South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 158
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NewsA&E handover delays up by a fifth, leak reveals
Hours lost to ambulance handover delays shot up by nearly a quarter last month amid growing fears about the pressure on ambulance services going into winter, according to figures seen by HSJ.
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NewsMackey moves to Newcastle as NHSE appoints new COO
Sir Jim Mackey has been named the new chief executive of Newcastle Hospitals, and a Number 10 official will return to NHS England to take over his role as interim chief operating officer, it has been announced.
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CommentTough choices (mostly) on hold
The recent party conferences revealed shifts in public health policy and heightened rhetoric on industrial action in the UK, but they fall short of addressing critical healthcare challenges, writes Richard Sloggett
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News‘Vital’ safety deadline thought to have been missed by most trusts
Most trusts are thought to have missed the deadline to launch a new national incident reporting system that has already been beset by difficulties and delays.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: It’s all about power – and we don’t have any
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in August 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentNeurosurgery waits surge as national elective list hits new high
Clinical risk on the waiting list continues to grow
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NewsBe careful of celebrating staff as ‘heroes’, NHSE advises trusts
Trusts haven been warned to be careful of “contentious” approaches to staff recognition, such as those that mimic the “clap for carers” initiative organised during the pandemic.
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HSJ PartnersBacking NHS staff with people-focused solutions
Philips partners with the NHS to address workforce challenges, leveraging technology and innovative solutions to enhance staff well-being, streamline workflows, and prioritise patient care
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: copy Churchill to get the big decisions right
Emulating Churchill, the NHS should create a unit comprising experts who compile reliable evidence on important things and communicate them effectively to help the big decision makers determine how to fix its problems, writes Steve Black
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NewsMedical directors endorse controversial data platform ahead of £480m contract award
Medical directors at 14 NHS trusts have backed NHS England’s proposed £480m ’federated data platform’ as part of efforts to demonstrate clinical support for the controversial project.
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NewsExclusive: ‘You are being lied to’ departing trust chair warns local and national leaders
The chair of a hospital trust who quit after raising serious concerns about the chief executive has now accused the organisation of “institutional corruption and dishonesty” after it claimed he was “asked to resign by the board”.
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CommentLabour will throw everything but money at the NHS
The shadow health minister Wes Streeting sets out a bold vision of a reformed health service not run by a Conservative government. As told to Julian Patterson
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Maternity inequalities persist, but campaigning sparks medicine safety change
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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HSJ LocalAustralian CEO returns to lead challenged trust
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed former Medway FT boss Lesley Dwyer as chief executive, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust appoints group chief executive
Royal Free London Foundation Trust has confirmed Peter Landstrom as its substantive group chief executive.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Labour’s plan to ‘underpromise and overdeliver’ on the NHS
On the podcast this week we bring you the highlights and analysis from the Labour party conference in Liverpool.
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HSJ PartnersHealthcare’s coming home
Tara Donnelly, the founder of Digital Care and adviser to Doccla, the Virtual Wards company, talks about revolutionising long-term condition management in the NHS with remote monitoring and innovative digital support. Tara is speaking at the HSJ ICS Summit this week
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HSJ LocalNHS ‘net zero’ push endangered by lack of funding, claims trust
A major hospital trust which was the first NHS organisation to declare a ‘climate emergency’ has said lack of national funding is undermining the ‘transformational change’ needed for the service to achieve its net zero targets