South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2331
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NewsBed blocking 'on the increase'
The number of patients staying in hospital despite being well enough to leave has risen in the last year, according to a survey.
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NewsReview of care for limbless ex-servicemen
A review of how the NHS looks after former British service personnel who lost limbs serving their country has been launched by the government.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to put 'nudge' principles to work in the health service
The power of nudge: how applying nudge principles could change healthcare commissioning management
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NewsLansley reassures over flu rise
The health secretary has said that the NHS is “coping well” with the severe weather and flu, despite a rise in consultations related to flu and an increase in deaths.
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NewsSHA did not have 'hidden agenda'
South West Strategic Health Authority has been cleared of having any improper influence over the dismissal of a hospital chief executive.
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NewsMonitor plans tougher standards for FTs
Foundation trusts will face tougher standards from next year on tracking and reporting care quality, under new proposals published by their regulator Monitor.
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NewsLocal involvement networks are working, DH finds
Local involvement networks significantly stepped up activity in their second year of existence, but will still be replaced, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsKnighthood for Guys' chief executive
Ron Kerr, chief executive at Guys and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has been knighted in the New Years Honours list.
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NewsRush to market cancer test breakthrough
An experimental blood test that can spot a single cancer cell among a billion healthy ones has taken a step closer to being brought to market.
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NewsEfficiency drive redirects £162m to frontline services
The Department of Health is to make an extra £162m available for frontline services after a successful efficiency drive, the health secretary has announced.
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NewsAnti-stalking policy launched in Scotland
Scotland’s largest health board is to launch an anti-stalking policy to protect its staff after a number of incidents of “unwanted and intrusive contact” were reported.
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NewsNHS 'wastes billions' on procurement
More than £1bn of taxpayers’ money a year is being wasted by NHS managers who spend vastly differing amounts on the same supplies, the head of a government-backed healthcare efficiency drive has claimed.
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NewsChiefs declare support for increment freeze
The first NHS chief executives to publicly support a freeze on pay increments have spelt out why they believe the move is vital to protect services.
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HSJ KnowledgePersonal goals to improve physical fitness in NHS staff
A plan to get 2,012 NHS staff engaged in physical activity in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics should do much to inspire a traditionally unhealthy sector.
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CommentTim Riley on GP attitudes to commissioning consortia
The reservations about the establishment of commissioning consortia are not uniformly expressed among all GP colleagues.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to manage career worries following spending cuts
As huge changes sweep through the NHS, Mark Laffan explores how leaders can weather the storm and ensure they get the best for, and from, their team.
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HSJ KnowledgeA model for the co-provision of home-based care
A co-provision approach to post acute re-enablement has reduced lengths of hospital stays in pilot areas, as Katie Donlevy and James Heffron explain
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HSJ KnowledgeHow localism can work for the NHS
What are the advantages, opportunities and risks of the localism the government wants for services and how will ‘citizen leaders’ manage their roles? Phil Kenmore looks at the implications
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CommentIncentives for doctors: the big chill will hit medics too
Incentives for doctors is not a bad idea but they should only be given for tangible improvements
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HSJ KnowledgeIT support system developed by trust made available on licence
An IT support system designed to save lives, time and money is being made available under licence across the NHS by University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust.