South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2548
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HSJ Knowledge
Modular wards
Construction in healthcare is a precision business. Its role is to support the industry’s primary function – to deliver the best available healthcare services to patients. New developments and continual refurbishment are all important in handling the demands on patient care, but can often present a number challenges, not least ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Carbon reduction commitment
NHS energy use costs £400 million annually and results in around one million tonnes of carbon emissions.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health review tribunals
Health and social care managers now face new rules on the disclosure of information in mental health review tribunals.
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Information
HSJ Special Issue: Responding to the Cost-Cutting Challenge
This week’s HSJ presents an in-depth examination of the future of the health service in light of looming spending cuts.
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NewsNHS recovers cost of treating crash victims
The NHS has recouped £22m from insurance companies to cover the costs of treating road crash victims in Wales.
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Blogs
The bottom line
Patient involvement must not be lip service, a tick box exercise or a token gesture
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NewsSwine flu vaccination programme extended to pharmacists
Frontline pharmacists and their staff must be included in the priority swine flu vaccination programme, NHS flu resilience director Ian Dalton has said.
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NewsHospital parking guidelines 'ignored'
Guidelines intended to allow NHS cancer patients to avoid “appalling” hospital car parking charges are being widely ignored, according to a survey.
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NewsTory linked to private health firm
A senior Conservative MP’s links to a private health company have prompted a fresh row over Tory leader David Cameron’s commitment to the NHS.
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InformationIan Dalton's swine flu update - revised planning assumptions
In his fourth weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses the revised planning assumptions for the pandemic
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to plan for cold weather with a swine flu pandemic looming
How can trusts put intensive care plans in place this winter with a swine flu pandemic looming, asks Jennifer Taylor
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NewsNHS drug errors 'may top 860,000'
The number of mistakes involving NHS patients being given the wrong medication may total 860,850, according to the National Patient Safety Agency.
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NewsBAMM chief rejects NHS job cut plan
The chief executive of the British Association of Medical Managers has backed the government’s rejection of a report recommending that the NHS cut 137,000 jobs in the next five years to make efficiency savings.
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NewsNHS practice manager network launched
The NHS Alliance has launched a new network designed to help practice managers influence policy and promote best practice in primary care.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS staff benefits: for the chop?
Cherished perks for NHS staff such as workplace nurseries and subsidised canteens could be the first thing cash-strapped employers look to cut. Alison Moore investigates
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NewsSwine flu funding sought by Scotland and Wales
NHS services in Scotland and Wales are seeking more government money to combat the expected upsurge of swine flu cases in the autumn.
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NewsNHS trust pays £150,000 compensation over death
The wife of a man who died a day after being discharged from an NHS hospital has been awarded £150,000 compensation by Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
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Blogs
The Fear Factor
Managers in all NHS organisations need to overcome fears, we need the intuition to know when to ‘go against the flow’, we need to manage and take calculated risks and set stretching goals
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NewsDH is told 137,000 NHS posts must go in next five years
The Department of Health has been told the NHS in England will need to slash its workforce by 137,000 if it is to achieve its planned £20bn savings by 2014, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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NewsMcKinsey cost-saving proposals focus on waste in acute sector
NHS hospitals in England are rife with waste and inefficiency, consultants McKinsey and Company have told the Department of Health in a confidential report, seen by HSJ.