South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2778
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News
Medical director sets out organ donation plans
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has written to all NHS chief executives outlining the Department of Health's initial plans for implementing the organ donation taskforce's 14 recommendations.
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News
Holistic care as important as technology - NHS Alliance
The NHS Alliance has issued a warning about the risks of emphasising technological medicine at the expense of holistic care.
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Dental contract pushing up A&E admissions, say Tories
Hospital admissions for dentistry have gone up by 6 per cent since the introduction of the new dental contract, according to figures obtained by the Conservative Party.Last year, there were nearly 240,000 hospital admissions for dental treatment, of which nearly 18,000 were emergencies.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS estate - choices and challenges
NHS estate management has undergone major changes in recent years and even more challenges are in store. Bridget Archibald brings trusts up to speed
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HSJ Knowledge
Supporting evidence-based commissioning in primary care
Jane Bethea and colleagues explain how a project at one trust helped to overcome many of the challenges commissioners face
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HSJ Knowledge
Getting up to speed on 18 weeks
As the deadline for the 18-week referral to treatment target gets closer, David Beeson explains what trusts can do to ensure compliance and guarantee the best possible access to care
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News
Vaccine development threatened by cost-cutting
What should be a 'golden era' in the development of vaccines is being threatened by a drive to cut costs, a report by a leading academic says.
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NHS Confederation calls for calm in polyclinic debate
A report published by the NHS Confederation today looks at why the polyclinic model has caused so much controversy and calls for common sense in the debate.
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Scottish health boards on track to meet hand hygiene target
Compliance with hand hygiene rules in Scotland has risen 19 per cent over the past year, reaching 87 per cent in February, a report by Health Protection Scotland shows. The target is for 90 per cent compliance by November.
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HSJ unveils new channel for trust board members
HSJ has launched a new area on its website especially for trust non-executive directors and chairs.Board Talk will give NHS board members a forum for sharing best practice and raising issues and concerns regarding clinical governance, financial management and communication.
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Leader
Fines could turn access screw - if they do not scare off GPs
The plans being discussed by junior health minister Lord Darzi to effectively fine GPs when patients inappropriately use walk-in centres, accident and emergency departments and minor injury units, illuminate some of the darker corners of primary care policy.
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Leader
Introducing Board Talk, the new voice for non-execs
Today HSJ is launching Board Talk, a free service on hsj.co.uk for trust non-executive directors.
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News
Emma Dent looks for a GP again
Well, we have managed yet another move with bodies and minds largely intact, bar the odd bruise or 10.
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Comment
Sophia Christie on tackling the digital divide
Economic growth is increasingly driven by the skill of the local workforce and more specifically confidence and competence in using digital technologies.
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Treatment centres get Treasury nod
Three more independent sector treatment centre schemes worth a total of £50m have been given the go-ahead by the Department of Health and the Treasury.
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Former ambulance trust chief defends controversial style
A former ambulance trust chief executive has hit back at a report in which staff branded him a 'benevolent dictator', under whose leadership targets were put before patient safety.
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Trusts told to recruit more chiefs from medical ranks
The NHS must get better at spotting leadership potential in clinicians, the Department of Health's head of workforce has demanded.
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News
Royal Marsden to launch cancer franchise
The Royal Marsden foundation trust is to open a unit at Kingston Hospital trust as the first step in a plan to roll out its cancer service across the South East.
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Managers support restrictions on non-EU staff
Half of health managers think the NHS should restrict recruitment from non-EU countries, according to an NHS Employers survey.
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Comment
Media Watch: health service jargon
Most would agree health service jargon is a pain but it appears it can also be dangerous.