South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2626
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Trust must pay £430,000 to wrongly sacked surgeon
An acute trust has been criticised for using the wrong procedures to suspend and sack a consultant.
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Barts and the London appoints interim chief executive
Peter Morris has been appointed as interim chief executive of Barts and the London trust.
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Research points to benefits of individual social care budgets
Independent research has concluded that individual social care budgets can 'greatly' improve the quality of life for carers, the government has said.
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New guidance on NHS complaints
New guidance has been published on the NHS and social care complaints system.
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NHS South Central votes for water fluoridation
The board of South Central strategic health authority has decided to add fluoride to the water supply in Southampton.Members of the board made the unanimous decision at a public meeting yesterday, following a consultation on the proposal.
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Leader
NHS leaders: don't lose touch with your communities
While there is near universal revulsion at the idea of merging primary care trusts in another reorganisation, joint working is gathering pace.
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Leader
Confed chief's challenge is to get network choir singing in harmony
In this week's HSJ new NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett spells out his vision for the organisation.
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HSJ KnowledgeMeasuring healthy eating
If diets matched nutritional recommendations there could be 70,000 fewer deaths in the UK each year.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on the grim reality of NHS finance
'Look out, not up' is a phrase currently being muttered in the corridors of power at the Department of Health.
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Comment
Fight healthcare acquired infections with conviction
Techniques for minimising healthcare acquired infection are well understood. Success is now just a matter of ensuring they are prioritised by all staff, says Janice Stevens
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Skills for Health urges NHS to increase apprenticeships
Trusts are being urged to offer more apprenticeships to stem soaring unemployment despite new figures showing places have risen by 34 per cent in a year.
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Easy does it as NHS steps up to quality bat
Central to the next stage review is the demand to improve services - and demonstrate it. So how are NHS organisations planning to measure quality and how long will funding hold out? Dave West finds out
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Hospital entertainment provider backtracks on price hike
Northumbria Healthcare foundation trust has forced bedside entertainment provider Hospedia to backtrack on a 140 per cent price hike.
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London GPs miss out on cash
The British Medical Association's GPs committee has attacked NHS London for failing to ensure primary care trusts honour an agreement to pass on cash to practices.
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Community
Media Watch: obesity threat to mankind
Cancers caused by obesity pose a threat to mankind 'akin to that of climate change' the papers warned this week.
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PCT surplus figures were off by a fifth
Accounting errors led to primary care trusts under-reporting their surpluses by 20 per cent last financial year, the Audit Commission has said.
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DH backtracks on failure regime figures
The Department of Health has backtracked on its estimate that up to six trusts a year would fall into its failure regime and be taken over.
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Audit optional on new quality accounts
Providers will not have to have their quality accounts audited or validated.
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Cancer patients missing out on best treatment because of cost
Cancer patients are missing out on high-tech radiotherapy because the NHS is struggling to invest in staff and technology.Intensity modulated radiotherapy, which has been used in Europe and the US for a decade, is used to treat only 7 per cent of eligible NHS patients, according to research by the ...
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Comment
Your Humble Servant on councillor counselling
‘We are faced with a glorious mix of councillors, some so young they’d obviously been selected for seats they hadn’t been expected to win and have had to be parked out of trouble until they are out of nappies’