South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1014
-
NewsNearly £4bn pledged to mental health services
NHS England document outlines how £3.97bn will be invested in mental health by 2020-21 £1.8m pilot scheme for six regions to take on new commissioning powers for tertiary mental health services £12m in the next two years to expand services that make mental health assessments available to those arrested ...
-
NewsSix areas take on new mental health commissioning powers
Six areas chosen to take on new commissioning powers for tertiary mental health services Providers were invited to submit bids to NHS England by the middle of June A key aim of the pilot is to reduce the number of patients going to out of area beds Six ...
-
-
HSJ LocalCQC warning notice to embattled ambulance trust
NHS 111 calls not responded to quickly enough by South East Coast Ambulance Staffing shortages not handled efficiently, CQC finds Trust has until 10 September to respond to CQC QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has issued a warning notice to South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust telling ...
-
NewsEfficiency drive key to free at the point of use NHS, says DH official
Department of Health plans to roll out GS1 barcoding standards to 25 more trusts Business case being developed for funding to pay for implementation DH commercial director warns if NHS does not rise to efficiency challenge “we’re not going to have a free at the point of use health ...
-
NewsMay shakes up DH ministerial team
Junior defence minister Philip Dunne appointed minister of state for health Nicola Blackwood and David Mowat appointed parliamentary under-secretaries of state at Department of Health Life sciences minister George Freeman to chair new prime minister’s policy board Theresa May has implemented a substantial restructure of the Department of ...
-
CommentBrexit: Can the NHS maintain its international leading role in medical science?
Patients could well lose out now the Brexit vote has endangered the networks that link up specialised providers to pool expertise
-
HSJ LocalCCGs and council consider 'formal integration'
STRUCTURE: A consultancy firm has been commissioned to consider the benefits of formally integrating Manchester’s three clinical commissioning groups and commissioners of social care services.
-
CommentCan we expect nursing associates in the NHS by spring 2017?
With stakes pegged high for public safety, it may be a while till a regulated framework for the new healthcare role is set up in the NHS
-
Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: 'Inadequate' CCGs face intervention
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
-
NewsHundreds left waiting for vital mental health assessments
Eight trusts in April failed to hit the new early intervention in psychosis standard of treating people within two weeks of being referred In England, two-thirds of patients began treatment within the new government target Out of 1,222 patients waiting to be assessed ahead of treatment, 770 had already ...
-
NewsCQC: Night staff should be allowed rests to ensure safety
CQC says NHS trusts must consider best practice guidelines on rest at night for hospital staff Inquest heard trainee at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital crashed his car after probably falling asleep following night shifts NHS trusts should comply with guidelines on allowing doctors and nurses to rest at ...
-
LeaderMackey dares to ask: how good is good enough for the NHS?
What choices must the NHS make in a period of financial restraint? That is the primary question facing the service in 2016 and the response to NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey’s HSJ interview and following conference speech shows there is little consensus yet in how to handle this challenge.
-
NewsDaily Insight: New care models milestone
HSJ’s round-up of Friday’s must read health policy stories
-
HSJ LocalFT governor resigns over 'farcical' response to deaths report
John Green tendered his resignation from Southern Health Foundation Trust’s council of governors on Wednesday His resignation follows the departure of chair Mike Petter and governor Mark Aspinall earlier this year HSJ understands Mr Green resigned because he felt the trust’s response to the Mazars report was “farcical” ...
-
Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Mackey talks tough on staff growth, and Hunt stays in health
Your essential update on the week in health
-
CommentEnglish waits improve slightly in May
There was a slight improvement in elective waiting times in May
-
NewsDH director to become head of medical watchdog
The Department of Health’s director general for strategy and external relations Charlie Massey has been appointed as the new chief executive of the General Medical Council.
-
CommentTime to look at the new cards after PM May's big shuffle
Michael White tries to look on the bright side of Boris, Brexit and the new prime minister’s line-up
-
NewsStephen Dalton to leave Mental Health Network
Stephen Dalton is stepping down from his role as chief executive of the Mental Health Network to focus on his role as interim head of the NHS Confederation.