South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2477
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News
'Death tax' clarification sought
Social care bosses and charities are backing a compulsory levy of as much as £20,000 to pay for elderly social care and they want ministers to clarify their position.
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Blogs
'The BMJ said it was demeaning for doctors to appear on the stage'
On 11 February 1958, the BBC first televised Your Life in Their Hands, presented by Charles Fletcher from the Royal College of Physicians.
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NewsPublic services failing to satisfy customers
Public services are struggling to achieve customer satisfaction among the people they serve, according to a new report.
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NewsDavid Cameron vows to publish details of NHS contracts
David Cameron has accused Labour of wasting billions of pounds with its “secretive and inefficient” regime for handing out government contracts.
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CommunityFeet first
If End Game readers are ever unfortunate enough to need an ambulance in the North West region, they can be assured the staff will be properly dressed from head to foot - as North West Ambulance Service has just decreed that ambulance crews cannot wear novelty socks.
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NewsNHS quality strongly linked to increases in managers
NHS leaders have been told to consider how to reduce management costs without compromising services, after an HSJ analysis revealed a strong link between quality scores and increases in manager numbers.
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CommentMichael White: NHS spending pledges
Which is the more alarming spectacle: David Cameron and George Osborne promising real term cuts in public expenditure (but not “swingeing” ones) in the coming Parliament? Or Gordon Brown behaving as if he can carry on making new spending pledges for the NHS?
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PCTs dispute management cost figures
Primary care trusts have disputed government data on their administrative and management spending.
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NewsCommunity proposals may prompt 'musical chairs' timewasting
The NHS risks wasting two years on the “sport of restructuring” instead of improving efficiency, senior figures have warned.
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NewsAndy Burnham raises doubts about FT accountability
Health secretary Andy Burnham has questioned the ability of foundation trust governors to hold boards to account in an exclusive interview with HSJ.
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LeaderSenior NHS ranks have proved their value, how can they maintain it?
HSJ this week reveals that NHS trusts with the greatest increases in the number of managers are often those that are providing the best quality services.
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LeaderPatients shortchanged in local trade-off
It is ominous when the health secretary won’t deny that a political ideal has been a “damp squib” in practice. And so to foundation trusts’ local accountability, which Andy Burnham spoke to HSJ about in an exclusive interview this week.
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NewsTories: no council control of public health budgets
Councils would not directly receive public health budgets under a Conservative government, the shadow health secretary has said.
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CommentStephen Eames on NHS merger turkeys
Most evidence of the impact of mergers is mixed and suggests benefits do not always materialise.
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NewsPCTs face out of hours contract renegotiation
Primary care trusts face having to renegotiate contracts for out of hours provision.
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NewsAcute sector faces future deficit of £7.5bn
NHS hospitals will run up deficits of around £7.5bn a year by 2015 under a “best case” scenario, management consultants have warned.
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NewsImperial readies for new foundation trust bid
Imperial College Healthcare Trust is expected to begin the formal process of applying for foundation status in the spring.
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NewsInvestment in prevention 'crucial' during recession
The NHS must spend more on ill health prevention despite the public spending squeeze, according to a major report on health inequalities published today.