South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2439
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NewsElection 2010: a candidate watchlist for the NHS
The incoming and outgoing MPs that matter to the health service
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HSJ Knowledge
Lean thinking in the NHS
Despite having been in the service improvement business for years, I choose now to finally really get my head around “lean thinking” as inspired by Taiichi Ohno’s work on the Toyota production system.
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NewsNHS worker suspended over patient data loss
A hospital worker has been suspended in connection with the discovery in a supermarket car park of a computer storage device, which held medical records of patients being treated at a secure hospital.
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NewsPolls point to a hung parliament
The final opinion polls of the 2010 general election campaign all pointed to a hung parliament.
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HSJ Knowledge
Out of hours care
This report summarises the methodology and the outcome of a pilot project designed to reduce the number of elderly patients admitted to hospital from nursing homes. It suggests that enhanced out of hours care by GPs can improve the experience of patients (and their relatives) and reduce costs by limiting ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Carbon reduction
The Carbon Reduction Commitment is a mandatory, auction-based emissions trading scheme, which came into effect on 1 April 2010.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: electioneering
‘We have survived another election campaign with no one promising to save or close us’
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NewsCQC tries to dispel 'live ratings' fears
The Care Quality Commission has attempted to reassure trusts its soon-to-go-live regulation system is “not a rating, not a ranking and not a league table”.
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NewsDH tabled financial aid for ‘controllable’ NHS Employers
The Department of Health was prepared to give NHS Employers up to £1.6m as compensation for not bidding to run the NHS Jobs website, according to documents seen by HSJ.
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CommentMark Goldman on NHS trust takeovers
Good Hope Hospital’s deeply ingrained culture left it stuck in a rut. What lessons are there for future NHS takeovers?
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LeaderNHS managers are not overpaid – but their rewards must reflect results
Health service managers are comfortable with - or at least resigned to - the paradox of rising public expectation and plunging public regard.
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NewsNW trust likely to opt out of troubled NHS IT programme
A hospital trust in the North West has said it is likely to be the first in the region to buy a major IT system outside the national programme for IT.
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CommentJeremy Taylor on involving patients in hospital closures
It is nearly a year since NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson announced the need for £15bn-£20bn of NHS efficiency savings.
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NewsMonitor discusses clinician business academy
Monitor has been in talks with foundation trusts and the Treasury over funding for a business academy to train clinicians for senior NHS management roles.
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NewsCongratulations - you're the new health secretary
You are responsible for a £110bn budget and the health of the nation, but with an average of only two years in the job there is no time to lose. Andy McKeon describes what you should expect in your first days as secretary of state for health
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CommentMedia Watch: the end of purdah
Tomorrow sees the beginning of the end of a word journalists loathe.
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HSJ Knowledge
Information management services
When it comes to deciding when is the right time to outsourcing information management and IT services support, there are several issues that must be carefully considered.
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NewsElection 2010: Halting hospital closures top priority for would-be MPs
NHS managers will face political opposition to their reforms, regardless of the election result on Friday, an HSJ survey of 367 election candidates suggests.
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NewsVindicated paediatrician welcomes child protection guidelines
A consultant paediatrician who won his court battle over being struck off the medical register today welcomed a move to establish new guidelines for doctors in child protection cases.
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NewsRoyal College of Midwives warns against NHS cuts
Cuts being planned for the NHS could lead to the emergence of “baby factories”, the disappearance of some hospitals from cities and a general worsening of healthcare in the UK, the Royal College of Midwives trade union has said.