South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2521
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LeaderHospitals are blocking stroke care progress, and patients are bearing the cost
HSJ’s analysis of trusts’ performance on stroke care shows there is a long, long way to go.
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LeaderFT governance enthusiasm has given way to indifference
The boards of governors for foundation trusts are ailing. HSJ reveals this week that the turnout for governor elections has halved in five years - it started below 50 per cent - and many are uncontested.
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NewsZitron: scrap PCTs and cut bureaucracy
The chair of a London primary care trust has proposed scrapping PCTs. He said giving their commissioning role to local authorities would be an “excellent” way of reducing bureaucracy and bringing health services closer to the public.
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NewsCutting NHS jobs is a costly ‘blunt tool’, says NHS Employers
Using redundancies to save money “is a blunt and expensive tool”, NHS Employers is warning.
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NewsNHS South West named one of the best for stroke achievement
A comprehensive review of stroke services across the South West has helped patients in the region receive some of the best stroke care in England.
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CommunityMarathon manager
With all the talk of pay freezes and spending freezes, you might have thought the life of an NHS manager was cold and barren enough these days.
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NewsDavid Cameron pulls together threads on health policy
Conservative leader David Cameron has set out the legislative changes to healthcare the party plans to implement if it wins the next election.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on clinical leadership
Over the last couple of years we have all become used to the importance of clinical leadership for the development of the NHS. In fact in the management of a health service it’s really quite difficult to conceive of an argument against it.
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Community
Herbal medicine
Another anecdote from health minister Ann Keen that proves kids say the funniest things.
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Community
What's in a name?
A “popular” competition to find a name for a new health centre in Manchester attracted “countless entries”, according to a press release received by HSJ.
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NewsNHS managers to back Labour as job fears focus their minds
An HSJ survey has revealed that NHS managers look more likely than the population at large to back Labour in next year’s general election, perhaps driven by anxiety about job security under the Conservatives. Rebecca Evans studies the findings
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CommentMedia Watch: drugs debate
The sacking of senior government adviser David Nutt has resulted in the biggest media debate on illegal drugs for many months.
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CommentMichael White on health debates
Handy Andy Burnham, our youthful health secretary and Clark Kent lookalike, slipped out of Britain on Tuesday, heading west towards Washington - safely out of the row over home secretary Alan Johnson’s rash dismissal of David Nutt.
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NewsCourt hears private patient cap arguments
The Department of Health has raised concerns that Monitor’s definition of the private patient income cap “permits foundations and their advisers to adopt artificial structures to circumvent the cap”.
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Information
Health and social care workers and pandemic influenza: information for staff who are pregnant or in other at-risk groups
Some individuals are at increased risk of severe or complicated illness if they suffer from influenza. This guidance gives advice on protecting healthcare employees who are pregnant or in one of the other at risk groups identified for (H1N1) 2009 flu (swine flu).
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HSJ Knowledge
Redundant equipment
If you have old hospital equipment to dispose of, the question is what to do next. While in the past, hospital managers paid to recycle surplus items or returned them to manufacturers to refurbish and sell on, there is now an emphasis on reusing equipment.
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HSJ Knowledge
Independent contractor performance
Central Lancashire has a large number of highly skilled independent contractors. However, when concerns are raised it is important that investigations are carried out in a fair and open environment.
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NewsBAMM welcomes David Cameron's plans for the NHS
Medical managers have welcomed Conservative leader David Cameron’s claim that a Tory-led NHS would see doctors and nurses become more involved in management.
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NewsPatient designed services 'could save the NHS £20bn'
Allowing doctors and patients to design healthcare services could save the NHS £20bn by 2014, according to the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.