South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2691
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News
Andrew Lansley wins strong support from NHS managers
Andrew Lansley has won respect from managers for his detailed knowledge of the health service. Can he transfer this to the Cabinet if the Conservatives win power? Rebecca Evans asks him
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News
Out of hours care standards to be applied to urgent care
National standards for out of hours providers could be extended to cover some in-hours services.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on a family's care crisis
On Friday morning, Mum was readmitted to hospital. She is 85 years old and vulnerable to infections, with a provisional diagnosis of leukaemia.
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News
DH intervention forces cancer rethink
A primary care trust has been forced to review its plans to centralise specialist gastrointestinal cancer services after what is believed to be an unprecedented intervention by the Department of Health.
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Hospital trust may split into two organisations
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals trust is considering splitting into two new organisations.
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Impressive maternity services
Your article suggested primary care trusts in East Sussex were 'slammed' for 'failing to consult on plans for a radical redesign of maternity services'. This is not the case. The independent reconfiguration panel said it was 'impressed by the thoroughness of aspects of the consultation and proposal development' in East ...
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Partnership plan for top-ups
Advances in medical technology and drug treatments mean it is more important than ever that the health service and private sector work together to create a system which works in the best interests of all patients.
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NHS North West launches quality improvement programme
NHS North West is launching a voluntary quality improvement programme that it says will lead to better patient care, save lives and help hospitals save money.Forty hospitals are participating in the programme, which will financially reward hospitals that do well.
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Young children should not be given Ritalin - NICE
Ritalin should not be routinely prescribed for children and should never be given to those under five, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has advised.
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King's Fund welcomes free prescriptions for cancer patients
The King's Fund has welcomed prime minister Gordon Brown's announcement that he will scrap prescription charges for cancer patients from April 2009, and subsequently for all patients with long-term conditions.
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Christie Hospital changes its name
Christie Hospital has changed its name to the Christie, with the trust becoming the Christie foundation trust.
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UK Terminology Centre appoints clinical director
NHS Connecting for Health has appointed James Paton, director of clinical informatics at Queens Hospital, as the clinical director for the UK Terminology Centre.
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Gordon Brown promises free prescriptions for cancer patients
Gordon Brown promised to abolish prescription charges for cancer patients as part of a 'new settlement' focusing on fairness.In what had been described before he spoke as the speech of his life, the prime minister's announcement that he would scrap the charges for cancer patients from April was well received ...
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NHS data breach furore could derail reforms
Service reforms are at risk of being derailed by the 'hyperbole' surrounding government data breaches, Dr Foster Intelligence has warned.
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Ben Bradshaw: NHS top-up debate will never be resolved
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has said the dilemma of whether to allow co-payments will never be resolved but that a compromise may be found in adjusting the way drug effectiveness is measured.
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Charities support Labour on health interventionism
Charities and activists have told Labour not to shy away from tackling access to GP services and to ignore jibes about the 'nanny state'.
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Comment
Nicky Jonas on NHS volunteers abroad
Volunteering offers stressed-out NHS managers the chance to make a difference in the developing world and learn valuable new skills that can give them an edge when they return home.
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HSJ Partners
Paul Allen on the war for NHS talent
First the bad news. According to the chancellor of the exchequer, this country is experiencing the harshest economic conditions in 60 years. On a more upbeat note, GCSE and A-level results are at an all-time high and more young people than ever are going into higher education.
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Blogs
Moral hazard just too complicated, apparently
I have received feedback from two managers and my personal chief exec on my moral hazard blog.
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News
Wales to debate presumed consent for organ donation
The Welsh Assembly is to hold a series of debates on whether or not Wales should introduce presumed consent to increase the number of organ donors.Health minister Edwina Hart said once there was a clear understanding of public opinion on the issue, the assembly would consider the need for changes ...