen and the InteropSummit – explains how organisations can benefit from better information sharing
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NHS mandate months late after tensions with government
The annual NHS mandate is being published months later than usual, following disagreement between the government and NHS England over the service’s progress and accountability.
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Exclusive: Special measures trusts forced to pay higher interest on bailouts
Trusts in financial special measures are paying interest rates up to four times higher than some other providers Barts Health Trust faces annual interest charges of £6m Experts liken the higher rates to “kicking someone when they’re down” The DH says rates are designed to “reflect the additional risk ...
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Daily Insight: Trusts sent wake up call over beds
HSJ’s round up of the day’s biggest health stories
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Midlands vanguard reveals major expansion into Yorkshire
A GP provider running one of the country’s most advanced vanguards is to take on a group practices outside of its current region, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Catchup: Virgin Care legal action, CCG mergers and offsetting the deficit
Your essential update on the week in health
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News
NHS Improvement sets out trust level breakdown for unblocking beds
System leaders set out plans to free up 2,000-3,000 beds using social care cash boost NHS Improvement calculated an “estimate of the number of beds by provider that could be freed up” Funding boost may “not have the intended impact” if trusts do not work with councils See every ...
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: No devo news is big devo news
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover