South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1526
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NewsNHS England told to lead general practice 'scale up'
NHS England has been advised to encourage GP practices to “scale up” by creating a new type of contract and delegating more primary care budgets.
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HSJ KnowledgeTake the HSJ senior leadership challenge survey
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HSJ Local
CQC report could cause Frimley Park to 'walk away' from takeover
STRUCTURE: A damning report about the standard of care at the troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust could scupper a potential takeover from a neighbouring provider.
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NewsNHS Direct wins Australian contract
NHS Direct has won its first contract outside the UK after securing a deal which will see its online health and symptom checkers used in Australia.
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HSJ Local
Merged Barts trust records £16m in-year deficit amid savings struggle
The £1.2bn turnover Barts Health Trust has recorded a £15.7m in-year deficit, and has serious concern about making required cost savings in 2013-14.
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NewsBlood products company sold to US firm
Private equity firm Bain Capital has bought a majority stake in the government-owned blood products company Plasma Resources UK.
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Blogs
The policy doctor
Many health policy fans noticed that details of a government review recommending the banning of packed lunches for schoolchildren were published on the same day that the Department of Health decided that actually plain packaging for tobacco products was a terrible idea.End Game was among those confused as to what ...
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Blogs
A new lobbying scandal?
No one can doubt Tory MP, health committee member and former GP Sarah Wollaston’s seriousness.It might not even be too far say she is the parliamentarian most respected by the NHS.No-one would doubt the seriousness of her stance on plain packaging for tobacco, a policy put on a backburner last ...
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Blogs
Pure froth
“Imagine a world where our health literacy matched our coffee literacy.” So tweeted Johnny Marshall, the NHS Confederation policy director and all round jolly good egg, linking to piece he’d written for the BBC.The gist of Mr Marshall’s argument was that patients should be treated more like customers and if ...
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NewsLabour's 'whole person care' commission seeks input from service
The independent commission created by Labour to make recommendations for delivering “whole person care” has begun an open consultation.
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Comment
Readers' letters - 19 July 2013
Hospices can serve as a role model for NHS staff; fostering high-quality staff development and leadership; and lack of commitment to blame for reform failures
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NewsHSJ Live: 19.7.2013: NHS England issues end of life care guidance
NHS England sets out how trusts should treat patients who are dying following the announcement that the Liverpool Care Pathway is to be scrapped.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs survey reveals claims of continuing poor care
Some patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are continuing to suffer poor care more than four years after widespread failures at the trust first emerged.
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CommentBernie Cuthel: 'Compassionate responses go a long way'
The trust chief exec discusses developing her leadership style
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HSJ KnowledgePodcast: Lessons for the NHS from the FTSE 100
What can the NHS do to encourage more women leaders?
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HSJ KnowledgeEncouraging more women to become medical physicists
How to attract women to the profession
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HSJ KnowledgeLooking for female role models in the NHS
Suzanne Rastrick on leadership and confidence
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CommentAll NHS boards should have members under 30
‘Generation Y’ is at the forefront of a digital revolution
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NewsCQC appoints social care chief inspector
The Care Quality Commission has announced the appointment of its first chief inspector for social care.
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HSJ Local
Bolton missing pressure ulcer targets
PERFORMANCE: Bolton FT missed most of its targets for reduction of the incidence of pressure ulcers in the first two months of 2013-14, its latest performance report states.