South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2224
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HSJ Local
Birmingham East and North rapped over lax data security
PERFORMANCE: Inadequate IT security at NHS Birmingham East and North left data relating to “thousands of individuals” exposed, as well as “high level information” concerning patients.
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CommentMichael White: time to address costly preventable failures
It being Easter weekend this column thought to give Andrew Lansley and his NHS reforms the week off. The secretary of state is on his own painful road to Calvary, carrying a legislative cross of his own making.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust chair steps down
WORKFORCE: The chair of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has announced he is standing down from the role.
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HSJ Local
North Cumbria University Hospitals joint top for lung cancer services
PERFORMANCE: Lung cancer services in North Cumbria have been proven the best in the northern region, and joint best in England with University Hospitals of Birmingham.
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NewsTrusts struggling to hit accident and emergency indicators
Fewer than half of accident and emergency departments are on course to meet the new “indicator” for measuring the time taken to treat patients, an HSJ analysis suggests.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire PCTs to pilot productivity scheme for general practice
PERFORMANCE: A new GP scheme aiming to increase efficiency is being trialled in Derbyshire.
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NewsTrust in public health advice could be compromised by reforms
The perceived independence of public health advice could be compromised if Public Health England becomes an integrated government department, existing agencies have warned.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: PFI pipe dream turns sour
Within the EU, the talk is now of a periphery and a core. Peripheral countries that the international bond market no longer loves – Greece, Ireland and now Portugal – have to borrow large sums of money from the core merely to stay afloat.
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HSJ Partners
How to cut costs and improve care with BlackBerry
One out of hours provider has improved the quality of care delivered to patients and saved £100,000 per year
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NewsNHS outsourcing shows significant savings, lobby group claims
NHS data shows commissioners save significant amounts on support services when they buy most of their hotel and estates management from the private sector, a lobby group for the outsourcing industry has claimed.
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News
Adult social services face £300m cuts
Local authorities expect to cut around £300m from adult social services this year, despite receiving more than £1.5bn from the NHS and Department of Health.
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NewsNHS Employers: let us plan skills networks
The planned “provider skills networks” must be given responsibility for the “whole healthcare workforce”, NHS Employers has urged Department of Health workforce director general Clare Chapman.
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NewsGPs unclear on forming non-neighbouring consortia
GPs remain in the dark over whether they can form consortia from non-neighbouring practices.
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NewsTrusts set 'unlikely' savings targets for 2011-12
England’s acute trusts have increased the scale of their cost improvement programmes by nearly a third in 2011-12, an HSJ analysis reveals.
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LeaderStraggling organisations set to slip into crisis
The popular perception is that the fortunes of the NHS rise and fall on a national basis. HSJ readers will know the true picture is one of variation – often stark – between organisations and regions.
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Blogs
Graduates need more than a degree from the university of life
Why linking up practices and surgeries with local schools could help produce the next generation of medical graduates.
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Blogs
Getting the message across
With the reforms attempting to introduce competition into almost all facets of the NHS, it’s time for marketing in the health service to get with the times.
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NewsWaiting times rising amid cuts, King's Fund finds
NHS waiting times are rising as financial strain on the healthcare system begins to show, according to a report published today.
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NewsMulti agency investigation into Legionnaires' disease case
A multi agency investigation has been launched after a case of Legionnaires’ disease was confirmed in Scotland.
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NewsEmployment system reform flawed - IoD
Company directors today told the government that its plans to reform the employment system were “flawed” and would not tackle the number of weak cases.