South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2671
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Comment
Mark Britnell on world class commissioning so far
Morituri te salutamus, as the gladiators said in Roman amphitheatres: We who are about to die salute you.
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Supplements
Time and motion: a programme for NHS efficiency
Welcome to the special HSJ supplement on the Productive series.
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HSJ Knowledge
Providing healthcare on a small island
Some islanders 'would rather be crippled than go to the mainland for an operation'. Alison Moore reports on the goldfish-bowl world of remote island healthcare
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News
Foundation trusts told to be 'pessimistic' about finances
Foundation trusts have been advised to make 'pessimistic assumptions' about the future of their finances.Bill Moyes, executive chairman of the foundation trust regulator Monitor, used the publication of the annual review of foundations to advise: 'My message to foundations would be to make pessimistic assumptions in order to be prepared ...
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News
Service planners urged to enhance patient involvement
The Department of Health is urging primary care trust managers to seek the views of 'easy to overlook' groups such as homeless people, sex workers, people in rural areas and non-English speakers when shaping services.
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News
Latest NHS waiting times figures released
The Department of Health has released inpatient and outpatient waiting times figures for England for September.
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News
Study examines effects of drinking during pregnancy
New research suggests that drinking a small amount of alcohol during pregnancy does not increase the risk of a child developing behavioural difficulties or cognitive deficits.
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Comment
Sandy Watson on how the NHS can help young people
At any one time, there are about 35,000 young people in Scotland who are not in education, employment or training. Of these, 6,000 are aged 16, 9,000 aged 17, 12,000 aged 18, and 8,000 aged 19. Men are more likely to fall into this group than women.
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HSJ Knowledge
Police custody and the Mental Health Act
When members of the public are detained under the Mental Health Act, they are often taken to police custody, but this can exacerbate mental health problems. Ian Bynoe explains
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CommentAngela Greatley on the Mental Health Act
From 3 November, most parts of the long-awaited and often feared 2007 Mental Health Act will be implemented. For the NHS, the new act presents major challenges by extending the scope of compulsory powers and by creating some new safeguards for those subject to them.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS data protection and GPs
GPs must take compliance with privacy and data protection law seriously, writes Anne Crofts
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News
NHS Wales chief executive to step down
NHS Wales chief executive Ann Lloyd has announced she will step down after eight years in the post.
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Leader
Hold your nerve - equality is not an expensive indulgence
This week's HSJ special edition on health inequalities looks at the causes, complexities, arguments and options that underpin this most intractable of policy issues.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy admission day affects health outcomes
Emergency medical patients admitted at weekends have worse clinical outcomes than those admitted during the working week.
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Comment
Michael Marmot on eliminating social injustice in health
Glasgow had a little more publicity than it might have welcomed when the report of the World Health Organisation's commission on social determinants of health, which I chaired, was published in August.
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HSJ Knowledge
Welfare reform will overcome health inequalities
England has the highest health inequalities in Europe and income inequality is the major cause. Only reform of the welfare state can achieve a fairer distribution of well-being
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Comment
Your Humble Servant on foundation trusts
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Money, Money, Monitor
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News
South Essex Partnership foundation trust secures university status
A mental health trust has fought ‘discrimination’ to become the first community-based NHS organisation to gain university trust status.
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News
Low NHS waiting times masking wide variation in performance
The NHS has achieved historically low hospital waiting times but faces a battle to ensure the 18 week target is hit in every area by December.
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Comment
Media Watch: healthcare reviews
Unlike certain colleagues, health secretary Alan Johnson has never been invited onto a billionaire's gin palace. 'Trawlers occasionally, but never yachts,' he told The Daily Telegraph.