South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1896
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HSJ Local
Reconfiguration high on Monitor's agenda after FT breach
STRUCTURE: Monitor’s response to financial problems at a struggling foundation trust has offered the first example of the watchdog’s new readiness to push for reconfiguration of services.
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NewsSeveral CCGs to be larger than outgoing PCTs
Three parts of the country will have clinical commissioning groups larger than the primary care trusts they will replace.
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HSJ Local
Trust approves £1m consultant rota to cut death rates
WORKFORCE: Consultants working at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust are to be expected to work a seven-day rota in a drive to cut the number of weekend deaths.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: levelling the provider playing field
HSJ’s financial columnist on ‘sharks’, ‘ugly sisters’ and social enterprise.
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HSJ Local
Trust investigation after death of baby delivered on floor
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is investigating the death of a baby after his mother was forced to give birth on a day room floor because midwives were too busy to see her.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to buy: outsource car parking services for an easier ride
Running a trust car park that keeps patients, staff and coffers happy can seem an impossible task, but success is all in the outsourcing, writes Alison Moore
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CommentTurning the NHS into a lean, mean, healthcare machine
Manufacturing and healthcare appear to be poles apart but when it comes to reducing waste and improving efficiency, the gap is not as wide as it seems, John Neill tells Andrew Snowball.
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HSJ Knowledge
How better equipment management offers time and money savings
Managing medical equipment is an often overlooked and typically inefficient aspect of running a healthcare facility.
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HSJ KnowledgeTools to help CCGs take predictive risk modelling forward
Predictive risk tools are more efficient and accurate than clinicians at targeting at-risk patient groups – so CCGs should not shy away from them, says Ian Blunt
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Foundation trust pipeline agency studies franchise and risk-share routes
The agency responsible for pushing trusts through the foundation authorisation pipeline will look at private sector management franchises and “risk-sharing agreements” for NHS hospitals.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow HealthWatch can help support local economies
Ross Griffiths explores how HealthWatch bodies have the opportunity to support local health economies and their scope for innovation in delivering care.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow diabetes data can unlock more funding for services
The best practice tariff for paediatric diabetes presents a major opportunity for childhood diabetes specialists to attract important funding for under-resourced services. But to capitalise, clinicians must demonstrate they are meeting national guidelines and delivering best practice, says John Sanderson.
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NewsTougher penalties on horizon for slow ambulance handovers
Hospital trusts are likely to face tougher penalties for keeping ambulances waiting outside accident and emergency departments, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy effective teamwork is a cliché crucial to collaboration
Peter Homa discusses the vital place of effective teamwork in healthcare delivery.
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NewsEmergency waits rise alongside savings target struggle
The number of patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency has increased by 26 per cent in the past year, according to the King’s Fund.
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CommentMedia Watch: green fingers could help push figures into the red
Health policy in the media this week.
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CommentReaders' letters – 31 May 2012
Information strategy leaves a gap between rhetoric and reality; and a sore point on nurse registration.
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NewsPreferred providers for NHS 111 announced in the south west
NHS Direct has been named as the preferred provider to deliver the new non-emergency NHS 111 phone number to almost 1.5m residents in the south west.