South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2673
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News
PCTs say realpolitik is behind unequal healthcare
Primary care trusts claim confusion, self-interest and realpolitik lie at the heart of the unfair distribution of NHS resources.
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Health inequalities could be forgotten as cash gets tight
Tighter NHS finances could mean the quest to reduce health inequalities will either get nasty - or be forgotten altogether.
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Children's trusts hinder protection efforts - Audit Commission
'Children's trusts', created after the death of Victoria Climbie, have hindered rather than helped local public services' work to protect vulnerable children, the Audit Commission has found.
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NHS alcohol misuse services are inadequate - National Audit Office
The NHS is not doing enough to stem effects of alcohol on health, the National Audit Office has warned.
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NHS Employers urges against reopening pay negotiations
Employers have urged the NHS pay review body to stick with its three-year pay settlement.
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NHS data breaches hit 75 in a year
Seventy-five breaches of data security rules by the health service have been reported to the information commissioner's office in the past year, new figures reveal.The NHS and healthcare sector is second only to the whole of the private sector at losing computers, records and data.
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HSJ Knowledge
Encouraging healthy eating among NHS staff
A new project focusing on nutrition and healthy eating is setting out to change the dietary habits of NHS employees
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Comment
Kevin Fickenscher on robotics and patient care
Robotics in healthcare is revolutionising the way medical personnel work together and how patients are treated.
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Comment
Richard Knowles on NHS command and control
Command and control is a term that is increasingly used in the current target-driven healthcare climate.
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Blogs
NHS management and informatics are not mutually exclusive
I was very disappointed to read the article 'NHS managers not committed to informatics'.
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News
NHS Confederation and Macmillan to work on perceptions of exception panels
Cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support and the NHS Confederation are in discussions about joint work to improve public confidence in primary care trust exception committee decisions.
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DH appoints autism adviser
Elaine Hill has been appointed as the specialist adviser for autism at the Department of Health.
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Unite opens NHS pay ballot
Union Unite today began balloting NHS members on the current three-year pay deal. The ballot will ask 100,000 members if they are prepared to take industrial action, including strike action, in protest at the pay deal.
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Maternity services growth fails to keep up with births
Maternity services faced growing pressure on capacity and staff last year despite government commitments to improve safety and choice.Newly released reports from regional midwifery officers show midwife numbers in many areas failed to keep up with the rising birth rate in 2007-08.
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HSJ Knowledge
Six steps to integrated NHS workforce planning: step one
Are you considering your healthcare workforce plans? The Six Steps Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning can help.
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Comment
Mark Goldman on a happy ending for NHS top-ups
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will begin. Once upon a time there was an elusive apostrophe. He lived in the NHS and was always causing mischief with his friend 'patients'. Together they would hide from the managers and clinicians.
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Blogs
PbR: bugs, buts and bull riding
Ever wondered which has the greatest number of bugs - Microsoft Windows or NHS HRG3.5?
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News
Luton and Dunstable investigates deadly E coli outbreak
Luton and Dunstable Hospital foundation trust is investigating the source of a drug-resistant E coli outbreak that has been linked to the deaths of two babies on its neonatal intensive care unit.
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Economic downturn 'may hit medical research'
Medical research funding is expected to suffer because of the economic downturn, experts have warned.
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Scotland unveils cancer care plan
The Scottish government has published an action plan for improving cancer care and support.