South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 854
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HSJ Local
Trust chief executive appointed for six weeks
A trust with high leadership turnover has appointed a new acting chief executive just two months after the previous one was appointed.
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News
Private hospital rated outstanding by CQC
A private hospital in the capital has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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Comment
Integration of health and social care – working and not working?
Integration is looking less and less like a panacea and more of a long term vision
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Analysis: A&E performance sinks to record low
Performance on main A&E measure lowest since targets introduced Fall in performance outstrips 3.7 per cent increase in admissions and attendances North west London and Cambridgeshire see worst performances and steepest declines Accident and emergency performance for December in England has sunk to its lowest level since the ...
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HSJ Local
Major trust merger faces investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into the planned merger of two large acute trusts in Manchester.
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CCGs' deficit forecast rockets by £180m
CCGs now forecast a year-end deficit of £370m, compared to £190m forecast at the mid-year point NHS England said the challenge of delivering higher levels of savings “is increasingly crystallising in individual CCG forecasts” Spending within primary care and public health budgets forecast to be £70m less than planned ...
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NHS England admits staffing risks in heart surgery shake-up
At least 900 surgeries to be relocated under CHD proposals, despite concerns over staffing at affected hospitals Three out of the 10 sites singled out for the “risks” they pose to patients NHS England review into PICU services accelerated as closure of some CHD services will impact national critical ...
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Comment
Will the NHS never learn?
Patient safety campaigner James Titcombe gives his reaction to MPs’ report on why the health service is still so slow to heed the lessons of the past
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Comment
The one lesson that the US and UK can learn from each other
Ideological differences between America and the UK don’t mean total incompatibility when it comes to making their systems better
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HSJ Local
'Determined' Morecambe Bay rated good
A trust that exited special measures in 2015 and was at the centre of a high profile maternity care scandal has now been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
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News
Revealed: A&E patients at struggling trust admitted to 'virtual ward'
Trust’s audit reveals discrepancies in A&E patients’ “virtual” and actual admission to emergency decisions unit Whistleblower claims staff at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust admitted patients into “virtual ward” to avoid four hour target breaches Trust says investigations found no “deliberate” gaming of four hour target but revealed “poor processes ...
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Daily Insight: Push accelerate on the forward view
HSJ’s summary of the day’s must read stories
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Teaching trusts placed on watchlist over bullying and leadership concerns
Two trusts under GMC “enhanced monitoring” over concerns from trainees about their paediatrics departments Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare Trust and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust had serious concerns raised by trainees Two teaching hospital trusts have been placed on a General Medical Council watchlist after investigations ...
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: The Green Line Cancer Differential
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Comment
Break the silence on sexual abuse
The NHS is raising awareness of sexual abuse and violence in the hope of reducing it and also to provide much needed support to the victims
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News
CCGs claim rationing decision based on Right Care programme
NHS England official advised CCGs prior to controversial rationing decision Three Worcestershire CCGs used NHS Right Care programme to identify opportunities to reduce spending on hip and knee replacement operations Right Care data should not be used to determine target for “right” number of medical procedures, says royal college ...
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Comment
Ten ways to speed up the forward view improvements
It’s taking too long to deliver the necessary improvements – here are some thoughts on what we should prioritise
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Dalton: Scrap national targets and merge CCGs to speed service change
One of the NHS’s most influential chief executives has said it is taking too long to deliver the Five Year Forward View and has proposed a series of policy changes, including abolishing national access targets, to speed it up.
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Daily Insight: Conducting the orchestra
The essential stories and debate in health policy today
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HSJ Local
Ex-Keogh trust rated good after turnaround
A North West trust that was placed in special measures after the 2013 Keogh review has now received a good rating after a Care Quality Commission inspection.