South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2661
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Supplements
Innovation Live: bringing ideas to life
Innovation Live, the great event in London this month, showcased innovative health service ideas and examples in practice and this supplement fills you in on many of the leading themes.
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News
London reconfiguration plans face legal challenge
Reconfiguration plans in London backed by health secretary Alan Johnson will be challenged in court by campaigners.
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News
Health ministers 'warned about Haringey child protection processes'
Health ministers were warned about Haringey council's child protection processes just months before the death of a baby at the centre of an abuse scandal.
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News
NHS managers hit back at European healthcare rankings
NHS managers have hit back at a report that ranks the UK 13th for healthcare out of 31 European countries.The Euro Health Consumer Index 2008 puts the Netherlands in first place, with the UK trailing behind countries including Estonia, France and Germany.
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News
HSJ50 2008 unveiled
HSJ’s ranking of the 50 most powerful people in NHS management policy and practice in England has been revealed.
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HSJ Knowledge
Bringing business leaders to the NHS board table
An innovative scheme is allowing managers in big companies to put themselves forward as non-executive directors in the NHS - getting themselves valuable experience for their CVs, as well as bringing their skills and business acumen to trust and PCT boards
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HSJ Knowledge
How human resources can add value in the NHS
Assessing and redesigning its human resource management model allowed one trust to make the most of its people, as Ian Young explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Isabel Jones on a holistic approach to treatment
My work with Salamanda Tandem, an arts charity that helps people with disabilities access art, music and dance, has given me an insight into how beneficial recuperative movement can be.
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HSJ Knowledge
Developing NHS budget holders
To turn NHS managers into great budget holders, it is crucial to improve their knowledge, confidence and motivation. Louvain Coxall explains
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News
Unite members vote to strike over NHS pay
Members of trade union Unite yesterday voted in favour of strike action over the government's three-year NHS pay deal.
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Leader
NHS top-ups are no substitute for offering a death with dignity
The response to Mike Richards’ review of co-payments has been largely positive. The cancer czar had a tricky job to do, forced to navigate choppy ideological waters and land at a practical resolution.
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Leader
Clawback puts financial safety net to the test
A fortnight ago HSJ revealed the Treasury was eyeing up NHS surpluses. This week we tell you how much will be clawed back.
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HSJ Knowledge
Same-day care sees admissions level off
This article examines what has been happening over the last five years with emergency admissions to acute hospitals - probably the biggest driver of all healthcare spend.
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News
Jon Restell on the NHS constitution
After a warm welcome earlier in the summer, the NHS constitution is now the subject of some sustained chuntering. This is wrong.
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HSJ Knowledge
Prison mental healthcare: pushing up standards
Access to mental healthcare remains an obstacle for prisoners. The solution, say Andrew Forrester and colleagues, is a dedicated, unitary 'prisoner care trust' for commissioning
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Supplements
HSJ50 2008: Controversy and change
This year’s HSJ50, the ranking of the 50 most powerful people in NHS management policy and practice in England, reveals dramatic changes in who is wielding power.
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News
Scotland's health scrutiny bodies prepare for merger
Scotland is to have a 'super scrutiny' body, merging three organisations into one as part of the Scottish government's cull on quangos.
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News
University College London Hospitals ploughs surplus into cancer centre
The foundation trust with the biggest surplus is about to start spending it.
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News
Media Watch: top-ups
Now that government policy on co-payments has become clearer, it's interesting to learn that MPs have been benefiting from 'top-ups' of their own.