South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 254
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Rebuilding the trauma centre
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Culture wars, NHS style
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNHS is ‘tech averse healthcare system’, says ex-government adviser
A cut to the NHS tech budget, revealed by HSJ, has been described as “pretty outrageous” by a former government adviser and eminent medical leader.
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CommentThe NHS needs a dedicated agency to drive the use of new technology
A serious strategy to innovate is needed to save the health service. Barbara Harpham gives an insight on how this can be achieved
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NewsCQC needs to ‘call out’ domineering trusts, says Hewitt
The Care Quality Commission should ‘call out’ integrated care systems where acute trusts are ‘dominating’ decision making and funding conversations to ensure other sectors are not sidelined, the author of a major review on ICSs has said.
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NewsRevealed: First ICS digital maturity ratings
HSJ can reveal the first ratings given to every integrated care system for the ‘digital maturity’ of its NHS providers.
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News‘Hips, knees and eyes’ funding focus ‘not fair’, says medical leader
Physical health and “hips, knees and eyes” still command the lion’s share of government money, despite persistent calls for fairer mental health funding, the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ departing president has told HSJ.
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News‘Culture battle’ over NHS England’s emergency recovery plans
Senior sources have described a ”culture battle” in NHS England’s approach to urgent care recovery after systems were told to carry out ”maturity” self-assessments and appoint “champions” to drive improvements.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Bands on the run
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsUnder-fire trust’s former COO appointed group chief executive
The former chief operating officer of a struggling teaching trust has been appointed as its new group chief executive.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: It's an exciting/sad/frustrating/optimistic time for patient leadership
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS
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NewsSeven trusts inexplicably removed from ‘40 new hospitals’ pledge
Seven trusts were removed from a list used to choose the ‘40 new hospitals’ with no documentation to explain why, a watchdog has found.
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NewsMaternity unit refutes suggestion it breached safety standards
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal insists it has been providing immediate anaesthetic cover for obstetric emergencies, contrary to an NHS England report suggesting it had not and had been potentially breaching safety standards.
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NewsBand 7 and 8 pay is ‘disincentive’ to promotion, government advisers warn
Narrow gaps between Agenda for Change pay bandings are discouraging senior NHS staff from going for promotions, with some losing money if they move up a band, the government’s independent pay review body has warned.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Slaying zombies
Commentators and politicians should do their homework before polluting the arena with long dead zombie ideas about what is wrong with the NHS and how to fix it, writes Steve Black
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NewsSecond consultants strike announced
A second two day walk-out by NHS consultants will take place on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 August, unless the ongoing dispute is settled before then, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in May 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.