South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1996
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HSJ Local
Two mental health trusts criticised over homicide
PERFORMANCE: Failure to appreciate the complexity of patients’ conditions, low staffing levels and inadequate supervision contributed to two patients being treated by a South West mental health trust going on to kill.
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Blogs
Latest RTT waiting times data - November 2011
Data shows that waiting times improved in November.
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HSJ Local
Hinchingbrooke must make an additional £3m savings
FINANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust - which is due to be franchised to private provider Circle next month - is having to look for additional savings after a potential shortfall of more than £3m emerged in its original cost improvement programmes.
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HSJ Local
E&N Herts behind financial target
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust is behind its target for making a surplus this year. At the end of November it was £1m behind its plan of £3.6m surplus.
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HSJ Local
E&N Herts plans to become vascular centre
SERVICES: East and North Hertfordshire Trust is hoping to become a designated centre for complex vascular surgery from this September.
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HSJ Local
CQC reports only one minor concern at Colchester
PERFORMANCE: A Care Quality Commission report has found one minor concern around essential standards of care at Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust but otherwise given the trust a clean bill of health.
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HSJ Local
Cambridge's deficit less than expected
FINANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust was £6.6m in deficit at the end of September - better than its expected £9.6m deficit at that time, the board of governors heard.
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HSJ Local
Basildon and Thurrock chief steps down
The chief executive of much-criticised Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is to step down.
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News
Enter now: Care Integration Awards launched by HSJ and Nursing Times
Health Services Journal and Nursing Times announce the launch of a brand new awards programme; the Care Integration Awards, recognising and rewarding excellence in collaborative clinical practice.
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News
Patient Safety Awards 2012 now open for entry
Following the fourth successful Patient Safety Congress, Heath Service Journal and Nursing Times are delighted to present the Patient Safety Awards 2012.
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News
One in five deaths now 'in own home'
More than a fifth of people now die in their own homes, while the overall trend for deaths at home is rising, research suggests.
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NewsTwo royal colleges declare opposition to Health Bill
The Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwives have declared all out opposition to the government’s Health and Social Care Bill.
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CommentQuestion marks over Imperial chief executive advertisment
Imperial College London Trust’s advertisement for a new chief executive could mean one of two things.
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Comment'Can Public Health England improve the way we respond to pandemics?'
The Department of Health’s intention for Public Health England to strengthen the national response to public health crises alongside local bodies may not work in practice unless experiences of previous pandemics are learned from, write Drs Jacky Chambers and Andrew Rouse.
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NewsTrusts facing 'difficult choice' over service provision
NHS trusts face “difficult choices about the services they provide” as they fight to sustain savings programmes of 5 per cent a year, according to a report by Monitor and the Audit Commission.
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CommentMichael White: trusts need to be wary of the lure of lawsuits
Catching my eye before Christmas was the £4.5m employment tribunal award against Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust in the case ofconsultant Eva Michalak.
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NewsForty-one commissioning support services are proposed
The 50 primary care trust clusters could set up as many as 41 commissioning support services nationwide, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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CommentSouth East trusts fall short on information practises
The importance of providing accurate information has come home to roost at one acute trust in the South East.
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NewsManagers to fly in to run straggling CCGs' budgets
The NHS Commissioning Board will not take on the budget responsibilities of clinical commissioning groups which fail to win full authorisation by April next year, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ KnowledgeFive integral steps to support commissioning headache services
A framework to support commissioning headache services that champions intermittent care headache clinics led by a GP with a special interest in headache offers important benefits to both patients and commissioners, says Dr David Kernick.