South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2535
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News‘Clunky’ GP contracts raise questions on quality
There are huge variations in what different PCTs pay for the same services, yet there is no detectable correlation between cost and quality or patient satisfaction. Sally Gainsbury looks at why commissioning has not yet addressed these stark contrasts
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NewsNICE calls for more transparency on uptake of guidance
Primary care trusts and trusts could be told to declare whether they are complying with each piece of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance.
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Blogs
Keith Floyd and leadership
Keith Floyd was hugely entertaining albeit with personal flaws such as occasional rudeness and arrogance. Translate this to leadership and it’s the Keith Floyd-esque characters who push the boundaries, always bounce back and rarely give up.
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NewsPublic sector pensions must be reviewed - Steve Bundred
All public sector pension schemes must be reviewed amid the public finance shortfalls, the chief executive of the Audit Commission has said.
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NewsCQC warns against Conservative cuts
Conservative plans to slash NHS “bureaucracy” and “quangos” could leave the Care Quality Commission unable to visit the services it is supposed to be inspecting, the regulator’s chief executive has said.
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NewsHospital plans 'flawed', says former chief executive
A former hospital chief executive has waded in to an ongoing fight over the future of accident and emergency services in Telford.
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NewsSex offender sparks investigation at Essex trust
The circumstances under which a child sex offender got a job as an NHS occupational therapist are being investigated by Essex health service bosses.
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NewsPublic sector pay freeze threat from all sides
Both the government and the opposition have indicated that a large part of the savings needed to recover the UK’s public spending deficit will need to come from pay restraint.
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NewsElderly care is set to be election battleground
The government and the Conservatives have offered the electorate competing schemes to care for elderly people.
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NewsMental health chiefs to confront CQC on survey
Mental health trust chief executives are to meet the Care Quality Commission to discuss its handling of results from the national inpatients survey.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The Tiger That Isn’t - seeing through a world of numbers
Uncover how sensational statistics are used to scare us, says Michael Wilding
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Blogs
Lansley steps up to bat
The health debate at the Conservative conference failed to hit the process target of starting on time. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley came into a half full auditorium almost an hour late.
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CommentC difficile lessons: getting to the bottom of complex health problems
Are there lessons from the C difficile experience with wider health policy implications, ask Annalijn Conklin, Sharif Ismail and Tom Ling
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NewsMedication errors 'affect 70pc of care home residents'
Overworked care home staff, poor teamwork and lack of training mean seven in 10 elderly residents are subject to medication errors.
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NewsCivil servant pay freeze announced
A pay freeze for 750,000 public sector high earners, including senior NHS managers, GPs, council chiefs and judges, has been announced by chancellor Alistair Darling.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to champion patient dignity
Privacy and dignity champions from across your workforce can enhance the patient experience, explains Alison Moore
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NewsAndrew Lansley pledges to slash NHS bureaucracy
Conservative health spokesman Andrew Lansley has promised that a Tory government would cut spending on NHS admin by a third.
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Blogs
Enter the Tories
The opening to the Conservatives’ conference in Manchester this morning was a strangely diffident affair.
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HSJ KnowledgeKeep track of NHS training needs
Any system for managing learning and development must be able to change over time, says Arif Ahmed
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CommentKen Jarrold on fixing NHS care and compassion
Occasionally something really important is published. Something that makes you think. Something so powerful you wish the board of every health organisation would place it on the agenda for their next meeting, and every chief executive would say to the executive team: “Today we are not going to strive for ...