South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2432
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HSJ KnowledgeJoint commissioning in London
Consumers of health and social care increasingly demand high quality care, expect choice, personalised services and seamless provision.
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CommentCoalition health policy: all action on the united front
NHS fortunes will rely on Tory and Lib Dem harmony as Andrew Lansley steps into the role of health secretary
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NewsLansley to slash NHS management costs
Andrew Lansley, the new health secretary, has warned Department of Health staff to brace themselves for a significant cut in their budget this year.
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NewsCameron's bonus cap exempts many NHS managers on top salaries
David Cameron’s move to restrict the salaries of senior NHS managers will not affect the best paid but could encourage trusts to outsource cheaper labour, HSJ has been told.
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CommentNeil Churchill: NHS savings on long term conditions
Encouraging patients to be more self sufficient could go quite a way towards realising the required savings of £2.7bn a year by 2014 from the NHS’s long term conditions budget
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NewsPCT manager costs vary widely
Management costs at the highest spending primary care trusts are four times that of the lowest, even accounting for different population sizes.
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NewsDH seeks solvency assurances from NHS Employers
The Department of Health is seeking assurances that NHS Employers is solvent before it will sign a new contract, after serious concerns were raised over its management and finances.
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LeaderDare one step further and keep Lansley in post for the full term
Andrew Lansley is the best prepared health secretary of modern politics. During his time as shadow health spokesman, Labour went through five health secretaries.
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NewsChief resigns after CQC fears
The chief executive of Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust, which was recently reprimanded by the Care Quality Commission and Monitor, has resigned.
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NewsPCT tells patients the cost of their care and services
A Yorkshire primary care trust chair is trying to drive up public awareness of the cost of services delivery by spelling out how much individual treatments cost.
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NewsWarning on hidden NHS spending cuts
The health service should be alert to the “real risk” that spending areas outside of health will “leak” into the NHS’s budget responsibilities, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsUCLH plan to rescue Barts from PFI crisis
Senior managers in London are cooking up an ambitious plan to rescue Barts and the Royal London Trust from its unaffordable £1bn private finance initiative deal.
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NewsMidlands trust explores John Lewis staff model
A Midlands acute trust is investigating a staff ownership model as an alternative to becoming a foundation trust.
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NewsNHS management consultancy bill defended
A trust facing the loss of up to 600 staff has defended its decision to spend £3.4m on management consultants in three years.
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NewsManagers welcome Burstow
The appointment of Paul Burstow as minister of state for health has been welcomed by NHS managers keen to see social care reform move apace.
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GUM data ruled off limits to commissioners
Commissioners have no right to check where the users of their local acute trust’s genito-urinary medicine service are resident for billing purposes, according to a recent arbitration.
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CommentMichael White: the new Lib-Con government
Well, it’s not going to be dull, is it? At a stretch you could even say that one of the dullest things about the new Lib-Con government is that Andrew Lansley was appointed health secretary.
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NewsAndrew Lansley's meeting with DH staff
Sir Hugh Taylor: Right shall we make a start. Welcome everybody; David and I were just remarking that this is an ever-bigger turnout than the one we got for Tony Blair; so that’s impressive. Something must be going on. Well the people have spoken, and after I think one of ...
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CommentCally Bann: it's going to be crap and we're all in it together
So now we know. From the bellowing pomposity at High and Mighty Hall, through the bemused gentlefolk of Meek and Mild Manor to the elitist piety at Pool and Field Palace our glorious NHS has spoken: it’s going to be crap and we’re all in it together.
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NewsLansley confirms London reconfiguration halted
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has called a halt to NHS reconfiguration in London.