South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1923
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HSJ Local
Birmingham Women's trust struggles on CIPs
PERFORMANCE: Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust is struggling financially on gynaecology and maternity services, and struggling to achieve its own objectives in four out of five service areas.
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NewsPublic health transition chief wins new job in Wales
The woman leading public health’s transition from the health service to local government is quitting the English NHS after securing a major new job in Wales.
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News
Steve Shrubb leaving NHS Confederation to lead trust
Steve Shrubb is leaving his role as director of the NHS Confederation’s mental health network to take on “one of the biggest mental health jobs in the country”.
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Blogs
Inspections can only hope to inspire managers into stopping abuse
Inspectors can’t realistically hope to “catch out” staff who abuse care home residents; it’s up to the managers to ensure their employees are all delivering good care.
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NewsEmbrace Dilnot funding plans, party leaders urged
The Local Government Authority has launched a bid to forge a cross-party consensus around implementing the findings of the Dilnot Commission into funding social care.
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NewsWorking time directive comes under attack
Patients’ lives are at risk because of European limits on junior doctors’ hours, MPs have said.
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NewsTerence Stephenson appointed Academy of Medical Royal Colleges chair
Terence Stephenson has been appointed the chair elect of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
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HSJ Local
Ealing Hospital over-performs on planned activity by £8.5m
FINANCE: The west London acute trust recorded a year-end overperformance of £8.5m.
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HSJ Local
Southampton researchers find milk benefits premature babies
RESEARCH: A neonatal expert based at Southampton’s teaching hospitals says earlier introduction of milk feeds for premature babies can improve their health and weight and reduce time spent in intensive care.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex Healthcare issues pathology tender
COMMERCIAL: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has issued a tender to provide pathology services for its hospital sites.
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HSJ Local
CQC criticises Kent and Medway assessment service
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has identified major concerns at a service run by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
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HSJ Local
NHS Surrey launches vaccination drive
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey is reminding parents of the importance of protecting their children by getting them vaccinated.
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HSJ Local
Spire to manage trust's private patient unit
COMMERCIAL: The private hospital chain Spire has secured a three-year deal to run the private patient unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in north London.
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NewsJim Easton: Board to move quickly on year of care tariffs
The NHS Commissioning Board is moving “quickly but carefully” to adopt year of care tariffs, which are considered essential if the service is to meet its £20bn efficiency challenge.
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NewsLansley: CCG allocations should be based on age, not poverty
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has suggested clinical commissioning group funding should take into account the age of a population rather than indices of deprivation, arguing age is the “principal determinant of health need” in an area.
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CommentNorman Williams on driving change
The revolution in access to cardiac surgery that Devi Shetty has facilitated in India shows what is possible through clinical leadership.
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CommentAli Parsa on hospital process management
A major management challenge for hospital operators is the fact that hospitals are hybrid organisations.
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HSJ Knowledge
Quantifying QOF: why practices need to take data collection seriously
Finding efficient ways of collecting GP performance data is a challenge that is vital for practices to face head on, writes Hannoh Lowish.
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Comment'In 10 years' time, doctors will require a second opinion from a computer'
Devi Shetty – nicknamed the Henry Ford of heart surgery – believes developments such as computerised diagnoses and technicians doing the work of highly trained medics are just around the corner. Ben Clover hears his ideas for the future of medicine.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: acute hospitals are living in Monitor's 'downside'
The regulator’s effciency savings target is worsening.