South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2727

  • News

    Mencap appoints chief executive

    2008-07-14T11:39:00Z

    Mark Goldring has been appointed as the new chief executive of learning disability charity Mencap.

  • News

    Minister's respect tour visits East Midlands

    2008-07-14T11:36:00Z

    Care services minister Ivan Lewis is to visit Leicester today as part of a national tour aimed at ensuring all people using health and care services are treated with dignity.

  • News

    CMO calls for focus on teen health

    2008-07-14T11:31:00Z

    Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has called for a focus on teenage health, including a national summit to take stock of health programmes and services for teenagers, more involvement of teenagers in designing health services, and establishing a young person's panel to advise on a national campaign on risk ...

  • Comment

    Stephen Ramsden on cultural revolutions

    2008-07-14T09:00:00Z

    There is often talk about changing the culture of NHS organisations. But no matter how well leaders articulate their big plans, if we do not focus on the microsystems in our organisations we are unlikely to see real behaviour change.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Data collection: Big Brother isn't watching you

    2008-07-14T09:00:00Z

    Health information has not kept pace with population change. Ruth Thorlby and Veena Raleigh look at efforts to improve collection

  • HSJ Knowledge

    How HR can bring the house down

    2008-07-14T09:00:00Z

    In the NHS, backstage functions like human resources must adapt if they are to keep pace with the changing demands of service users, says Chris Roebuck

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Julia Tybura on new NHS values

    2008-07-14T09:00:00Z

    I am proud Zenon has reached the ripe old age (in consultancy years) of 10 and I am delighted that at last month's NHS Confederation conference we had many clients, colleagues and friends celebrating with us.

  • Comment

    Andrew Jones on topping up NHS care

    2008-07-14T09:00:00Z

    The government's announcement that it plans to review co-payments and whether they should be allowed in the NHS surprised me because it asks the wrong question.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Deaths data: under threat

    2008-07-14T09:00:00Z

    The national confidential inquiries into why patients die have saved lives, but funding problems now threaten their own survival. Rebecca Norris looks at their prospects

  • News

    Birth rate surge puts midwives under pressure

    2008-07-11T15:24:00Z

    The Royal College of Midwives has warned soaring birth rates are putting midwives under 'huge pressure'.Commenting on official statistics revealing a 16 per cent increase in births between 2001 and 2007, RCM general secretary Dame Karlene Davis said: 'The number of midwives is not keeping pace with the increasing birth ...

  • News

    Rising birth rates put midwives under pressure

    2008-07-11T15:16:00Z

    The Royal College of Midwives has warned soaring birth rates are putting midwives under 'huge pressure'.Commenting on official statistics revealing a 16 per cent increase in births between 2001 and 2007, RCM general secretary Dame Karlene Davis said: 'The number of midwives is not keeping pace with the increasing birth ...

  • News

    Welsh government extends dental cash ringfencing

    2008-07-11T15:00:00Z

    The Welsh Assembly has extended ringfencing of dental funds within local health board allocations for a further three years.The move is one of a series of recommendations in a report on Welsh dental provision published today.

  • News

    Orthopaedic hospital company fined

    2008-07-11T14:50:00Z

    The Healthcare Commission has secured the conviction of Orthopaedic and Spine Specialty Clinic Ltd and its sole director, orthopaedic surgeon Ahmed Shair.

  • News

    World Health Organisation carries out radiation exercise

    2008-07-11T14:45:00Z

    The World Health Organisation has completed a two-day emergency radiation exercise today involving a simulated accident at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico.

  • News

    Increasing numbers do not realise they are overweight, research finds

    2008-07-11T14:41:00Z

    More and more people are failing to recognise they are overweight, despite an actual rise in the number of people who are clinically overweight or obese, according to research from the Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London.

  • News

    Soaring birth rates put midwives under pressure

    2008-07-11T14:34:00Z

    The Royal College of Midwives has warned soaring birth rates are putting midwives under 'huge pressure'.Commenting on official statistics revealing a 16 per cent increase in births between 2001 and 2007, RCM general secretary Dame Karlene Davis said: 'The number of midwives is not keeping pace with the increasing birth ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS fraud investigations - know your obligations

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service can demand that trusts produce documents under the NHS Act 2006. Here, Andrew Craggs offers advice to managers on dealing with such requests

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Protecting NHS data

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    NHS managers should prepare their organisations for tougher data protection rules coming into force. Simon Charlton explains

  • Comment

    Angela Greatley on a new vision for mental health

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    Next year, the first of the government's national service frameworks will come to an end. The adult mental health framework was published in 1999 as a 10-year plan for improving services and setting out what patients could expect from them.

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    Integrating healthcare IT systems

    2008-07-11T09:00:00Z

    Integrating hospitals' IT systems presents big challenges. Here, one newly formed trust explains how it is accomplishing the task