South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 927
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HSJ Local
Trust forced to close unit for three months due to staff shortage
Wycombe birth centre to close between 25 July and 31 October due to midwife shortage Forty shifts a month unfilled with 24.8 full-time equivalent midwives having resigned or retired in recent months Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust says it is confident birth centre will re-open WORKFORCE: A shortage of midwives ...
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HSJ Local
Hospital trust takes on fourth GP practice
STRUCTURE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has taken on the management of a fourth GP practice.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Muddling through a legal tangle
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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News
NHS England blames HIV legal action for new treatments delay
NHS England says it cannot guarantee funding for 18 new services until outcome of judicial review on HIV prevention Jonathan Fielden says legal action “preventing us confirming the new opportunities for so many” Charity behind judicial review insists delays “of the NHS’s own making” NHS England has blamed ...
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News
Behan, Williams, Field and Dodge join HSJ Awards judges
Care Quality Commission chief executive David Behan and Department of Health finance director David Williams are the latest leading figures to be named as judges for the 2016 HSJ Awards.
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HSJ Knowledge
All around the country, vanguards are already delivering
The new care model vanguards are delivering the NHS Five Year Forward View vision, including in the reduction of pressure on our NHS
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Comment
More information doesn't create greater transparency - but here's what does
Huge amounts of data don’t in themselves guarantee a safer and better NHS - they need constant challenge
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News
PHSO apologises to former NHS director for cover-up 'mistake'
Dame Julie Mellor writes personal apology to Helen Marks, former HR director at Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Ombudsman resigned last week after failing to take action when she was made aware of cover-up by her deputy Mick Martin last year Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman yet to publish findings ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Rising demand sparked a journey of home truths
A switch to community treatment required a mental health trust to turn its centralised management system to a partnership model
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Comment
Why we still need clinical commissioners
The progress made by CCGs in engaging local clinicians could be lost if we fail to act upon the clinical voice
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News
Exclusive: Controversial ‘technical’ measures cut £900m from provider deficit
Accounting measures helped boost provider sector financial position by about £900m in 2015-16 “Technical adjustments” by trusts included revaluing property, extending the expected lifespan of some sites, and taking a more optimistic view of debt recovery Finance professionals say measures “push the boundaries” of acceptable public accounting but are ...
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News
Patients report further steady decline in GP access
GP survey shows continued steady reduction in people finding it easy to access Criticism over small proportion reporting they have written care plans The proportion of patients finding it easy to get through to their GP surgery on the phone has fallen slightly for a fourth successive year, ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Building local links with the third sector is tough but invaluable
It is time to form new relationships with voluntary and community sector organisations
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News
Regulator calls for 'step change' in incident investigations
CQC urges co-operation across NHS bodies and passes its review to the new Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch CQC report finds families and staff routinely omitted from investigations Recommends investigations focus on identifying the underlying causes of failures The Care Quality Commission has called for a “step change” improvement ...
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News
Daily Insight: Pressing the reset button, or maybe pause
HSJ’s round-up of the day’s must read stories and debate
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HSJ Local
North London Trusts merge lung cancer teams
Whittington Health Trust has merged is multidisciplinary lung cancer team with its counterpart at neighbouring University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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News
New role to raise role of 'GP voice' in STPs
RCGP appoints 29 GP forward view ambassadors College says it has been told there is a lack of GP voices withing some STPs NHS England: ”Half of the footprint areas are being led by GP controlled CCGs” Twenty-nine GPs have been appointed to act as local ambassador’s for ...
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News
Vanguard CCGs say Health Act prevents 'accountable care' plan
CCGs warn current legislation will prevent rapid implementation of some new care models Lancashire North and Cumbria are involved in ongoing work to set up two ACS systems, but say commissioner roles cannot be transferred to a provider Restrictions have prompted proposals for a substantial boundary change for the ...
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Comment
We do have the best ever view of quality: this is what happens next
HSJ asked what the NHS will do with the huge amount of data it has on care quality - here’s the answer