South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2456
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HSJ KnowledgeWorking towards staff wellbeing
Employees who have mental health conditions can maintain their place in the workforce, says Margaret Barrett
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NewsHammersmith and Fulham named council of the year
Hammersmith & Fulham is LGC’s Council of the Year - praised by the judges for “doing something very special in challenging times”
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NewsDH explains QIPP plans to 340,000 clinicians
The Department of Health has distributed more than 340,000 copies of a document explaining the need for efficiency savings to clinicians.
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Blogs
NHS management vs NHS leadership
Management is often based on the response to yesterday’s questions and whilst some of the responses remain valid for the here and now a good many do not, they are out of date and little is achieved by walking backwards.
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Blogs
Obama's political leadership lesson
So here we are just after a year in office and Barack Obama has pushed through a major piece of domestic policy. However, it is not solely an achievement in social domestic policy but just as importantly, a lesson in political leadership and management.
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NewsSacked trust chief executive to stand against health minister
A trust chief executive who was sacked from his job is to stand against health minister Gillian Merron in the general election.
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CommentDavid Nicholson on NHS incentives and ideology
My job as NHS chief executive is to help transform the healthcare system from a rigid top-down monopoly to a service that is much more focused on the individual needs of patients.
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NewsA&E alternatives ‘confuse’ the public
Many of the health centres presented as alternatives to hospital accident and emergency offer unreliable services and confuse the public, advisers to the Department of Health have warned.
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CommentAndy McKeon: why money could not unravel the NHS red tape
Whoever wins the forthcoming election will have some unfinished business on health policy to attend to, even if it is possible to declare victory over waiting lists.
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NewsWest Midlands to cluster PCTs to reduce management costs
NHS West Midlands is to “cluster” its primary care trusts to reduce management costs and strengthen joint working on quality and productivity.
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CommunitySir Liam and the hunt for the golden hare
Maybe the chief medical officer spent his spare time at the beginning of the 1980s scouring Britain with a metal detector in search of buried treasure, or maybe one of the Department of Health’s designers did.
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CommentChris Ham on urgency for healthcare innovation
Labour’s tenure has seen massive progress in areas including access to services and cardiac and cancer care. But the greatest changes must now follow fast - things can only get different
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CommunityLookey-Likey: David Stout and David Steel
The generations may be different but the similarity between PCT Network director David Stout and bastion of liberal politics David Steel in his 1970s pomp goes well beyond their shared initials and the hair. The resemblance is uncanny.
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CommunityMerron watch: fruit and veg
The ministerial diary is absolutely chocker at the moment as the DH rushes to publish every last report and scrap of policy knocking about the place before pre-election purdah strikes.
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LeaderSteve Bundred is stepping up at a pivotal time
The appointment of Steve Bundred as chair of Monitor is a shrewd choice.
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LeaderIt may not have been pretty, but Labour gave new life to the NHS
This week leading commentators give their verdict on Labour’s 13 year stewardship of the NHS.
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NewsHow Labour saved the NHS from the brink
Nigel Crisp believes that when Labour inherited the NHS in 1997 it was ‘falling apart’. After four years away from the service the former chief executive reflects on the successes of the last 13 years - and the missed opportunities. By Alastair McLellan
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NewsRecycling awards to recognise public sector contributions
There is one week left to enter the 2010 National Recycling Awards, supported by HSJ and brought to you by our sister title MRW.
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NewsReactor repairs hold up diagnostic test supplies
Trusts are likely to face mounting delays in diagnostic tests for cardiac, cancer and kidney patients due to a worldwide shortage of a vital radioactive material.
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NewsNHS staff satisfaction on the up
NHS staff report feeling more satisfied in their jobs and more supported by their managers, but a minority of organisations are not committed to improving engagement, according to the Department of Health.