South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2478
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NewsNHS boards must focus on 'near misses' to make savings
Trust boards that focus on reducing “near misses”, rather than just individual serious adverse events, could make massive savings, according to an independent advisory group.
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Community
Not too many tweets
Keeping up to date with mental health policy is about as high on Joe Bloggs’ agenda as dusting the picture rails or learning Esperanto.
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Community
Lib Dem hedging
When is a political party health spokesman’s policy not his party’s policy? When it is Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb’s “Liberal blueprint for the NHS”, it seems.
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Community
A Wii fracture
Buried next to a New England Journal of Medicine study about a technique for communicating with patients in a vegetative state, blah blah blah, is a far more significant development: scientists believe they have uncovered the first ever Wii Fit fracture.
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Community
LINks hitch
Members of local involvement networks still struggling to get off the ground - nearly two years after they were meant to be created - will have welcomed the Department of Health’s publicity drive over the past two weeks. But there is one hitch, End Game understands.
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CommentMedia Watch: cancer care pledge
Gordon Brown’s pledge to provide free one-to-one homecare by specialist nurses for cancer patients divided the newspapers.
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NewsAndrew Lansley points to joint powers in public health
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley wants a Conservative government to keep a firm hand on public health. In a joint interview with HSJ and sister title Local Government Chronicle, he tells Rebecca Evans how local collaboration will be vital
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CommentJanice Stevens on same sex hospital accommodation
Same sex facilities call for changed attitudes more than new buildings
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NewsTim Kelsey to leave Dr Foster
Tim Kelsey is to leave Dr Foster and Dr Foster Intelligence – the firm’s joint venture with the Information Centre – later this year, it has been announced.
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NewsCQC reports 'pockets of poor performance'
Care watchdog’s first annual report warns that rising demand and cash pressures make reform inevitable
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NewsNew boss for NHS Barking and Dagenham
NHS Barking and Dagenham has appointed Stephen Langford as its new chief executive.
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NewsGuidance shows clinical audit value
A new guide to help NHS boards improve patient care through clinical audits has been published by a health consortium.
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NewsConcerns over free home care plans
Dozens of senior councillors from all three parties have publicly complained that government plans to provide free home care are flawed and will force cuts to current services.
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NewsMPs demand management changes at Tameside
Health secretary Andy Burnham has asked regulators to investigate Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust after local MPs demanded management changes.
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NewsLincolnshire trust chief exec sacked for swearing
The chief executive of an acute trust has been sacked for swearing in meetings, seven months after he went on sick leave with stress.
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NewsAppraisals suspended after security flaws exposed
The NHS electronic appraisals system for doctors has been taken offline after it was found to be vulnerable to hacking.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The 80 Minute MBA
Be a master of business administration in less than the length of a train journey
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NewsAndy Burnham rejects £20,000 'death duty' reports
The health secretary has denied considering a new £20,000 death duty to pay for radical reform of social care for the elderly.
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NewsCall to cull Scotland's 115 quangos
Most of Scotland’s 115 quangos should be abolished in a bid to improve democracy, a think tank has said.