South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2665
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HSJ Knowledge
Sir George Alberti
Sir George Alberti, national clinical director for emergency access
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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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Blogs
The NHS rhetoric is the reality
Can you get to see your GP within 48 hours? Seems like the apparatchiks at the DOH and the piety at the HCC beg to differ about question itself, let alone the answer.
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News
NHS Direct chief executive to step down
NHS Direct chief executive Matt Tee is leaving the service to take up the most senior communications role in the civil service.
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News
Racism in the NHS
Your report on racism in the NHS provides powerful statistical support to the view that racism is not simply about recruitment.
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News
Department of Health and Capita sign website contract
The Department of Health and Capita have finally signed a contract that will see the outsourcing specialists run the 'front door' to the NHS through the website www.nhs.uk.
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News
Baby dies after NHS misses eight chances to stop abuse
NHS professionals had eight opportunities in just one month to spot that a 17-month-old baby was being seriously abused.
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News
Chemotherapy may be overused
Chemotherapy is being provided to cancer patients near the end of their life in cases where it is inappropriate, research has suggested.
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News
Healthcare Commission longed for government's embrace
Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy has sent a frank message to staff revealing how the government failed to embrace the regulator and left it 'handicapped'.
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Comment
Sir Ian Kennedy on the future of the annual health check
The Act of Parliament that established the Healthcare Commission required us to assess on an annual basis the performance of every NHS organisation, taking account of the standards issued by the Department of Health. Out of this requirement grew the annual health check.
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Comment
John Coulthard on delivering Darzi
At our annual NHS summit this year, we looked at the challenges facing chief information officers and clinicians in delivering Lord Darzi's vision for the NHS.