South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2693
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News
VTE risk assessment for hospitals
A venous thromboembolism risk assessment has been developed for hospitals.One of the main recommendations from the April 2007 VTE implementation working group was that all hospitalised patients should receive a VTE risk assessment on admission.
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News
HIV exposure guidance published
Updated guidance on how to handle exposure to HIV has been published by the Department of Health.
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News
Flu information campaign announced
This year's flu immunisation communications campaign begins on 1 October and will focus on people under 65 with long-term conditions as well as those aged 65 and over.
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News
New guidelines for doctors on reporting convictions
The General Medical Council has published revised guidance clarifying doctors' duty to report criminal offences and related matters such as anti-social behaviour orders to their regulator.
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News
Independent sector hospital gets all-clear
A Healthcare Commission assessment of Milton Park Independent Hospital has found significant improvements to protect the safety of patients.
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Comment
Paul Dutton on failing NHS foundation trusts
The Department of Health this month issued a consultation paper that rules out insolvency for hospital trusts that are failing financially, a move that risks undermining the original concept of what foundation trusts were meant to be and achieve.
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HSJ Knowledge
Promoting patient choice in end of life care
A partnership between a foundation trust and a PCT has been tackling an integral part of care planning by asking patients how they wish to be cared for as they approach the end of their life
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HSJ Knowledge
Preventing NHS data security slip-ups
Simplifying the way users log on to computer networks can help NHS organisations increase their efficiency and improve compliance with data security requirements. Nick Lamidey explains
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Comment
Sandy Watson on bringing young people to the NHS table
Any talk of engaging with the community and involving patients in shaping healthcare cannot ignore the needs and influence of its youngest citizens.
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Blogs
Health volunteers gotta go with the flow
Working for the Swazi government, one of the first things you learn is flexibility. Meetings are often arranged at very short notice, particularly when donors fly into town.
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News
Patient safety campaign launches web resources
The Patient Safety First Campaign has launched a website with resources for trusts that have signed up to its patient safety initiative.The site includes a set of how-to guides detailing recommended interventions and measurement.
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News
MRSA infections down, Health Protection Agency reports
MRSA infection rates have dropped by 14 per cent, according to figures from the Health Protection Agency.
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News
NHS in Wales 'is improving financial management'
There are clear signs that the NHS in Wales is improving the way it manages its finances, the Welsh auditor general has said.
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News
Embrace routine HIV testing, clinicians urged
The Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health is calling on health professionals who work in areas that are not usually associated with HIV to consider testing for the condition routinely when making a diagnosis.
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News
Equal pay 187 years away, survey shows
Data from the Chartered Management Institute reveals that women will have to wait 187 years to achieve equal pay with male counterparts.
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Leader
Lib Dems take a cheap shot at managers
Any public sector manager thinking of voting for the Liberal Democrats at the next election might wish to reconsider after the ill-judged rant by Treasury spokesman Vince Cable at the party conference.
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Leader
NHS centralism is in the small print
Buried within the 59 pages of brittle-dry prose of an ‘impact assessment’ on the failure regime for foundering trusts are extraordinary assumptions by the Department of Health about how many providers will go to the wall.
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HSJ Knowledge
Sift through the ashes of smoking
Could the death toll have been lowered by offering nicotine replacement therapy on the NHS earlier? Emma Baines looks through the policy history of smoking cessation
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HSJ Knowledge
And the smoking ban played on
One year on Ann Shuttleworth considers the effects of the smoking bans in England and Scotland and other efforts to make people quit
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HSJ Knowledge
Stop-smoking case studies: quitters can win
Now the most motivated ex-smokers have stubbed out their last cigarette, Ingrid Torjesen finds out how services are reaching out to the less enthusiastic would-be quitters