South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 866
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Ex-trust director charged over lying to get jobs
The former chair of two NHS trusts has been charged with lying about his qualifications to get appointed to both posts.
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Leading vanguards not ready to take on new GP contract
Six “intensive” MCP sites working with NHS England have said they will not be close to signing new GP contract by April Manchester CCGs sign agreement with 91 GP practices to pursue MCP Modality Group to “hold ground” on partially integrated MCP model Whitstable MCP to go for “virtual” ...
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Comment
Making a drama out of a crisis: the cancellation of elective operations
Methods must be developed to be better prepared for the crisis caused by winter pressures in NHS hospital systems
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NHS efficiency league tables delayed
Lord Carter has restated intention to publish rankings to highlight trusts with high levels of waste and inefficiency Officials expected the rankings to be published earlier this year Metrics are reliant on the strength of “reference costs” data, for which widespread non-compliance has been found Expert says there is ...
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Exclusive: GPs 'fear' new care models, says royal college chair
The new chair of the Royal College of general practitioners has said GPs “fear” new primary and acute care systems and see them “take overs”.
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CCGs defend response to maternal deaths at 'inadequate' trust
A string of serious patient safety incidents at Pennine Acute were revealed in a recent review of maternity services HSJ has obtained a review carried out by CCGs in 2014 that identified “several significant issues” within the trust’s maternity services CCGs have defended their response to the 2014 review ...
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Devo Manc leaders seek 'best deal' for trust turnaround
No national funding has been given to the turnaround work at Pennine Acute Hospitals Similar turnaround efforts have received significant financial support from the Department of Health Leaders say “best deal possible” will be reached for 2017-18 Leaders in Greater Manchester have said they need to be “realistic” ...
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Joint chief appointed to run five CCGs
A collective of clinical commissioning groups in south London has appointed Sarah Blow as their new accountable officer.
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New guidance on ward staffing levels revealed
NHS Improvement has published the first of seven new safe staffing guidance documents The work follows the suspension of NICE’s work in 2015 following the Francis Inquiry Guidance warns trusts against relying only on professional judgement to set staffing levels Decisions about how many nurses work on hospital ...
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Six ways to boost the morale of junior doctors
The NHS needs to look across the waters to learn from the Navy – which does better at making employees feel valued
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New minister joins Department of Health
A former Downing Street aide and policy director to David Cameron has been appointed as a minister at the Department of Health.
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Regulators undecided on how to assess trusts' efficiency
Joint consultation does not commit to combing CQC ratings of quality and efficiency, despite previous expectations Use of resources assessment metrics included in the document are for “illustrative purposes” Liquidity, agency spending, cancelled operations and staff turnover “likely” to be included in trust assessment NHS regulators have yet ...
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Reforming how we pay for care is crucial to successful innovation
Financial reforms for innovation in care need to be implemented for early diagnosis and effective disease management at low costs
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Still doing the system’s – not the patients' – business
New recommendations on co-ordinated care would help to address patient safety issues that remain unaddressed by rafts of policy initiatives
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Stepping up a gear to accelerate innovation
The Innovation and Technology Tariff can combat problems of procurement and support services that ring in the age of digital modernisation
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Move beyond hierarchy and tribalism towards a compassionate culture in the NHS
The focus in the NHS needs to move from targets and processes to a fair and just system that values the workforce
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NHS England to press ahead with court appeal
NHS England has agreed to commission sodium oxybate routinely for children with narcolepsy NHS England will continue with Court of Appeal bid over judicial review decision to prescribe the same drug to a child High Court said the national body’s decision was “thoroughly bad” and ordered to commission 17 ...
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Trust recommended to exit special measures
CQC recommended East Kent Hospitals University FT leaves special measures Inspectors say significant improvements made in maternity and emergency care NHS Improvement defers decision till 2017 while it reviews trust’s finances England’s chief inspector of hospitals has recommended that East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust should exit special ...
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