South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2698
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Comment
Jo Davis on balancing an NHS board
Board dynamics are potentially the most powerful, unseen and misunderstood force influencing a trust's decision-making and strategy.
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HSJ Knowledge
Dealing with misconduct - know the law
Managers in charge of performance management and misconduct procedures need to be aware of potential problems and how to avoid them. Iain Patterson explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Making internal communications work
Communicating effectively with staff can head off PR disasters and help trusts take advantage of their best ambassadors, says Lyn Smith
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News
Community mental health services 'improving'
Community mental health services are improving, but there is still inadequate access and involvement of service users, a Healthcare Commission survey has shown.The annual survey of mental health service users showed a larger percentage had confidence in the mental health professionals treating them and had received copies of their care ...
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News
Lib Dems demand inquiry into C difficile outbreak
The Liberal Democrats have demanded a public inquiry into the C difficile outbreak at Vale of Leven Hospital in Scotland.
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News
High Court decision on cancer drug
The High Court has overturned a primary care trust's refusal to fund cancer drug Revlimid for a cancer suffer with only months to live.
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News
DH publishes plans for failing NHS trusts
The Department of Health has published its proposals for managing failing NHS hospitals and trusts.
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News
Chair of NHS co-operation and competition panel named
The first chair and director of the NHS co-operation and competition panel will be Lord Carter of Coles. He will take up the post in October.
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Leader
Pick and mix accounting clouds surplus predictions
The NHS year-end surplus may not be quite as easy to predict as you might think.
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Leader
No amount of health funding will be an antidote to poverty
As the political parties mobilise for the conference season it is tempting to believe there is broad consensus about the future of the NHS. But three debates that go to its heart are raging.
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HSJ KnowledgeReducing the traffic death toll
Why are the media and public not campaigning for new laws that would reduce road traffic collisions, particularly when nearly a half of all UK road deaths (40 per cent) involve young people?
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Comment
Your Humble Servant on the NHS Constitution
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Constipated Constitution
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News
NHS inequalities row is shrouded in secrecy
The question of whether poor urban areas should continue to get the most funding is about fundamental NHS principles - so why is it being discussed behind closed doors? Sally Gainsbury reports
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News
Birkdale Clinic was 'in tolerable range'
A private provider whose contract with a leading trust was suspended did not have significantly poor outcomes, an investigation has found.
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News
Scotland considers ban on commercial GP firms
The Scottish Parliament is to consider a move to ban commercial companies from running GP surgeries north of the border. Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond hopes to push the measure through in a health bill.
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News
Scotland's day surgery rates vary widely
An audit of day surgery rates in Scotland has revealed wide variations in performance between health boards.
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Comment
Media Watch: NHS branding
What price clarity? About £2m reckons London's Evening Standard. That is the price tag it totted up for primary care trusts abandoning their old titles in favour of the simpler 'NHS' brand.
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News
NHS Confederation delays chief executive interviews
The NHS Confederation has delayed interviews for the post of chief executive after candidates dropped out at the last minute.
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News
PCT anger over spending study findings
Primary care trusts have reacted angrily to a King's Fund report highlighting unexplained variations in spending on cancer, heart disease and mental health.
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Blogs
NHS enters the reality TV zone
So the NHS is moving into reality TV looky-likeys, with PCTs aping Dragons' Den and The Apprentice in their desperate search for talent and a good idea.