South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1451
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NewsOmbudsman criticises 'unreasonable and unfair' patient ban
A foundation trust has been ordered to apologise to a patient for wrongly banning her from accessing NHS services and using a template letter to imply she was abusive and violent.
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NHS England accuses Monitor of "unpicking" choice and competition framework
A disagreement between NHS England and Monitor appears to be delaying the release of resources to help commissioners navigate choice and competition issues in the NHS, recent board papers reveal.
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NewsLarge providers dominate clinical senates
HSJ analysis has given the most detailed picture so far of the make-up of clinical senates, revealing the extent of large acute trusts’ influence over the advisory bodies.
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HSJ Live 05.03.2014: BMA consultants' leader calls for 'principled' contract negotiations
The Chair of the BMA Consultant Committee calls for contracts to recognise “excessive hours worked”, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment.
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HSJ KnowledgeA closer look at mental health's transformation
What acute care can learn about change from the sector
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BlogsYou can't run trusts like football clubs
It can take years for an underperforming organisation to get out of special measures
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NewsNicholson: ‘Not speaking to Mid Staffs relatives my biggest mistake’
Outgoing NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said he “bitterly” regrets not doing more to engage with the families of patients who died as a result of care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalCQC reports Medway emergency department 'in crisis'
A Care Quality Commission inspection report on the emergency department at Medway Maritime Hospital concluded it was “effectively in a crisis situation”.
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CommentCommissioners must take the long view in neurological care
The funding of services requires vision
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CommentOur health attitudes and policies remain chaotic
Nanny state must hold its nerve on public health
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HSJ KnowledgeNow we must tune up hospitals' underpowered engines
John Drew continues his exploration of hospitals’ uphill struggle at the McKinsey Hospital Institute summit
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NewsLabour review: councils must prove "readiness" to take on care of "frail" patients
A report commissioned by Labour on how to bring about integrated care has backed an evolutionary approach to giving health and wellbeing boards the lead role in planning local services.
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NewsMoore: Nursing directors should 'over-recruit' by 10pc
Hospital managers should “over-recruit” nursing staff by 10 per cent in order to ensure the best quality care for patients, according to a former nurse who now leads one of the UK’s leading acute trusts.
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NewsVoluntary redundancy unavailable to CSU staff
NHS England has instructed commissioning support units not to offer voluntary redundancy to employees as they undertake a redundancy programme to cut 300 jobs.
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Blogs
Sixty per cent guff
The important matter of Monitor’s 2013-14 report and accounts was on the agenda at the regulator’s latest board meeting.It won’t be published until July. But it’s not surprising that the wheels have to be set in motion early when its proposed length is 86 pages.We’ll be honest - End Game’s ...
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HSJ Local
‘Health campus model’ considered to save hospital
STRUCTURE: East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group is considering co-locating a wider array of services, including some which are not health services, at a district hospital to ensure its sustainability.
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NewsArea teams told tariff deflator is non-negotiable
NHS England has told its local area teams they must impose a lower tariff price for mental health and community providers than for their acute counterparts. This is despite it previously indicating that clinical commissioning groups had the freedom to devise their own tariff level.
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NewsTwo-thirds 'not informed' on NHS data plan
Almost two-thirds of people do not think patients have been well informed about the controversial NHS data scheme, a poll suggests.
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NewsFailing A&E pay incentives urged
Specialist emergency care doctors should be paid more to work in struggling hospitals, MPs have suggested.