South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 913
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News
CQC launches inquiry into trusts failing to improve
Only six out out of 21 trusts re-inspected by the CQC in 2015-16 showed overall improvement Review commissioned to discover “underlying reasons” why trusts are struggling to improve Colchester chief executive calls for single “oversight committees” to become more common The Care Quality Commission has set up an ...
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Talks under way for more mental health care model pilots
Talks are already under way to create more pilot sites to take on new commissioning powers and develop models of care for tertiary mental health services, HSJ can reveal.
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New £5m pot for perinatal mental health services
NHS England announces £5m perinatal community services development fund STPs, commissioners and providers can bid for money to expand services for women with mental health problems during or after pregnancy Fund is part of £365m plan to expand perinatal support to an extra 30,000 women a year by 2020-21 ...
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HSJ Local
Virgin Care preferred bidder for £69m community services contract
Virgin Care selected as preferred bidder for £69m community services contract in Bath and north east Somerset Firm beat Sirona Care and Health consortium, which included two trusts Commissioners say contract will include clause requiring any surplus to be “reinvested into services in Bath and north east Somerset” ...
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Comment
What could Theresa May do about the 'burning injustice' of health inequality?
Theresa May has said she wants to address the life expectancy gap linked to poverty. We asked leading experts where she should start
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News
Senior public health figures pan childhood obesity plan
The government’s childhood obesity plan has been branded a disappointing missed opportunity by senior public health figures after it failed to take action on marketing and advertising of junk food and paid little attention to the role of councils.
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Comment
Explore the third sector to improve diversity of boards
NHS Improvement should look to the charity sector to recruit the kind of diverse boards that we greatly needed
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NHS England will step in if mental health cash does not reach front line
National mental health director says NHS England will intervene if areas fail to invest new funding properly Claire Murdoch says transparency is key to implementing £3.97bn plan for the sector and making sure cash reaches services NHS England to publish a new dashboard in September, including how much CCGs ...
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HSJ Local
Mayor calls for new approach to Bedford reconfiguration
COMMISSIONING: A “flawed” review of health services should be rejected in full rather than become part of sustainability and transformation plan for health and social care integration, according to the elected mayor of Bedford Borough Council.
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HSJ Local
Lincolnshire trust confirms night time A&E closure
ACUTE CARE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has confirmed it will go ahead with plans to close the accident and emergency department at Grantham and District Hospital at night.
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Comment
Enough analysis: Make real plans for young people's mental health services
Years of critical reviews have failed to bring about the required changes in child and adolescent mental healthcare services. Establishing a good case for improvement is important to move beyond just analysing the problems
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News
Exclusive: Birmingham CCGs plan to merge by April 2018
Three Birmingham CCGs to merge by April 2018 CCGs will form a “joint commissioning board” from October The board will appoint a single “transitional chair” Three Birmingham clinical commissioning groups are planning to merge in April 2018, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
'Confusion' over new policies led to trust's inadequate safety rating
Introduction of new policies “had not got the pace behind it should have” at Humber Foundation Trust, says nursing director Trust said policies had not filtered down to staff when CQC inspectors visited Inspectors rate trust as requires improvement overall and inadequate for safety QUALITY: Failure to filter ...
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News
Performance data 'fundamental' to vanguards and STPs could be delayed
Community service leaders say performance metrics for the sector are “absolutely essential” to vanguards and STPs Independent committee suggested community service activity data will not be published next year and could be delayed beyond 2019 NHS Digital denies delay and said community services data will “flow nationally” from next ...
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HSJ Local
South Coast trust in special measures after serious leadership failings
QUALITY: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is to be placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission rated it inadequate.
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Daily Insight: A hard nut to crack
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s must read stories and talking points
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News
New GP funding formula pushed back
NHS England has confirmed that a new GP funding formula will not be sought before 1 April 2018 despite expectations that it would inform the 2017-18 GP contract
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: A trio of inspection reports
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell