South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 848
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NewsExclusive: NHS England spends millions to send patients private over winter
NHS England and Improvement have allocated millions of pounds to outsource elective and diagnostic work to the independent sector, in an attempt to keep waiting lists down during the winter, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Temporary fix
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Best Practice
Multiple interventions enable trust to reduce patients' length of stay
Entrant: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust
Category: HSJ Awards 2019/Acute or Specialist Trust of the Year
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Best Practice
Improvement initiatives help secure staff confidence and save £3.5m surplus
Entrant: The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust
Category: HSJ Awards 2019/Acute or Specialist Trust of the Year
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NewsTwo services face axe from embattled GP contract
NHS England is planning to drop altogether two of the five services it wanted primary care networks to deliver in 2020-21, in response to outcry from GPs, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Amazon-style’ procurement system launches after three-year delay
An “Amazon-like” procurement platform has launched in a handful of trusts after almost three years of delays.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s ambulance crews lose 18 months waiting at hospitals
Ambulance crews in the East Midlands spent a cumulative total of almost 18 months waiting at hospitals in the region in December, despite a variety of actions to mitigate winter pressures.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: It’s a ‘no’ from the GPs
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCQC slams private provider for leadership and care quality
The firm which runs a mental health hospital at the centre of an abuse scandal has been criticised by regulators for its leadership, care quality and “high use of restraint and seclusion” across its sites.
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NewsExclusive: Most NHS computers running decade-old version of Windows
The NHS has been given another 11 months of support for a decade-old version of Microsoft Windows, while about half of its computers are still running the softfware, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrusts find workaround solution for failed NHS provider
The board of a failed NHS trust will be re-established because of complexities involved in formally transferring its assets — although the new directors will not be responsible for running services.
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Expert BriefingA different problem
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsClinical leaders appointed ahead of six-way CCG merger
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed clinical leaders ahead of the formal merger of six CCGs.
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NewsCoroner raps trust for not realising woman was in ‘imminent danger’
A coroner has criticised an ambulance trust after it took nearly four hours to reach a woman who had taken an overdose.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: GPs say ‘no’, A&E medics say ‘not yet’, and London says ‘you’re hired’
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentTop GP: National diktats could shatter fragile PCNs
To ensure the success of primary care networks, policy makers must act swiftly to address early problems and ensure networks feel truly owned and co-designed by GPs, says RCGP chair Professor Martin Marshall
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HSJ LocalTrust dropped university after it failed nursing standards
A mental health and community trust had to select a new provider for its nursing training, after the university it had initially picked failed to meet the national regulator’s standards.
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NewsTrust blames behaviour ‘from top of the NHS’ for bullying
Leadership behaviour from the “very top of the NHS” has led to an increase in bullying, according to an official strategy document produced by an acute trust.
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Expert BriefingThe agenda for 2020
In this edition, North by North West outlines some the key priorities for the region in 2020.