South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2687
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News
Former chief and board slated in £87m Bromley debt probe
A highly critical report into how a hospital trust built up more than £87m of debt has uncovered serious failings by its former chief executive and board.
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Auditors praise NHS trusts' financial management
The NHS has undergone a 'cultural shift', with nearly all organisations now meeting standards on financial management after years of poor performance and spiralling deficits.
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Government sets out health strategy at home and abroad
The Department of Health has launched a government-wide strategy to tackle global health problems.
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Andrew Lansley pledges to double the count of single rooms
The Conservatives have pledged to almost double the proportion of single rooms in NHS hospitals within the first term of a Conservative government.
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Tories: Labour using NHS money for votes
The government is 'manipulating' the NHS funding allocation formula to 'shore up' votes in areas loyal to Labour, the Conservatives have claimed.
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Q&A: Andrew Lansley on the single-room promise
HSJ asks Andrew Lansley about his pledge to give every patient access to a single room in five years.
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Adult mental health spend stays patchy
NHS spending on adult mental health services increased by 3.7 per cent in real terms last year to £5.5bn, but is still unequal between regions.
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Welsh health minister Edwina Hart moves centre stage
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has axed the internal market and put herself centre stage in a wholesale reform of the country's NHS.
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Comment
Michael White on Conservative healthcare policy
On the conference circuit this autumn I've been conscious of being generous in my remarks about the prospect of a Conservative government in regard to its policies on the NHS.
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News
Direct response to payment by results
The development of a tariff, designed with significant clinician and stakeholder involvement, is a direct response to NHS feedback that the current classification system does not appropriately recognise the range in complexity of procedures and treatments and current clinical processes.This is its main, and as the article recognises, laudable aim.We ...
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Carers behind bars
Thank you Julia Tabreham for putting a spotlight on 'carers behind bars' - prison inmates giving routine care to others who are elderly, vulnerable or ill.
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It takes resources to tackle health inequalities
As primary care trust chief executives in the Core Cities group - England's eight largest cities outside London - we would like to reply to your article on resource allocation.
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NHS managers must fight back with facts and figures
I do wish health service managers would fight back with some hard facts and comparisons about the value of their contributions.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on health policy trends
Rather than attend this year's party conferences, I decided instead to take the temperature on US health reform at the two presidential nominating conventions.
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News
Insurance model on the cards for elderly care
The Conservatives are considering insurance-based schemes to fund care for the elderly as a way to defuse the 'demographic time bomb'.
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HSJ Knowledge
Informed commissioning
Ministers want to transform NHS commissioning from a sleepy pussycat into a sleek, sharp-toothed tiger. And good-quality information will be the key to success. Andy Cowper reports.
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HSJ Knowledge
Primary numbers
Commissioning is no longer just about PCTs checking the invoices from the acute trust or the ISTC. Andy Cowper investigates the key role of information in commissioning in primary care.
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Blogs
Your official NHS synonym study guide
A funny thing (perhaps the only funny thing) happened in one of my recent blogs when the spell-checker changed my description of the DOH communications posse from 'pravdaesque' to 'pradaesque'.
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Comment
Andy McKeon on the good news about NHS finances
Finance managers in the NHS, do not adjust your sets. Yes, the picture really is much brighter than it used to be.
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HSJ online debate on world class commissioning - tomorrow
Don’t forget to tune in to HSJ’s free, interactive, online debate on world class commissioning tomorrow morning at 9.30 (2 October).Expert speakers include Gary Belfield, Simon Stevens and Andrew Donald. It will be essential viewing for all those looking to achieve world class commissioning.