South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 855
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HSJ Local
Controversial chief executive steps down from special measures trust
A controversial hospital chief executive has stepped down, four months after a damning rating from the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Takeover of troubled services 'paused' due to CQC concerns
Regulators have said they are “pausing” the planned takeover of Liverpool’s community services after the Care Quality Commission raised concerns about the preferred provider.
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News
New GP contract revealed
NHS England publishes 2017-18 GP contract GPs should not close during core hours under new contract rules Practices to receive £157m to implement new care measures for frail and elderly patients New contract strengths requirement for GPs to identify if overseas patients are elgible for NHS care GP ...
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Comment
The big change that can reduce medical errors
There is compelling evidence that flattening the NHS hierarchy and introducing staff self management would reduce mistakes in the NHS
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Bad news warning
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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News
Peter Homa: I would have stayed to lead merged trust
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust chief says heroic leaders are “redundant” Peter Homa said the share of GDP funding for the NHS needed to rise He urged new leaders to be transparent and to ask for help when needed Peter Homa would have stayed on as chief executive of ...
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News
Daily Insight: The A&E departments most likely to close
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s must read stories and debate
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News
Trusts face fines over checking patients' credentials
The Department of Health is considering new rules to enable commissioners to fine acute providers if they fail to check whether a patient is from overseas and eligible or not for free NHS care.
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HSJ Local
Radiologist guilty of 'audacious' contract scam
A consultant radiologist has pleaded guilty to defrauding the NHS out of £24,000 after consistently carrying out additional contract work within his normal working hours.
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News
Council refers long running reconfiguration to Jeremy Hunt
Oxfordshire health overview and scrutiny committee refers Horton General Hospital maternity downgrade to secretary of state Committee chair told HSJ the referral was the “only solution” to the ongoing emergency downgrade four months ago Oxfordshire CCG consulting on plans to make the downgrade permanent The ongoing controversial decision ...
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HSJ Local
New chief executive confirmed for trust with patient safety concerns
A struggling mental health trust has announced that it has made its interim chief executive a permanent appointment.
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HSJ Knowledge
Careers and family life don't have to be mutually exclusive
There is so much we can do to create an NHS in which women are encouraged to apply for leadership roles, writes Nikita Kanani
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News
Revealed: 24 A&Es could be closed or downgraded
Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 per cent of the national total - could be closed or downgraded in the next four years, analysis shows HSJ has identified and mapped those most likely to be affected in an unprecedented analysis Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 ...
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Comment
Analysis: Keogh’s A&E overhaul has not materialised
NHS England set out plans for major reform in its milestone urgent and emergency care review in 2013. But now over three years since its publication, the flurry of A&E reclassifications has simply not materialised.
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NHS England cancels quick-turnaround offer of digital funds
NHS trusts that were asked to prepare bids for digital investment over the next two months have now been told the funds are not available, HSJ understands.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Catchup: Data clash, A&E pressure hits finances, and STP taskforce
Your essential update on the week in health
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News
Exclusive: Hospitals told to cease 'unacceptable' A&E rules
NHS Improvement has told trusts to stop “unacceptable rules” which have delayed ambulances at emergency departments Regulator says tackling delays is a “top priority” for patient safety, and reveals it is developing national support NHS Improvement directors will scrutinise all long-wait ambulance turnarounds NHS Improvement has warned acute ...
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News
Patient safety fears after trust moves to radiology consortium
Kettering General Hospital dealing with major reporting backlogs affecting thousands of scans, including urgent and cancer MRI and CT scans At least one serious incidence and 68 other incidences of potential harm identified, with patients waiting up to 3 months for routine MRI scan results Fault attributed to flagship ...
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News
Trusts given two days to bid for quick turnaround tech funding
NHS England reviewed “capital allocation position” for the remaining two months of 2016-17. Trusts were given two days to express interest, and told the projects would need to be completed by March 2017. Memo was issued on the same day that NHS Improvement told trusts their overall capital ...