South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2362
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NewsMid Staffs compensation bill revealed
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been forced to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation to bereaved relatives and victims of its “appalling” patient care.
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NewsForeign firms will 'swoop on NHS'
Large foreign firms are “licking their lips” at the prospect of commissioning billions of pounds of services on behalf of GPs if controversial NHS reforms go ahead, Labour has claimed.
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NewsShadow health minister attacks children's tariff cut
Shadow health minister John Healey has said planned changes to hospital payments for children’s care could leave some trusts “millions of pounds short of the funding they need”.
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NewsSeven provider arms achieve NHS trust status
Seven primary care trust provider arms took the next step towards becoming community foundation trusts when they become NHS trusts today.
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NewsCQC says improvements still needed at Mid Staffs
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been told it still needs to make improvements, more than 18 months after its serious failings were brought to light.
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NewsClock change 'would improve nation's health'
The health and wellbeing of the nation would “vastly” improve if the clocks did not go back this weekend, experts have said.
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NewsMale life expectancy increases to 78
Life expectancy for men has increased by almost three years in the last decade, closing the gender gap with women, government figures showed today.
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NewsNHS Commissioning Board to check foreign doctors' language skills
The new NHS Commissioning Board is to take responsibility for testing the language and clinical skills of foreign doctors from within the EU, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsGPs 'outraged' at central commissioning of maternity services
GPs say it is “outrageous” that maternity services will be commissioned centrally and not by local consortia.
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HSJ KnowledgeTough times are top times to brush up on your skills
You can take your career in an exciting new direction by making the most of your transferable skills, says Ben Chambers
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HSJ KnowledgeMake the most of staff inductions
I wonder how new Labour leader Ed Miliband is feeling. He will have had the tour, been given all the pay and rations, health and safety information, acquired the manual and keys to his kingdom. Is he starting to wonder whether becoming leader is right for him? One thing is ...
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NewsCommissioning tools launched for neuro conditions and cardiac rehab
Three charities have developed an online support tool for GP consortia to commission neurological services.
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NewsGP consortia pathfinder guidelines published
Specific guidance on establishing GP consortia “pathfinders” has been sent to all strategic authority chief executives.
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NewsCouncils 'lagging' on social care personal budgets plan
Local authorities face a major challenge to implement personal budgets for social care with some already “lagging behind”, an Audit Commission report has warned.
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NewsPCT chief exec steps down via MARS
A Shropshire chief executive is to leave his primary care trust at the end of the month via the government’s scheme to streamline management cuts.
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CommentNHS efficiency savings could get a rough ride
What is the difference between a cut and an efficiency saving? And will patients be able to tell the difference?
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NewsDH accused of 'wishful thinking' on redundancy costs
Figures being used by the Department of Health to estimate the cost of NHS redundancies have been dismissed as “wishful thinking.”
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NewsHospital trusts hit by £90m fall in earnings
Hospital trusts lost out on income worth approximately £90m during the three months to June as a result of the Department of Health’s policy to restrict funding for emergency admissions.
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NewsExpert predicts GP consortia failure
Many GP led commissioning consortia will fail, a US expert on doctors’ groups has told a Nuffield Trust lecture.
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NewsNHS estate and hotel services heavily outsourced
Almost one third of NHS estate and hotel service costs are now provided through contracts with the private sector, latest figures show.