South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2579
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HSJ KnowledgeHow community geriatricians are the linchpin of elder care
Community geriatricians can make a massive difference to older people’s lives and post hospital recoveries, so why are they so thin on the ground?
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BlogsOn Arctic marathons and large scale change
Training to run an Arctic marathon has made me reflect on the psychology of large scale change.
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NewsChief executive of £3.6m deficit trust resigns
The resignation of the chief executive of the Northern Health trust Norma Evans has been announced by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.
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NewsDH to set up social enterprise support framework
The Department of Health has launched a procurement drive to set up a framework of organisations to help primary care trust provider arms become social enterprises.
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NewsMental health trusts ignore smoking ban
Most mental health trusts are not fully adhering to the smoking ban, nearly a year after it came into effect, according to a survey by the Mental Health Foundation.
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NewsTrust to review 3,500 cancer tests following 'misdiagnosis'
Concerns that patients at a hospital trust were misdiagnosed have prompted an independent review of 3,500 cancer tests, it has been revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeA guide to fast and seamless stroke care
Good stroke care is not just about the acute stage - services must be designed from the paramedic through to social care post-discharge.
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Blogs
coaching scmoching
Let’s regulate coaching. Let’s make them pass exams and get certificates or ban them from practising. What the hell, let’s go the whole hog and give them a Royal College.
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NewsHospital apologises for baby snatching incident
A hospital has apologised after a female patient nearly had her nine month old baby snatched from the ward in which she was staying.
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NewsAmbulance response times below target
Nearly half of England’s ambulance trusts are failing to meet national targets on the time it takes to respond to life threatening emergencies, according to a recent report.
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NewsWelsh maternity services 'lack respect'
Research by a public spending watchdog has found not all maternity services are treating mothers with dignity and understanding.
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NewsNHS meets C difficile target ahead of schedule
NHS staff have been praised for meeting the government’s target to reduce C difficile infections two years ahead of schedule.
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HSJ KnowledgeChanging NHS end of life care for the better
Most people say they would prefer to die at home but many do not as end of life care has traditionally been neglected. But it looks as if things are finally starting to change
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HSJ Knowledge
High-risk medications
The key intervention that Medway foundation trust has put into practice is the reducing harm from high-risk meds intervention. This aims to reduce harm from five high-risk medicines with a specific focus on insulin.
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HSJ Knowledge
Critical care interventions
Colchester General Hospital signed up to Patient Safety First in 2008. One of the key interventions they have targeted is the ventilator care bundle, which is part of the critical care intervention that aims to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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NewsNHS prescription review delayed until autumn
The health minister has said a delayed review into the costs of prescriptions will be published in the autumn.
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News'No benefits' to new NHS pay system
The Agenda for Change pay system for NHS staff brought in three years ago has failed to deliver the £1.3bn promised in net savings, a report has said.
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NewsHigh levels of sick leave in Scotland prompts inquiry call
It has emerged that 3,389 NHS staff in Scotland are on long term sick leave, prompting Labour to ask the Scottish government to launch an investigation into the levels of sickness absence.
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NewsStatistics reveal prostate cancer postcode lottery in UK
A cancer charity has warned that significantly more men are dying from prostate cancer in some parts of England than others, with five parliamentary constituencies having death rates 25 per cent above the average.
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NewsGPs failing to make NHS information more accessible
GPs need to do more to help illiterate people and those without an internet connection to access information about NHS health services.