South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2565
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Blogs
Partnerships - the Emperor's new clothes
What cost partnerships? Will the Tories bite the bullet and save us a bundle?
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NewsPressure on to sign up to flu service
Pressure is mounting on the Welsh Assembly to join the Department of Health’s national pandemic flu service as thousands of people report symptoms of swine flu.
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NewsSwine flu phone service goes live
A telephone and internet service that aims to speed up access to drugs for thousands of people infected with swine flu goes live today.
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NewsNHS fraudster escapes jail sentence
The head of orthotics for Nottingham University Hospitals trust has lost his job and been handed a suspended 12 month prison sentence for defrauding the NHS of more than £21,000.
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NewsIan Kennedy report looks at how NICE values innovation
The benefits to the NHS of innovative health technologies are being weighed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence after a study by Sir Ian Kennedy.
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Information
A (H1N1) Swine Influenza: Launch of the National Pandemic Flu Service
From today, people in England will be able to access swine flu advice and treatment through the National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS).
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NewsManagers quietly confident as NHS battles swine flu pandemic
Managers and staff are confident the NHS is coping successfully with swine flu, an HSJ and Nursing Times survey reveals.
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CommentJoan Saddler on patient centred services
Actively seeking out and acting on patient feedback to shape services is still far from the norm but is fundamental to putting quality at the heart of the NHS.
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NewsJim Easton to continue Lord Darzi's work on NHS quality
The Department of Health’s new head of quality, innovation, productivity and prevention, Jim Easton, has vowed to “follow through” on Lord Darzi’s commitment to quality.
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LeaderKeep calm and carry on: staff, like patients, need reassuring
HSJ and Nursing Times’s survey this week of almost 1,500 staff reveals a national health service largely confident in its ability to cope with the swine flu pandemic, but concerned their jobs are being made more difficult by hype and hysteria.
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NewsNew Horizons policy direction lauded despite missing details
An “aspirational” strategy setting out the next 10 years of mental health policy has been welcomed despite a lack of detail on how it will be achieved.
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NewsDepartment of Health asked to consider increased regulation
Experts calling for “radical” changes to the regulation of NHS workers have asked the Department of Health to consider whether managers could be covered by the proposals.
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NewsDepartment of Health has improved but its vision lacks ‘coherence’
The Department of Health has improved the quality of its leadership over the past two years, a Cabinet Office review has found.
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CommunityParty piece
After being accused of being teetotal on Question Time, health secretary Andy Burnham will have been keen to prove otherwise at the Department of Health’s annual drinks reception for journalists last week.
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CommunityFlight of fancy
Some NHS trusts get terribly wound up over visiting times, imposing strict restrictions on the numbers and ages of those who can see patients.
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CommunityGhost of a chance
When Derby Hospitals foundation trust made a chaplain available for staff spooked by ghostly sightings, managers strenuously denied claims that they were planning an exorcism.
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CommunityWhere's Darzi?
Lord Darzi’s official leaving date may not be until the recess, but his Richmond House office looked pretty bare as HSJ passed it on the way to a briefing at the DH.
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NewsWill the public back the national care service?
The long awaited social care green paper proposes reforms including a new ‘national care service’, but what are the implications and where will the money come from?
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NewsBetter communication could avoid deaths in hospital
The first annual summary of coroners’ reports into the circumstances around avoidable deaths has highlighted the need for better hospital communication processes.
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News
Cost of NHS growth revealed
Government spending on public services such as education will need to be cut by as much as 4.5 per cent a year if politicians’ promises to give the NHS real terms growth are met.