South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 253
-
NewsOnly one in five staff at care scandal trust confident in execs
Just one-fifth of staff at a trust engulfed in an abuse scandal expressed confidence in the executive team, according to the Care Quality Commission, which has downgraded the trust and its leadership team to ‘inadequate’.
-
NewsTrust chiefs sacked ‘only in extreme circumstances’, says government
The government has admitted that many ‘vulnerable’ hospitals ‘suffer with a lack of permanence of leadership’, but said that chiefs are only sacked by NHS England ‘in extreme and exceptional circumstances’.
-
PodcastHSJ Podcast: Who’s to blame for the latest A&E crisis?
A ‘shocking’ volume of mental health patients are attending A&E but whose fault is it – and what is the solution?
-
Daily InsightDaily Insight: Regulation overload
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
-
NewsWorkforce plan will force ministers to spend more on the NHS, warns watchdog
The new NHS workforce plan is likely to force governments to give the service real terms funding increases beyond 3 per cent a year, the government’s budget watchdog has warned.
-
NewsCEO named for new trust
A chief executive has been named for a new community and mental health trust in the south of England ahead of its planned formation next year.
-
Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The race to the neighbourhood NHS
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
-
NewsRegulatory ‘burden’ has increased despite promises, say trust leaders
The majority of trust leaders have reported an increase in the ‘burden’ put on them by regulators, citing more demanding ‘ad hoc’ requests during heightened operational pressure.
-
CommentThe CQC is losing the confidence of NHS trust leaders
Trust leaders express support for NHS England and CQC’s regulatory changes but raise concerns over increased burden, lack of focus on outcomes, and discrepancies in inspections. Collaboration, transparency, and contextual understanding are called for
-
NewsCourage not targets needed to push ‘reticent’ NHS bosses to tackle racism
NHS leaders are still “reticent” to act decisively over racism and diversity problems and it will take courage rather than targets to tackle this challenge, a trust boss has warned.
-
Daily InsightDaily Insight: The ghostly governors
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
-
NewsModernisation Agency chief returns to lead improvement drive
The director of the Modernisation Agency in the early 2000s is returning to lead a new national service improvement drive, NHS England has announced, while asking systems and providers to “baseline” their improvement needs and capability.
-
CommentTrans guide clashes with NHS commitment to prioritising patient need
Jo Bibby - writing in a personal capacity - reviews the NHS Confederation guide that aims to promote inclusion, but also lists down concerns around legal uncertainty and its applicability to all NHS staff
-
HSJ LocalService ‘collapses’ after department left with ‘no doctors’
A trust has been accused of presiding over the deterioration of a key service amid communication problems between senior leaders and a ‘worrying series of resignations’ which has left the department with ‘no doctors’.
-
NewsSystem admits 10-year diagnostic waits
Adults across an integrated care system area are facing ‘unacceptable’ 10-year waits for an NHS assessment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the longest known wait for such services in England.
-
Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Rebuilding the trauma centre
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
-
CEO InterviewCEO interview: Peter Reading, interim CEO, Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
-
HSJ LocalJust one fifth of staff speak up in trust’s internal inquiry
Just one in five staff who were approached in a trust’s internal inquiry – prompted by an undercover broadcast raising serious care concerns – engaged with the process, a report has revealed.
-
NewsNHSE threatened to remove FT’s governors in ‘highly regrettable’ row
NHS England London threatened to remove a foundation trust’s governors in a dispute about a new chair appointment, it has emerged.
-
Daily InsightDaily Insight: Culture wars, NHS style
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.