South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 266
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CommentThe NHS is safe(ish) with Hunt
“I think the public are desperate for politicians to speak truthfully – but it isn’t always easy.”
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Daily InsightThe Primer: Foot in mouth
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Why there are 17 days to save the NHS and how it can be done
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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News‘The money is a f**king nightmare’, says NHS England chief executive
Amanda Pritchard has told local NHS leaders the financial situation facing the health service is a ‘f**king nightmare’, but that it was being tackled at a national level and should not prevent them from improving performance.
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NewsNHS maintenance backlog tops £10bn
Spending on the NHS estate has increased at the fastest-rate since the service began collecting detailed data, new figures show.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Alarms sound, board repents and leaders leave
Your essential update on health for the week.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The ICSs already in the red
Two out of three integrated care systems are already reporting sizeable deficits in their first year of existence.
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NewsNHS Digital leader to chair trust
NHS Digital’s chair has been appointed to the same role at a specialist trust.
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CommentNational positivity strategy to put the smile back on the NHS's face
It’s never been more important for the NHS to look on the bright side - in fact, it’s now official policy. Julian Patterson reports
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Meet the new boss (same as the old boss)
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ PartnersTackling the challenge of achieving continuous Quality Improvement
The Deming cycle of the Plan Do Study Act is the core approach that is used most in Quality Improvement and continuous improvement efforts within the NHS. But for most staff, this requires using a hodgepodge of paper plans, spreadsheets for data and KPI, emails, meetings and presentations, creating action ...
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CommentThe elective care waiting list tops seven million
We can estimate that more than 20,000 of the seven million people on the elective care list have unsuspected cancer, and face a typical 10-month wait for that diagnosis.
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NewsMajority of providers in some ICSs to be performance managed by NHSE
Some integrated care boards will not hold the lead performance management role for a majority of their member trusts, under the centre’s new rules for regulating the service.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: ‘How would I feel if this happened to a member of my family?’
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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News12-hour A&E waits soar to new record as waiting list hits 7m
Long waits in emergency departments spiralled to a new record high as the elective waiting list continued to grow, NHS England’s monthly performance data published today revealed.
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HSJ Local‘Obfuscations and failures’ in trust’s handling of death, damning review finds
There were ’obfuscations, difficulties and failures’ in a scandal-hit trust’s handling of a baby’s death, a damning review has found, although it cleared the organisation’s former chair of ’serious mismanagement’.
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HSJ PartnersHow improved management of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in infants can reduce burden on the NHS
This piece was fully funded, initiated and written by Sanofi. Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a leading cause of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia.[1] RSV impacts nearly all infants, with 90 per cent contracting the virus before the age of two.[2] While most infections are ...
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NewsDeaths inquiry will exclude dozens of concerning cases, says whistleblower
An inquiry into alleged efforts to cover up care failings at an ambulance trust has been criticised by a key whistleblower for being too limited in scope.