South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2427
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SupplementsPreventing stroke: action or crisis
There is a growing concern that too little is being done for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, an at-risk condition that is easier to diagnose than many practitioners realise
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NewsPoor DVT policies 'putting lives at risk'
Patients’ lives are being put at risk by NHS bosses failing to take adequate steps to prevent them developing deep vein thrombosis, a charity has said.
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NewsNICE calls for minimum alcohol pricing
A minimum price should be introduced for alcohol and the government should consider a complete ban on alcohol advertising, health experts said today.
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NewsC diff deaths at Salford Royal
An investigation is under way at one of the country’s top performing trusts following an outbreak of C difficile.
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News‘Patient safety must survive quango cull’
Health Foundation chief executive Stephen Thornton has urged health secretary Andrew Lansley to put patient safety “centre stage” and to “cull [NHS] quangos with care”.
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NewsMonitor chair wants FTs off public balance sheet
Foundation trusts should be freed from one of the shackles put in place during the Labour government’s internal battle over their creation, Monitor’s new chair has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe medical profession and the state
Things do not happen in isolation, nor can change be arbitrary. A full and contemporary understanding of today’s culture and attitudes requires an awareness of essential history.
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LeaderMcKinsey report: unthinkable solutions set scene for NHS cuts
What lies behind the governments’s decision to publish the McKinsey report into NHS cost savings this week?
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HSJ KnowledgeImplementing the Safer Childbirth standards
Teams across the country are piloting risk-minimising practices for maternity services to help avoid mishaps and litigation, says Rebecca Fitzpatrick
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CommentSteve Preston on NHS employee engagement
What is employee engagement? There are many views on this buzzword. A simple definition is “a result that is achieved by stimulating and directing employees’ enthusiasm for their work and directing it toward organisational success”.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Mindsight
Achieving and spreading well-being is a practical skill, says Edna Crosby
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Blogs
The Coalition's Managerial Approach
The coalition government has set off to a good start with the mangerial approach of setting clear but ambitious priorities. By so doing they may avoid the death by policy approach of the 1997 government where there was a naïve belief in the correlation between policy volume and service improvement.
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NewsLorenzo goes live at Morecambe Bay
A contentious IT system has gone live at its first trust, officials confirmed this morning.
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NewsScottish patients to be assessed by nurses to increase productivity
Controversial proposals have been announced that will see patients in Scotland assessed by nurses instead of consultants in a bid to achieve targets for NHS waiting times.
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NewsChild asthma drug 'too expensive'
An asthma drug for children will not be made available on the NHS after the regulator ruled that it was too expensive to justify.
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NewsTrust warned over asbestos breach
The Health and Safety Executive has issued an improvement notice to NHS Wiltshire.
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HSJ Knowledge
Leadership and management training
The quality of management and leadership remains the single biggest factor as to whether organisations succeed or not.
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HSJ KnowledgeCapturing the costs of community services
Evidence is essential to designing community services that truly transform care delivery rather than simply shift vulnerable budgets, warns Noel Plumridge
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HSJ KnowledgeThe third sector post election
Mark Johnson assesses the post-election landscape for third sector and social enterprises delivering more health and social care services.
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HSJ KnowledgePublic engagement: how foundation trusts fish for members
Staging activities and projects with popular appeal helps foundation trusts boost membership, says Ann McGauran