South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2753

  • News

    King's Fund urges polyclinic caution

    2008-06-05T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts should consider polyclinic models that do not centralise GP services under one roof, the King's Fund has urged.

  • News

    Darzi review: regions promise safer and fairer services

    2008-06-05T09:00:00Z

    NHS West Midlands is to focus on prevention, quality improvement and patient involvement in a bid to tackle 'an unjustifiable variability in the safety and quality of services'.

  • News

    Wales to debate single body for mental health services

    2008-06-04T11:00:00Z

    Welsh health and social services minister Edwina Hart has called for a debate on the delivery and oversight of mental health services after an independent review recommended establishing a single statutory body to plan and deliver mental health services in Wales across organisational and regional boundaries.

  • News

    DH outlines world class commissioning test

    2008-06-04T10:56:00Z

    The Department of Health has published the framework for the world class commissioning assurance programme, but primary care trusts must wait until the summer publication of health minister Lord Darzi's next stage review to learn what incentives and rewards will be earned by the highest achievers.

  • News

    Social care charges hit elderly and disabled

    2008-06-04T10:52:00Z

    Almost a third of elderly and disabled people who use council care services say they have been forced to cut back on essential spending related to their health condition or disability due to rising care charges.

  • News

    Monitor report highlights role of governors

    2008-06-04T10:49:00Z

    Foundation trust governors are making local accountability in the NHS a reality, but they need more support from foundation executive boards, independent regulator Monitor says in a report published today.

  • News

    Failing managers to be axed under new NHS regime

    2008-06-04T10:00:00Z

    Managers at failing trusts will be replaced with teams from the private sector or other NHS organisations under a tough new performance regime.

  • Comment

    Steve Slack on why being gay is still bad for your health

    2008-06-04T09:00:00Z

    Despite improvements in UK legislation protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, discrimination is still affecting the quality of health and social care this community receives.

  • Comment

    Ian Magee on data sharing

    2008-06-04T09:00:00Z

    Data sharing in the NHS and other public bodies can present risks, but it is crucial in protecting vulnerable patients and the public.

  • News

    Ugandans suffer record levels of post-traumatic stress

    2008-06-03T13:20:00Z

    People displaced by the 20-year war in northern Uganda have the highest ever recorded rate of post-traumatic stress and depression, a study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Gulu University has found.

  • News

    Ashford and St Peter's appoints new chief executive

    2008-06-03T13:19:00Z

    Paul Bentley has been appointed as chief executive of Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals trust.

  • News

    Dementia care 'should be personalised' - CSCI

    2008-06-03T13:17:00Z

    Care for people with dementia should be personalised and see beyond their condition, a report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection has said.

  • News

    DH launches consultation on volunteering

    2008-06-03T13:09:00Z

    A six-month consultation on improving support for health, social care and charity volunteers and encouraging opportunities for volunteers has been launched by the Department of Health.

  • News

    Polyclinics will not improve care, consultants tell BMA

    2008-06-03T13:06:00Z

    Six out of 10 consultants say polyclinics will not improve patient care and 83 per cent fear privatisation of the NHS is detrimental to patient care and the service overall.The survey, carried out by the British Medical Association, says that over half of respondents say they are prevented from innovating ...

  • News

    West Midlands and South East Coast set out Darzi visions

    2008-06-03T11:36:00Z

    NHS West Midlands has identified ‘seven big challenges’ for healthcare in the region, including an ‘unjustifiable variability’ in the safety and quality of services.

  • News

    Board Talk

    2008-06-03T09:00:00Z

    Visit the Board Talk section to read news, features and opinion for non-executive directors and chairs, plus watch a free webinar on the Corporate Manslaughter Act

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Steve Onyett on transformational leadership

    2008-06-03T09:00:00Z

    Picture the scene. Two clinical teams have received disappointing performance assessments. In each team, a senior manager brings the team members and their line manager together for an action planning workshop.

  • News

    Health volunteering abroad: a lot to offer

    2008-06-03T09:00:00Z

    HSJ catches up with VSO workers in Cambodia to find out what they are contributing to the country's health strategy

  • HSJ Partners

    Defining the role of the physiotherapist

    2008-06-03T09:00:00Z

    With more than 35 million work days lost each year in the UK to occupational ill health and injury, it has been widely acknowledged that physiotherapists should play a key role in delivering future occupational health strategies, which in turn must be brought into mainstream healthcare provision.

  • News

    Children's mental health unit gets go-ahead

    2008-06-02T12:12:00Z

    The Welsh Assembly has approved the building of a government-funded children's mental health unit in Bridgend.