South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 198
-
CommentCrisis deepens as government fails to restore rehab space
Urgent action is needed as the government’s failure to restore rehab space is leading to dire consequences for patients, staff, and the healthcare system, exacerbating waiting lists and compromising patient care
-
Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Not just ‘one of those things’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
-
CommentThe cost of living has become a barrier to accessing good healthcare in England
The cost of living can have a detrimental impact on people’s decisions about their healthcare. If you are disabled, on means-tested benefits or aged 18-24, you are more likely to avoid vital health services due to the fear of extra costs. Louise Ansari, chief executive of Healthwatch England, warns that ...
-
NewsNHSE officer steps down to focus on board roles
England’s chief dental officer is leaving her national post after eight years in part to focus on several non-executive board roles, NHS England has announced.
-
Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Leadership under fire, tools under-used and programme undermined
Your essential update on health for the week.
-
CommentVegan goujons: a dangerous precedent for NHS policy making
When there’s important work to be done, the top team at NHS Blithering don’t waste time getting down to business. By Julian Patterson
-
PodcastHSJ Podcast: The fate of ‘40 new hospitals’
After seemingly endless delays, the fate of the ‘40 new hospitals’ has finally been revealed by the government.
-
NewsTrust top team was ‘least cohesive I’ve ever joined’, says new CEO
A review into how a reporting error came about has uncovered tension among an ambulance trust’s previous senior leaders, including that its new CEO felt it was ‘the least cohesive team I have ever joined’.
-
Daily InsightDaily Insight: Crumbling hopes
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
-
NewsWhat’s changed in the ‘new hospitals’ programme?
HSJ has mapped and charted how the projects in the new hospitals programme have changed following government’s announcement today.
-
NewsTrust’s two maternity units rated ‘inadequate’
Standards of care at a trust at the centre of a baby deaths scandal have declined further, with both maternity units now being rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
-
NewsTrust refuses to wait for hospital rebuild
Waiting until 2030 to start redeveloping its hospital would be ‘hugely damaging’, a leading trust’s chief executive has said, after it was identified as one of eight schemes which will not be funded before that date by the government’s new hospitals programme.
-
HSJ PartnersIt’s time to optimise medicines optimisation
Working much more collaboratively, with a full range of partners, could improve the use of medicines in the NHS – so saving money and improving care, says Jyotika Singh, principal consultant, Wilmington Healthcare
-
NewsGroup CEO set to lead fourth trust
A chief executive who already leads three trusts looks set to also take the helm at a struggling neighbouring provider, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsRevealed: Eight ‘new hospitals’ delayed until next decade
The government’s flagship ‘new hospitals programme’ is set to receive around £10bn less than was requested by 2030, with eight schemes being pushed back into the next decade.
-
News‘Over a year behind’ on key maternity target, NHSE admits
Pregnant women and new mothers are facing wide variation in access to mental health support, new figures suggest, as NHS England admits national performance on a key long-term plan goal to expand services is ‘over a year behind trajectory’.
-
CEO InterviewCEO interview: Stacey Keegan, CEO of Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital
This is the latest in a series of interviews with senior healthcare leaders, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
-
NewsMore hospital beds ‘squeezing out rehab and keeping people out of work’
Extra beds squeezed into hospitals as part of winter planning are crowding out space for rehab, pushing up length of stay and knock-on costs, and increasing the chance of readmission, NHS leaders have been warned.
-
Daily InsightDaily Insight: Fear of missing out
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
-
Expert BriefingLondon Eye: What’s in Caroline Clarke’s in-tray?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.