South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1772
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HSJ Local
Anti-bug device hope for hospitals
A bug-busting “black box” is being developed that can rapidly identify the source of hospital infections and help staff to stop them spreading.
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NewsAnalysed: the friends and family test
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the friends and family test being piloted by NHS Midlands and East.
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HSJ KnowledgeAntibiotic-resistant diseases are a potential crisis
A collective response is necessary to save lives
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NewsMandate requires board to guarantee CCG autonomy
Clinical commissioning groups have received a strengthened commitment from ministers to ensure their autonomy, and new powers to rate the performance of the NHS Commissioning Board.The board will be held to account on whether it achieves “the best health outcomes for patients by strengthening the local autonomy of CCGs”. The ...
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NewsMandate approach will avoid perverse incentives
The government has rejected the use of fixed national targets in its mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board in favour of seeking continuous improvement against the NHS outcomes framework.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood and Wexham park FT risks £600,000 contingency gap
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust risks a £600,000 gap between the size of its contingency fund and all possible cost pressures.
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HSJ Local
Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital to be renamed
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is asking staff and its local communities to think of an “innovative” new name for its Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire FT shifts intravenous therapy into the community
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has launched a new intravenous therapy service, which will see patients treated in their own homes rather than in hospital.
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HSJ Local
Moorfields consultant awarded £1.7m by NIHR
CLINICAL RESEARCH: A consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has been awarded £1.7m by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme for glaucoma research.
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HSJ Local
Barts overpays staff by £1m
WORKFORCE: Barts and the London Trust made salary overpayments totalling nearly £1m in the last financial year, it can be revealed.
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LeaderHunt loosens the reins of power
Hunt considers the mandate a test of the government’s commitment to loosening the reins
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NewsDH earmarks £2bn for commissioning system running cost
The government has set the limit for the NHS commissioning system’s running costs at £2bn for 2013-14, including £676m for the NHS Commissioning Board itself.
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NewsProviders to be judged on integration and deaths from poor care
NHS organisations will be judged by whether patients report their care as well integrated, and the number of deaths in hospital attributable to poor care, under the mandate.
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BlogsThe mandate provides a historic opportunity for better mental healthcare
Board and CCGs tasked with tackling disparity between physical and mental health support
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BlogsTrust chief executives have one of toughest jobs there is
The people in the hottest seats around need more support
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NewsMandate: Mental health sector faces new challenges
Providers of NHS mental health services could be expected to meet new waiting time standards to drive improvements in access, according to the NHS mandate.
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NewsNHS chiefs ordered to explain £3bn underspend
The NHS’s leadership has been ordered by the health select committee to explain which pots of money the £3bn Department of Health underspend handed back to the Treasury came from.
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NewsAnalysis: mandate may allow space for CCGs' freedom
The first NHS mandate appears to allow leeway for clinical commissioning groups’ freedom, but there are suggestions some old style targets will remain.
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Trusts to be rewarded for friends and family test success
For all the talk of easing top-down control of trusts, the mandate mentions some levers that could hit providers.