South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 89
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Expert Briefing
The Download: ICS invests ‘millions’ in tech to manage waiting lists
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
Labour commits to regulating NHS managers
Labour has said it would introduce a tougher system of regulating NHS management, and is consulting the sector on how to approach it, in the wake of Lucy Letby’s murders.
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News
BMA writes to trust chiefs over ‘concerns about doctors’ safety’
The British Medical Association has written to trust chief executives warning of ‘concerns regarding the safety of our members and the patients they serve’ due to flawed concrete beams.
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News
‘Very tight’ controls on digital and consultancy spend revealed
A new crackdown on central spending on digital and consultancy has been introduced by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ has learned.
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News
Trust heavily criticised by coroner for delays to death investigations
A coroner has strongly criticised a mental health trust for failing to investigate serious incidents promptly.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: ‘We are being watched’
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Daily Insight
The mythbuster: Popular health policy is (usually) bad policy
The challenge for political parties in the UK lies in reconciling the need for vote-winning policies with the imperative of crafting effective healthcare strategies for the NHS
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News
Teaching trust reviewing decisions made under Letby CEO
A trust which hired the former chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital as an interim CEO has launched a review of decisions about safety and whistleblowing taken under his leadership.
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Comment
Acting on suicide prevention
While progress is being made, it is essential for all to work together to create hope, strengthen prevention, and achieve zero-suicide ambitions, writes Emily Gibbons
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News
Minister wants to ‘inject private capital’ to upgrade NHS buildings
A health minister has indicated he wants to use private finance to help ‘stretch capital budgets as far as possible’ for the NHS estate.
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HSJ Local
Long-serving CEO takes on second trust
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust chief Matthew Winn has been appointed interim CEO of Norfolk Community Health and Care for a 12-month period.
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Comment
Navigating the future: Challenges and innovations in healthcare workforce planning
The workforce plan’s aims for new roles will require an extensive organisational and workforce development programme, writes Nick Krachler
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Podcast: The RAAC scandal and what it means for the NHS
NHS trusts have been told by the government to carry out urgent risk assessments if they have a certain type of lightweight concrete in their buildings.
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Comment
NHS facing structural collapse
The government has been criticised for not acting sooner to deal with known defects in NHS structures, reports Julian Patterson
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News
Trust and manager charged with manslaughter
North East London Foundation Trust has been charged with corporate manslaughter – making it only the second NHS provider to be prosecuted for the crime.
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News
Every acute in ICS to use the same EPR after £44m deal
One of the last trusts in London to move away from paper records has named Oracle Cerner as its preferred electronic patient record supplier in a 10-year deal worth £44m.
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News
Crumbling estate impacting patient care ‘day in, day out’, NHSE boss tells MPs
NHS England’s finance boss says patient treatment areas are being closed “all the time” due to crumbling estates, fire risks and flooding.
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HSJ Local
Police launch investigation into maternity failings
Nottinghamshire police have launched an investigation into an acute trust at the centre of a major maternity scandal.
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News
Exec paybill rose to £800k despite trust being deemed ‘too small’
A new NHS trust deemed ‘too small’ after taking on just £24m worth of services has reported a significant increase in spending on its executive team.
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News
Community discharge delays much worse than acutes’
Nearly nine in 10 medically fit patients are unable to go home on any given day in community hospitals because of struggles arranging onward care.