South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1045
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HSJ Knowledge
Taking advance care planning into our own hands
We can learn from successful models of advance care planning in the US
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Leader
Urgent action is needed to save the NHS’s efficiency drive
The Carter efficiency drive has been going nowhere fast, but needs to be a mainstream priority
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News
Mackey: Some trusts 'not doing enough' to tackle agency spending
Mackey warns that some trusts ”simply aren’t doing enough” to cut their spending on agency staff Warning comes as NHS Improvement tells MPs that agency caps have saved up to £300m since October 2015 Also follows complaints that some trusts have faced staffing problems due to neighbours breaching agency ...
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News
Junior doctors contract talks resume
Talks seeking to resolve the junior doctor contract dispute were due to begin on Monday, with Sir David Dalton leading for the government.
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News
Daily Insight: DH integration drive achieves little
The must read stories and talking points from Friday
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Squeezing the capital budget
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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HSJ Local
Imperial aims for August compliance with RTT target
PERFORMANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust plans to hit the 92 per cent target for elective waiting times in August, board papers reveal.
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News
Little progress by ‘integration pioneers’, DH’s study finds
DH-commissioned study finds ‘limited evidence’ of changes to services Norman Lamb: NHS England did not take the programme seriously enough Financial pressures and performance targets distract from transformation The coalition government’s high profile “integration pioneers” programme has yielded few tangible results and failed to remove barriers to joined-up ...
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HSJ Local
Single bidder kept in race for children’s services contract
Consortium of NHS and social enterprise bidders is single bidder for children’s community services contract in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset University Hospitals Bristols Foundation Trust and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust are part of bid Commissioners say that consortium was the only bidder that met the ...
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Expert Briefing
The Commissioner: Scrutinising specialised
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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Comment
More data on activity is needed to tackle the general practice crisis
NHS England must urgently consider how it can generate ongoing information on primary care workload
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Comment
Vanguards are already improving people's lives
Health of care home residents has improved with advancements in new care model vanguards
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HSJ Local
Trusts at loggerheads over millions in unpaid bills
FINANCE: Two hospital trusts are embroiled in a row over more than £3m of unpaid bills that could significantly affect their year-end financial positions.
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News
Hunt beats Milburn to become longest serving health secretary
Jeremy Hunt will become the longest serving health secretary on Sunday.
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Comment
The 'weekend effect' is about admissions as much as mortality rates
Understanding the infamous hospital ‘weekend effect’ can be achieved by looking not at weekends but weekdays
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News
Daily Insight: Will the government and the BMA finally talk?
The must read stories and talking points from Thursday
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Expert Briefing
Lintern's Risk Register: Common sense judgments, please
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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News
Council leader chosen to head up STP
A fourth senior council figure has been appointed to lead one of the 44 sustainability and transformation plans.
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HSJ Local
Evidence of 'bullying and harassment' at under fire CCG
PwC review finds “evidence of a culture of bullying and harassment” at Kernow CCG CCG has been in NHS England legal directions since December, after disclosing a huge deficit when it had been forecasting a surplus Review finds “confusion and dysfunction” on executive team, “failure of governance” and “lack ...
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News
Updated: Government offers BMA talks on junior doctors contract
Jeremy Hunt responds to letter from medical royal colleges Government will pause contract imposition if BMA agrees to talk about Saturday pay Hunt says BMA must agree in writing before talks can take place The government has agreed to pause its planned imposition of a new junior doctors ...