South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2457
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NewsDarzi warns against cutting clinical staff
Cutting clinical staff to save money in the recession would be “catastrophic” for the NHS, surgeon and former health minister Lord Darzi has warned.
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NewsSpecialised commissioning advisory body to be created
A national advisory body is to be created for commissioning specialised services and treatments for extremely rare conditions.
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CommentNicky Spencer on facing NHS changes
Unprecedented levels of change and uncertainty are facing us all. Whatever the scale, political or economic, sector or service, organisational or personal, everyone is awaiting or experiencing unrest.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Leadership
The NHS struggles to measure one of the most important factors driving trust performance – leadership.
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Community
The surgical checklist meets the IT crowd
Those wags at the IT geek website b3ta.com (End Game is reliably informed that is an play on the term “beta”, as in… oh never mind) have come up with a simpler surgical checklist, to replace the one developed by the World Health Organization and National Patient Safety Agency.
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Community
Are Worcester nurses the bus of the joke?
Recent calls from the Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery to update the image of modern nursing appear to have gone unheeded in Worcester. Every year there is a furore somewhere over a “saucy nurse” calendar. This time it is buses.
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CommentMedia Watch: CQC registration and the staff survey
Obama and Jade Goody topped the pre-Budget headlines this week, but last week ended with two stories of interest to NHS managers: the first trusts to register with the Care Quality Commission and the NHS staff survey.
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NewsNHS Direct cuts
The amount spent on NHS Direct from 2010-11 will be cut 8.5 per cent in real terms, the trust has announced.
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NewsIT value for money
An incoming government should review the national IT programme, says a report, Fixing NHS IT, by right leaning think tank 2020health.
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SupplementsCancer survivorship: supporting the two million people living with or beyond cancer
There are two million people living with cancer in the UK, and the number is increasing by 3 per cent a year. This increasing demand for services and high level of unmet need mean that we need a fundamental shift in the way that we support cancer survivors.
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CommentMichael White: good news for health
As we all braced ourselves to disentangle what Alistair Darling’s last Budget will mean for the NHS I took the conscious decision to write an upbeat column to ease the circling gloom.
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NewsPCTs 'slow to make decisions on business cases'
Only a quarter of GP practice based commissioning leads think primary care trusts make fast enough decisions on business cases, according to the Department of Health.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Words from the ‘Whys’
McDonald’s chief people officer gives his wisdom freely, says Michael Moran
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NewsPM's pay advisers say senior pay should sometimes be cut
Approximately 5,600 public sector staff earn more than £150,000 a year, the government’s advisory body on senior pay has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS mergers: master the art of joined up thinking
Merger is a course of action that will only succeed if its aims are clearly defined from the start, warns Phil Kenmore
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS public engagement: showcase services with all the fun of the fair
Three large NHS organisations in Kent recognised its summer county show was an ideal venue for getting people familiar with their NHS, reports Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeTermination payments: rules of disengagement
Recent guidance on termination payment is specific to senior managers but should extend to all employees as good practice, says Suzanne Nulty
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NewsBudget cuts NHS spending estimate by £500m
The Budget today reduces the Treasury’s estimate for NHS spending as a whole this year by £500m.
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NewsSenior staff must show leadership on pay restraint, says chancellor
The government will commit to a new code of practice on senior pay setting in the public sector, today’s Budget announces, with a warning senior staff should “show leadership in pay restraint”.
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NewsBetter alcohol services could save hospitals £393m
Tens of thousands of hospital admissions for alcohol could be prevented each year if services to help drinkers were improved, a new report claims.