South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2317
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CommentMichael White: like a civil war, the Health Bill has divided political families
Reading in last week’s HSJ how Andrew Lansley’s Health Bill will combine NHS decentralisation with powerful regulation from Whitehall, I was reminded of the label once attached to the Chinese communist party’s controlled introduction of capitalism: “market Stalinism”.
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NewsNicholson appointed to NCB to 'provide leadership and continuity'
David Nicholson’s appointment as future chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board bypassed all usual recruitment processes due to “unique challenges” posed by the reforms, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the prospective pinch on pensions
The government is doing all it can to reduce the value - or, in Treasury-speak, the “burden” - of public sector pensions.
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CommentMedia Watch: health bill reaction reiterates 'chorus of concern'
Perhaps the most noticeable thing about the national media’s coverage of the Health Bill was its apparent reluctance to really analyse the detail and instead focus on the responses from the various detractors among the unions and interested parties.
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NewsDH retracts LINks funds mistake sent to councils
Local authorities should maintain spending on public involvement bodies, the Department of Health has been forced to clarify.
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NewsStaff bullying claim denied by FT
A foundation trust has taken the “unusual” step of writing to staff about its whistleblowing policy after an MP published allegations of bullying made by trust staff.
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NewsTrusts fail to tackle spiralling kidney care costs
Latest figures revealing the rising cost of treating kidney disease highlight trusts’ failure to address the growing problem of acute kidney injury, HSJ has been told.
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NewsTrusts facing fines for mixed sex breaches
Trusts face being fined millions of pounds if they do not comply with mixed sex accommodation rules by April.
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HSJ KnowledgeBalancing priorities in voluntary erasure from the medical register
Should a doctor being subjected to a fitness to practise complaint be allowed to retire from the medical register on the grounds of ill health, and avoid a public hearing?
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HSJ Knowledge
The value of NHS identity in change management
Making significant structural changes to large organisations is challenging and fraught with risk.
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Blogs
Reforms offer best chance to change managerial culture
The Coalition's proposed reforms offer the best opportunity to change the managerial culture of the NHS but more so for providers than commissioners. Strengthening local leadership will always be limited because of the strong history of hierarchical management overlaid by political control.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield Children's chief executive retiring
WORKFORCE: Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust chief executive Chris Sharratt is to retire from his post as chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Hull seeking one commissioning consortium
STRUCTURE: A group of practices in Hull are seeking to create a single commissioning consortium for the primary care trust’s area.
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NewsNicholson midwives claim 'an error'
NHS chief executive David Nicholson’s claim that there was a shortage of 4,500 midwives was an “error”, health secretary Andrew Lansley has told MPs.
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NewsLabour attacks government on waiting times
Labour has attacked the government’s NHS reforms, claiming that longer waiting times for patients showed cuts were already starting to bite.
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NewsLondon hospital nurses weigh up industrial action
Nurses at St George’s Hospital in London are being balloted for possible industrial action over changes to their rotas.
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HSJ Local
East Riding of Yorkshire behind on QIPP
FINANCE: East Riding of Yorkshire PCT is £2.8m behind on its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan.
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HSJ Local
Activity rise at North Essex mental health FT
PERFORMANCE: The mental health trust’s board heard that activity had risen by 7.7 per cent year on year to October.
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NewsLansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses
Health secretary Andrew Lansley today defended sweeping NHS reforms against claims that GPs would qualify for banker-style bonuses and private firms would win major contracts.
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HSJ Local
Peterborough PCT establishes GP Commissioning Board
STRUCTURE: NHS Peterborough’s board agreed on Wednesday 5 January to establish a “GP Commissioning Board” which will take the lead for commissioning specific areas covering over a third of the primary care trust’s budget.