South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 152
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HSJ LocalTrusts announce unprecedented merger plans
Two East of England trusts have today approved the first step of merger plans in what is understood would be the first tie-up between two standalone community service providers.
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NewsStarmer appoints close aide as health adviser
The prime minister has appointed a close lieutenant as his senior adviser on health and social care.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Getting past the ‘bitter animosity’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsNHS needs ‘financial reset’, says leading CEO
A leading system CEO has called for a “financial reset” for the NHS and a move away from using 2019-20 as the baseline against which elective recovery is measured.
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HSJ LocalLegionella fear shuts ward and costs trust ‘at least’ £1m
A trust has been forced to shut a ward for months due to legionella risks – which has caused “significant pressure” and cost at least £1m so far.
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HSJ LocalTrust launches probe after cyber attack
One of the NHS’s least digitised teaching hospitals has been forced to carry out “a full forensic investigation” after a cyber attack last week, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Lack of surgery capacity adding to risk for babies and mothers
A lack of surgery capacity at dozens of maternity units is adding to the risk of serious harm to mothers and newborn babies, HSJ has found.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: A question of confidence
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCFO departed trust after senior staff and ICB ‘lost confidence’
A trust’s chief financial officer left the role shortly after senior staff told the chief executive they had “lost confidence” in the CFO, in an apparent row over planned cuts to clinical staff, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTurnover down £160m for agency staffing firm
Turnover and profits are down at the NHS’s biggest supplier of agency staff.
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CommentThe collateral damage caused by the row over physician associates
As NHS funding debates heat up, first-contact physiotherapists are unfairly targeted. Despite their crucial role in managing musculoskeletal conditions and easing GP workloads, their importance should not be overshadowed, writes Ash James
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NewsICB admits defeat on key September target
An East of England integrated care board expects to miss both the main national elective recovery target of eliminating 65-week breaches by September and a top diagnostic target, according to board papers.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Less haste, more speed
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsGP industrial action may hit all services, ICBs and trusts warned
Integrated care boards and trusts should develop plans to deal with potential “whole system” impact of GP “collective action” from next week, NHS England has warned.
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HSJ LocalICB chair and long-serving NHS chief to retire
An integrated care board chair and previously long-serving NHS chief executive is retiring after five decades in the health service.
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NewsNew 10-year health plan due next spring
The government is aiming to complete its 10-year plan for health services around next spring, HSJ understands.
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NewsNHS England awards £40m consultancy contract for commercial advice
A contract worth up to £40m to advise NHS England on strategic and productivity matters has been awarded to a consortium led by PA Consulting, HSJ has learned.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: What should Darzi do?
Steve Black highlights the need for Lord Ara Darzi’s review of NHS performance to focus on diagnosing systemic issues through comprehensive evidence gathering, rather than jumping to premature solutions.
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NewsIT outage still disrupting services after region declared ‘critical incident’
Disruption to GP services is expected to continue this week, while London had to declare a “critical incident” over the Microsoft outage.
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NewsAI could solve ‘disgraceful’ structural problems, says minister
Artificial intelligence could be used to figure out the causes of “disgraceful” structural problems like the higher rates of maternal mortality for black women, a minister told a conference yesterday.