South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2658
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Department of Health appoints deputy chief nursing officer
David Foster has been appointed as deputy chief nursing officer at the Department of Health.
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Report reveals financial benefits of medical research
Every pound invested in cardiovascular disease research brings benefits worth 39p a year, forever, academics have calculated.The year-long study into the financial and social benefits of investment in medical research, led by Brunel University, found that for mental health research the benefits were 37p per pound invested each year.
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HSJ Knowledge
Strengthening NHS customer service
Believing that customer service is the battleground where patients will be won, South Essex Partnership foundation trust has recently implemented a renewed customer service strategy.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving older people's mental health
A consultant clinical psychologist is proving that group analysis work with older people with mental health disorders can be successful.
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Comment
Keith Pearson on the NHS constitution consultation
Sitting as a member of the NHS constitutional advisory forum for the past four months, I found myself among an august body of people, all with a passion to drive forward one of the most significant developments in NHS history.
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Comment
Griffiths report could have freed NHS from politics
The Griffiths report could have created the utopian ideal of an NHS buffered from political meddling, but it was not to be.
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Scotland slashes diagnostic waiting times
The Scottish NHS has slashed diagnostic waiting times but must now ensure that services are as efficient as possible.
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Hospitals making progress on blood clot risk assessments
The number of hospital trusts assessing patients for deadly blood clots has more than doubled in the past year - but trusts must do more to protect patients, MPs are warning.
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Leader
Why are so many NHS influencers white men?
The HSJ50 - the ranking of the 50 most powerful people in English health management policy and practice, published in last week's magazine - is very male and very white.
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Leader
Data tsunami will swamp trusts unless commissioners get a say
The clinical data revolution came closer this week with the unveiling of the approach for improving quality and a survey on what to include in quality accounts.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mapping health inequalities unmasks variations
For the first time comprehensive local health and well-being data has been compiled across Ireland.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on Barack Obama's first steps
So what does Barack Obama's election victory mean for the future of the US health system? And what lessons, if any, are US policy makers likely to derive from recent NHS reforms?
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Emma Dent on the need for a national hygiene drive
Obviously I'm in favour of tight infection controls in hospitals, but don't you feel for the mitts of the staff having to wash them dozens of times a day? They must get red raw.
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HSJ Knowledge
Social care: how can we help the helpless?
The death of Baby P has highlighted failings in assessing risk. Staff must be supported in making tough decisions if the chances of such tragedies happening are to be minimised
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MPs get tough on alcoholism
MPs have grilled Department of Health officials including permanent secretary Hugh Taylor and senior medical officer Mark Prunty over alcohol dependency figures published by the National Audit Office.
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Foundation trust websites leave patients in the dark
Foundation trusts' communications skills have been called into question after it was revealed that four in 10 trust websites lacked basic information on service quality.
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Comment
Media Watch: healthy towns
'It won't work round here,' a resident of one of the Department of Health's newly designated Healthy Towns predicted to The Times.
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UK risks a weaker role in EU health decisions
Devolution is weakening the UK's ability to influence the EU's growing hold over health policy, a report from the Nuffield Trust warns.
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PbR tariff for next year delayed until January
The final payment by results tariff for 2009-10 will be published in January, around three months late.
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Audit Commission slams £37.9m deal at Whipps Cross University Hospital trust
The Audit Commission has issued a public interest report outlining 'serious concerns' about a £37.9m back-dated procurement deal at Whipps Cross University Hospital trust.