South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 998
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HSJ Local
Maidstone trial: Trust should have spotted ‘red flags’, court told
PATIENT SAFETY: An expert witness was “horrified” by failings in the care of a mother at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust, and said warnings should already have been made about the doctor at fault.
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Executive Summary: The report the government didn’t want you to see
HSJ’s roundup of the must read stories and debate in health policy
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News
NHS ordered to use fines to boost DH bottom line
All fines for breaches of performance targets must now be used to improve provider or commissioner bottom lines, national bodies have decreed Commissioners will not be able to use money from fines to address causes of poor performance Move is intended to help Department of Health avoid blowing its ...
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Comment
Taking the workforce challenge early on
Can we set the tone early in 2016 for the health service to tackle its workforce challenges
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HSJ Local
Trust remains in special measures after 15 months
Wye Valley Trust must remain in special measures, CQC says Acute and community provider was put in the regime in October 2014 Regulator says significant concerns must be addressed as “matter of urgency” PERFORMANCE: An acute trust that was placed in special measures in October 2014 must remain ...
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Exclusive: NHS Improvement executive team structure revealed
NHS Improvement agrees executive team structure for after Monitor-TDA meger Eleven executives will report directly to Jim Mackey Posts are open to applicants from the regulators’ senior teams and affected NHS England staff NHS Improvement expected announce appointments by mid-February NHS Improvement has agreed the structure of the ...
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HSJ Local
Monitor to probe A&E with patients 'queuing in corridors'
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust’s accident and emergency performance.
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Comment
The truth about the doctors' dispute
Public opinion has so far has been sympathetic to junior doctors, but these shallow sentiments could easily switch
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News
Quarter of CCGs’ BCF contributions to shrink
Nearly a quarter of clinical commissioning groups will be allowed to contribute less to the better care fund next year than the minimum requirement in 2015-16, NHS England has confirmed.
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Watch on demand: Making the most of simple technology in the NHS
Ian Dalton speaks at HSJ webinar on how the NHS can best use technology
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Exclusive: NICE experts called for minimum staff ratios in leaked guidance
Guidelines for A&E safe staffing, leaked to HSJ, recommended minimum nurse/patient ratios Documents suggest lower nursing numbers linked to poor patient outcomes Ratio recommendations were made despite government resistance Read the guidance Suppressed NICE safe staffing guidance for hospital emergency departments called for the NHS to implement minimum ...
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NICE leak: A&Es could be understaffed 'half of the time'
Leaked NICE document suggests current NHS practices for estimating demand are inadequate Guidance says trusts should overstaff departments against historical trends Overcrowding in UK emergency departments is “common” and linked to poor outcomes Read the guideline NHS accident and emergency departments in England may be understaffed as much ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Safe staffing for nursing in A&E departments: the full NICE safe staffing guideline
HSJ has reproduced the safe staffing guideline for accident and emergency departments from NICE from a leaked document
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HSJ Knowledge
Safe staffing for nursing in A&E departments - appendix 1: Evidence to recommendations
HSJ has reproduced the safe staffing guideline and appendix for accident and emergency departments from NICE from a leaked document. To protect the identity of our source, HSJ has not made the original documents available. The document obtained by HSJ was labelled as the final guideline and was completed following ...
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Comment
Expert view: Leaked safe staffing guideline demands action from the NHS
HSJ’s patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern argues that NICE’s leaked accident and emergency recommendations mean providers must take action.
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Safe staffing leak: How we got here
HSJ has today published the final safe nurse staffing guidance for accident and emergency departments produced by NICE. We have covered this important story since the beginning. Here we recap the main events to get you up to speed.
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Executive Summary: Undoing the Lansley act, one piece at a time
HSJ’s roundup of Tuesday’s must read stories
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for major London FT
WORKFORCE: Amanda Pritchard has been appointed to the top job at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust
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HSJ Local
Maidstone trial: Anaesthetist previously made 'basic failings', court hears
The first corporate manslaughter prosecution of an NHS trust continues at Inner London Crown Court Trial follows death of Frances Cappuccini after she gave birth by emergency caesarean section in October 2012 at Pembury Hospital Anaesthetist was allowed to continue working after “inadequacies” were found in his care of ...
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News
Stevens: £800m contract probe findings within eight weeks
Inquiry into collapse of £800m older people’s services contract “very important moment for NHS” Simon Stevens commits to “a quick, targeted, thorough piece of work that everyone else will learn from” Health minister says it is “a matter of extreme concern” that contract lasted eight months An NHS ...