South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2564
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NewsConservatives call for more Tamiflu collection points
The government should take urgent action to open more Tamiflu collection points, shadow health minister Stephen O’Brien has urged.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to take a whole family approach to mental health
The latest guidance on treating parents with mental health problems suggests a whole family approach is the surest way to improve care and end stigma
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Blogs
Competence, trust and the making of leaders
Interesting news from the private sector. A recent study by Booz & Company stated that nearly half (46%) of all senior managers surveyed doubted their chief executive’s capacity to navigate their organisation through the current economic crisis.
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NewsChallenge to psychiatric hospital smoking ban fails
An appeal against a High Court ruling that bans smoking in high security psychiatric hospitals has been rejected by law lords in London.
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NewsResigning trust chair calls for David Nicholson to investigate 'SHA pressure'
The chair of an acute trust has resigned, calling on NHS chief executive David Nicholson to investigate the behaviour of East Midlands strategic health authority in pressurising him to meet access targets.
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NewsUnison to spend £1m promoting worth of public services
A £1m campaign to promote public services has been launched by Unison.
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NewsHospital downgrade plan chief quits Oxford Radcliffe
The man whose plan to downgrade Horton General Hospital was thrown out by the government is quitting as Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust’s chief executive.
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NewsMinisters deny swine flu website was late starter
A claim that the new swine flu helpline and website should have been launched earlier has been dismissed by ministers.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the NHS must look after its hidden workers
Carers play a central role in many healthcare users’ lives. Although services are recognising that they must be valued and supported, there is much more to be done to ensure this unpaid workforce’s wellbeing
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NewsStudent medics deployed with ambulance crews
Ambulance service bosses have stood by their decision to deploy trainee paramedics with ambulance crews in an attempt to deal with the extra weekend demand.
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HSJ Knowledge
Safety walkrounds
Royal Brompton and Harefield foundation trust’s first organisational value is: “We believe our patients deserve the best possible specialist treatment for their heart and lung condition in a clean, safe place.” To promote this idea of safety as a priority, the trust signed up to Patient Safety First in ...
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS marketing
In Hounslow a focused marketing campaign has helped ensure strong take-up rates of services at the area’s polyclinic.
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NewsTamiflu collection points set up
The antiviral drug Tamiflu has been made available from hundreds of collection points as swine flu continues to spread throughout the UK.
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NewsSainsbury's refuses to act as antiviral collection point
Primary care trusts will not be able to include any of Sainsbury’s 230 in-store pharmacies in their local plans to set up antiviral collection points.
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NewsFive NHS trusts receive warning over lost patient data
The loss of sensitive patient details by five NHS trusts has prompted a security warning from the the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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NewsNHS trust apologises over infection deaths
Health bosses at a hospital trust in Nottingham have apologised after a series of infections involving patients undergoing heart valve operations left three dead and five seriously ill.
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NewsTrust apologises over death of baby
Nottingham University Hospitals trust has apologised over “shortcomings” after a baby died of a suspected salt overdose after being put on a saline drip.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe tension between religion and healthcare
When the religious beliefs of an NHS employee run contrary to trust policy, the result is often headline grabbing conflict. Louise Hunt looks at a modern day dilemma
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Blogs
Born on the 25th of July
The world’s first “test tube baby”, Louise Brown, was born shortly before midnight in Oldham and District General Hospital on 25 July 1978.
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Blogs
To coach or not to coach…
There’s many different forms of coaching, from the informal, “water cooler” conversation, through manager coaching to more formal internal or external coaching. Coaching as a style of management is now accepted as effective, but there is a growing trend towards formal coaching, because of the growing evidence of its ...