South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2598
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HSJ KnowledgeThe hard facts on falls prevention
Older people attending A&E after a fall are not all routinely screened for risk of future fractures. What should be looked for, and why? Ingrid Torjesen reports
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Blogs
The HSJ anti-bullying hotline
Thanks to recent HSJ articles about workplace bullying in the NHS, the newsdesk has started to feel more like a Samaritans service.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Conference 2009
Charlotte Santry speaks to Stephen Ramsden and Donna Forsyth about the importance of patient safety and improvements in reporting standards
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NewsAlan Johnson approves south east London NHS reconfiguration
Far-reaching hospital reconfiguration proposals for south east London have been approved by health secretary Alan Johnson.
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HSJ KnowledgeJane Abbott on creating a productive working culture
Healthcare 100 winner Jane Abbott describes the practices that make Benenden Hospital the best place to work in Britain
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HSJ KnowledgePatrick Geoghegan on achieving quality patient outcomes
Healthcare 100 winner Patrick Geoghegan shares best practice in patient outcomes and explains how frontline staff drive quality
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HSJ KnowledgeSound advice on workforce development
Healthcare 100 winners Yasmin Ahmed-Little, Deborah Kendall, Omar Najim, Mathew Bluck and Steve Ellis explain their work
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HSJ KnowledgeGareth Goodier on the values of acute care
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust talks about the qualities that earned it the HSJ Acute Care Organisation of the Year Award 2008
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Blogs
NHS news blog: Alan Johnson launches new rules on patient involvement
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced a series of policies to help avoid more NHS services falling to the “appalling” standards exposed at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.Providers will have to publish the number of complaints they get and an annual statement on how they are involving patients and the public ...
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CommentAngela Greatley on health in the criminal justice system
Lord Bradley’s review of mental health and learning disabilities in the criminal justice system was published last month. Fourteen months in the making, the report that emerged did not disappoint.
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NewsChief executives appointed at two SHAs
Chief executives have been appointed to West Midlands and Yorkshire and Humber strategic health authorities.
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Blogs
Negative adjustments
It looks like the Treasury are gearing up to remove funding for depreciation costs and capital charges from departmental budgets.
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Blogs
And there goes £2.3bn....
The Department of Health has been asked to contribute £2.3bn to the Treasury’s £5bn of public spending cuts in 2010-11.
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CommentMichael White on swine flu and leadership
This column’s established policy is not to panic over either swine flu or Labour leadership flu. Outbreaks of both occur from time to time and are easily spread by modern life, notably by air travel and 24-hour TV news channels. The authorities do their best.
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NewsAction plan fails to leave a mark on malnutrition rate in NHS hospitals
A “ground breaking” government plan to reduce malnutrition among NHS patients has had little impact on care, an HSJ survey has revealed.
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NewsRising patient choice fails to improve NHS quality standards
One year after the introduction of free choice, early trends suggest some patients are using choice - but it is not yet driving up standards in hospitals.
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CommentCally Bann on the swine flu outbreak
An acute trust chief executive, “Cally Bann”, casts a jaundiced eye over the swine flu outbreak…
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NewsAlan Johnson launches new rules on patient involvement
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced a series of policies to help avoid more NHS services falling to the “appalling” standards exposed at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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LeaderNHS quality improvement needs patient choice data
One year after the introduction of free choice, early analysis suggests some patients are using their right to choose the hospital at which they are treated.
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LeaderMid Staffordshire: improvement must be routine, not just the result of a scandal
In his report into the lessons to be learned from the failures at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust, national primary care director David Colin-Thomé concluded that responsibility lies firmly with the management board and staff.