South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2582
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Blogs
number crunching leadership
Leading and managing by numbers - or how to find a set of theories, skills, disciplines, habits or principles to fit whatever your burning issue is today.
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NewsLeeds chief exec leaves for Medical Education England
Leeds primary care trust chief executive Christine Outram has been appointed managing director of Medical Education England, the new national workforce training and planning body.
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NewsNHS hospital acquired infection cases rise
Figures from the National Audit Office which show that some hospital infections may be rising have prompted accusations that the government has been “neglecting” the problem.
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NewsChlamydia screening of young people fails to meet targets
A programme that checks young people for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia is failing to hit its targets, figures show.
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NewsUK woman dies from swine flu
Health chiefs are continuing to look into the first UK death of a patient suffering from swine flu.
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NewsCalls for NHS to fund costly drugs 'blinkered', says NICE
A senior member of the UK’s drugs watchdog has labelled people who demand expensive drugs on the NHS as “blinkered”.
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NewsQuality anxiety prompts cervical screening recall in Kent
Hundreds of women in Kent are being asked to repeat their cervical smear tests amid concerns that a nurse involved was not suitably qualified to carry out the tests.
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NewsBarbara Hakin and Andrew Cash top health honours list
East Midlands strategic health authority chief executive Dr Barbara Hakin has been made a dame in the Queen’s birthday honours.
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HSJ KnowledgeTaking the waste out of primary care processes
Training in lean techniques which have brought greater efficiency to secondary care settings is increasingly available to PCT staff.
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NewsAvoid tendering pitfalls, warns NHS competition panel director
Co-operation and competition panel director Andrew Taylor has revealed some of the basic mistakes primary care trusts have made when tendering out services.
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HSJ KnowledgeDavid Nicholson on NHS challenges
David Nicholson talks about the challenges ahead of the NHS including improving quality and reducing costs while fostering good working relationships.
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HSJ KnowledgeAlastair Campbell on the stigma of mental health
Alastair Campbell talks about the stigma and discrimination attached to mental health and how the NHS must lead the way in improving conditions for patients
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HSJ KnowledgePat Holman on the NHS Confederation conference 2009
The chief executive of Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health foundation trust talks about proposals made at the conference and her vision for the future
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HSJ KnowledgeLes Howell on the importance of NHS IT policy
Lew Howell talks about how disparate IT policies in the NHS are causing critical problems that can only be solved by implementing a national policy
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Blogs
Disney and the NHS
Should the NHS emulate the Disney Corporation? Can we learn from the giants in the service industries in how we deliver services, and is there a holy grail in getting it right?
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HSJ KnowledgeGP phone-line jams create more hospital admissions
Few things are more frustrating than an automated message saying your phone call is in a queue and will be answered shortly -or just getting the engaged tone. When you are ill, it can be rather more than just one of life’s little irritations, writes Kaye McIntosh.
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Blogs
Cut down on stress, be nice to each other
Today I interviewed master of spin Alastair Campbell, who was speaking at the NHS Confederation conference in Liverpool.
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NewsMark Britnell quits NHS for private sector
HSJ has learned Mark Britnell, NHS director general for commissioning and system management, is to join consultancy KPMG.