South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2614
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NewsPrivate board meeting risks spelled out
Less than a quarter of foundation trusts are holding their board of directors’ meetings in public, an HSJ straw poll suggests.
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Foundation trusts: a history
HSJ charts the major events from the creation of foundation trusts to their current form today.
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NewsCorporate skills required for foundation trust governance
Boards require the skills of blue-chip firms to deal with the risks that come with foundation status. Alison Moore examines how trusts have adapted to make the most of their freedoms
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HSJ KnowledgeFoundation trusts: fans and critics speak out
Five years after foundation trusts were created, Helen Mooney talks to fans and critics about how they have fared and made use of their increased autonomy
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NewsFoundation trusts challenged to use freedoms
The foundation trust sector is celebrating its achievements in the five years since its creation - but NHS chief executive David Nicholson has said the trusts have much more to do.
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PCTs demand end to community foundation trust pilot
Primary care trust provider arms are calling on the Department of Health to drop the community foundation trust pilot scheme and allow them to apply for foundation status on a level playing field.
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Leader
Resource centre: a commitment to helping you be the best
This week HSJ launches a new five page section - Resource Centre - offering managers practical advice for your personal development and to help you do your job even better.
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LeaderFoundations are older and wiser, but have they flown the cage yet?
This week marks five years since the launch of foundation trusts.
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London PCT and council to share chief executive
Hammersmith and Fulham primary care trust and the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham are to begin operating with a joint chief executive and integrated management team.
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CommentNoel Plumridge on foundation trusts
Are foundation trusts here to stay? Five years have passed since the prototypes first saw the light of day. Once controversial enough to bring the government’s very survival into question, how far has this radically new and politically controversial way of organising NHS hospitals simply become normal?
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Accountancy change means LIFT schemes could be squeezed
The Audit Commission has ruled that most primary care buildings funded by private finance initiative-style schemes, worth £1.34bn in total, should be moved onto NHS balance sheets this April.
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Super trusts to join up acute and primary care
Academic health science centres should lead to better integration of primary and secondary care, leaders of two of London’s centres believe.
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CommentPaul Corrigan: foundations are the future
Opponents of foundations say that their success and financial strength is the result of unequal advantages - but that should not stop them helping weaker trusts
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CommentJenny Rogers on NHS jobs gloom
I have been observing how some of my most talented clients are dealing with the current gloom and uncertainty.
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CommunityFT logo's a no-go
Take a look at this little design effort. No, it’s not a (very) early design of the European Commission flag, but the emblem the Foundation Trust Network has conjured up to mark the fifth anniversary of the first ten foundation trusts this month.
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CommentEmma Dent on the NHS in the media
Hands up who saw the recent Dispatches programme on nurses? There were some fairly shocking stats about the number of nurses who have seen patients placed in “danger” (we’ll presume through treatment and medication errors rather than, say, being put in the path of man eating tigers) and nurses not ...
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CommunityCaption competition: Gordon Brown at King's College hospital
There is nothing like a few hours with some lovely nurses to distract one from a global financial crisis.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The 18 Challenges of Leadership
The themes of this self-help manual are timeless, says Sheila Williams
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CommunityMedia Watch: NHS pay scandals
City bankers were keeping a low profile this week as thousands of G20 protesters marched through the streets; NHS chiefs may want to follow suit after the latest uproar over pay.