South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 16
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Daily Insight
HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Waiting games, ageing estates and raised targets
Your essential update on health for the week.
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HSJ Interactive
HSJ webinar discussed how federating health and social care data could lead to improved population health
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. Improving population health will be key to helping the NHS moderate and meet demand over the next few years. Yet, it is often a challenge for NHS organisations to have much impact in this ...
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Comment
Victoria Atkins: comedy genius
In a rare mea culpa, Julian Patterson acknowledges that he was wrong to make fun of the health and social care secretary. She is more than capable of managing without him
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: Friend in need
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Trusts told to justify workforce increases, as NHSE warns the service must ‘consolidate’
NHS England has told trusts to review and justify their staffing increases over the last four years, saying there must now be a drive to “consolidate” services and workforce.
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News
Links between primary and secondary care must be ‘streamlined’ says NHSE
All trusts should pick a “designated lead” for improving how they work with primary care, according to new NHS planning guidance.
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News
Focus should be on waiting list size, as well as long waiters says planning guidance
NHS England has told local leaders they must start to focus on reducing the overall size of the elective waiting list and not just the longest waiters.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: An ICB finds inspiration in Brazil
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: The priorities for NHSE’s new elective recovery plan
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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Comment
Tackling health inequalities should be core business for trusts
A new NHS Providers’ guide for trusts provides a comprehensive framework for identifying, prioritising, and addressing health inequalities, write Christine Camacho and Rachael McKeown
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News
Fumes from idling ambulances stuck outside A&Es endangering staff
An ambulance trust is having to protect its staff from the effects of fumes – including potential cancer risk – as they are spending so long in their vehicles outside hospitals.
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News
NHS England agrees new A&E target
Trusts will be told to hit the four-hour A&E target in 78 per cent of cases by next year after NHS England finally made an agreement with government, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Partners
Transforming healthcare with patient centred technology
From surging waiting lists to an ageing population – the quest for innovative and effective solutions has intensified. Andy Nieto, senior solutions manager at Lenovo explores how their technology can offer not just incremental improvements, but transformative change to healthcare
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News
‘No clear vision’ for national procurement, NHSE warned
The NHS has failed to exploit its purchasing power to save hundreds of millions of pounds after a major procurement shake-up fell far short of its target, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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Daily Insight
Daily Insight: The lost quarter of a million hours
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News
Hospital told to pair with ‘critical friend’
The Care Quality Commission has told Rampton Hospital it must partner with another high secure hospital as a “critical friend”, in recommendations from a government-ordered “rapid review”.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: NHS England struggles to hold the line
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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Comment
Labour need to think big on primary and community care
Blair and Brown missed the opportunity to think big despite winning a mandate for change. Nearly 30 years on, healthcare can’t afford history to repeat itself, writes Adam Sampson, chief executive of the Association of Optometrists
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News
NHSE looks to match Scotland on cancer tests
NHS England is piloting a scheme to lower the threshold for getting a bowel cancer scan after screening, which would bring it in line with standards in Scotland.
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News
Six ICBs require staff to work from office at least one day per week
Six integrated care boards have policies which require hybrid working staff to be in the office either one or two days per week.