South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2708
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Comment
David Lee on integrating care
Two recent phone calls from different parts of the country got me thinking about what good management can do to make mental health and social care systems tick.
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News
Health bodies 'should release more information'
The information commissioner has called on health authorities to begin 'proactively disclosing official information'.
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News
BDA highlights NHS dentistry drop
The British Dental Association has highlighted what is sees as 'significant problems' with the dentists' contract and patient charges introduced in April 2006.
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IVF advisory group publishes update
The expert group on commissioning NHS infertility provision, established by the government in March, published an interim report on IVF treatment today.
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Drug firms call for debate on access
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry is calling for a public debate on access to modern medicines.
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East of England bolsters IVF provision
Primary care trusts in the East of England have agreed a new fertility policy that will raise and standardise the number of IVF treatment cycles offered.
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Comment
Stephen Pearson on partnership working
At the NHS Confederation conference, a group of mainly NHS managers was asked whether anyone thought working with the private sector was a bad idea. That no-one put their hand up is an indication of how far the NHS has come on partnership working.
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HSJ Knowledge
Publishing mortality rates - the HR challenge
The NHS Choices website has published death rates for four types of surgery at NHS hospitals in England. Claire Reynolds explains how this could affect performance management
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Comment
Andrea Sutcliffe on transforming the NHS
NHS 60 week was full of celebration of the past and, as Lord Darzi unveiled his plans for the next 10 years, full of promise for the future.
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News
More than 100,000 operations cancelled, Conservatives say
More than 100,000 NHS operations were cancelled for non-clinical reasons last year, the Conservatives have claimed.
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News
Obesity linked to disability in later life
Obesity is a major contributor to increased disability in later life, the Peninsula Medical School is warning.
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News
Unite launches pay petition
Trade union Unite has launched a national petition to force the government to re-open pay negotiations.
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HSJ Knowledge
Financed medical assets
David Martin is often asked by trusts what happens when a lease contract expires. Here, he explains allAn increasing number of medical assets within the NHS are now being leased rather than purchased outright. There are a number of benefits in doing this; spreading the cost over its useful working ...
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Leader
Beleaguered NICE is powerless to call off postcode lottery
The NHS is caught in a media storm over access to drugs, with NICE at the centre.
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Leader
Patients have a right to know about mortality rates
The argument in the West Midlands over interpreting mortality rates is just a taste of the rows that will ensue once the Department of Health starts publishing outcomes data.
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HSJ Knowledge
Darzi workforce plans offer a real chance for staff
Ambitious promises to the NHS workforce have been enshrined in the NHS constitution. Will weasel words help employers dodge the commitments or can bargaining and hard work make them stick?
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News
Emma Dent on extended opening hours
Have you seen the latest monthly figures from the DH on the number of GPs offering extended opening hours? The numbers are increasing, although 22 PCTs and care trusts - 14.5 per cent - still had no practices in their areas offering extended hours.
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Call for improved acute mental health services
National quality standards should be introduced for mental health services in emergency departments and acute wards, the Academy of Royal Colleges has said.The call follows the publication of a report, led by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which has found dramatic variation in provision between hospitals.
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Health gap between rich and poor areas narrows
The quality and outcomes framework has reduced the link between low-income areas and poor primary healthcare, a study suggests.
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Equality lead slams NHS track record
The only equality director at strategic health authority level has called for the NHS to tackle race discrimination by setting ethnic quotas for managers if necessary.