South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1819
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HSJ Local
Trust criticised over new Pembury bus deal
FINANCE: A Kent NHS trust has come under fire for reneging on a deal to fund buses bringing patients to its new hospital, saying it needed the money for frontline services.
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NewsVision support service is launched in Scotland
A new service that aims to help people come to terms with losing their sight has been officially launched.
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NewsCambridge University Hospitals called into regulator's office
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has called Cambridge University Hospitals to its offices to discuss whether the foundation trust is in significant breach of the terms of its authorisation.
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NewsNottingham to open 80 new beds after cancellations surge
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is to invest more than £4m to open 80 new beds, after it was forced to cancel an “unprecedented” number of operations.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Private franchise not ruled out as trust seeks merger
STRUCTURE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has become the latest district general hospital to say it cannot make foundation trust status on its own and seek a merger partner. It has not ruled out a private franchise management deal.
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NewsFinal sign-off for CCG authorisation to be put back a month
Clinical commissioning groups will be authorised a month later than previously planned, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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Blogs
Waiting times tread water
18-week waits didn't improve in July. Nor did they get markedly worse. It's probably still just a seasonal blip.
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NewsStop gag on NHS whitleblowers - MP
NHS lawyers should not be able to gag whistleblowers from revealing damning information in the public interest, an MP has said.
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NewsRegional pay plans short-sighted - BMA
A group of NHS trusts has been accused of making “short-sighted” plans to introduce regional pay and conditions which would “undermine the national ethos of the NHS”.
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NewsRCP: Hospitals are overcrowded and short-staffed
Hospitals are so full that elderly patients are being discharged in the middle of the night and routine blood tests are being conducted at 3am, the Royal College of Physicians has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe power behind the chairs
Governors are becoming the lynchpins of greater local accountability
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CommentTalking dirty on healthcare waste
Gary Cohen is on a mission to make the health sector live up to its responsibilities
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NewsCCGs face temporary limits on authorisation
Dozens of clinical commissioning groups are expected to have “temporary” restrictions placed on them when they are authorised, HSJ understands.
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SupplementsDoctors' orders: a special report on revalidation
This special report on revalidation looks at why revalidation is a key plank in efforts to build quality, how its usefulness can be established, and how it can help doctors to be better leaders
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HSJ KnowledgeWhen patients become leaders
The qualities that emerge when a person is ill will help to develop collaborative healthcare
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Comment'Justifying health priorities will not be easy'
CCGs face tough decisions to prioiritise the right patients
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CommentNoel Plumridge: welcome to unpopularity
This is the world of James Reilly, former GP and now Ireland’s health minister
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NewsCSUs urged to delay private sector deals
Leading market figures now believe it is unlikely commissioning support units will enter long-term partnerships with private sector firms before 2014.
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CommentMichael White: Hunt's ignorance
Jeremy Hunt’s known positions on health policy are best described as incoherent
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SupplementsDispensing wisdom: a special report on outsourcing
This special report explores why trusts are - or are not - outsourcing outpatient dispensing