South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2779
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HSJ Knowledge
Taking patient safety seriously at board level
In 2002, when I was chief executive of an acute trust, I remember sharing the indignation of the whole country over the series of train crashes that killed around 50 people between 1999 and 2002. It did not enter my head at the time that I was a senior executive ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Andrea Sutcliffe on giving credit where due
At the 2008 chairs' conference held in January, health secretary Alan Johnson ended his keynote address by expressing his 'enormous gratitude' for the important work chairs do for the NHS.
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News
NHS funds exclusive GP practices
HSJ has uncovered further evidence of NHS-funded GP practices in prestigious institutions which are not accessible to ordinary members of the public.
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News
PCTs warned not to fail on choice
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has told primary care trusts to 'get their act together' to promote and deliver choice of treatment for patients.
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News
Inflation fears lead Unite to turn against three-year pay deal
Trade union Unite has recommended that ancillary and ambulance staff in the NHS reject the government's three-year pay offer.
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News
Trusts must increase pay or lose managers
It will be harder to attract and keep top NHS managers if their pay fails to keep up with the private sector, human resources experts have warned.
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News
PCTs ignoring demands to inspect private providers
Hardly any commissioners are carrying out full inspections of private mental health providers despite fears over poor standards, an HSJ poll has revealed.
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News
Bradshaw warns PCTs: make the right choice
As ‘free choice’ is extended to all patients, minister Ben Bradshaw tells primary care trusts they must undergo a cultural change to make it work - with consequences if they fail. Rebecca Evans met him
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Comment
Michael White on audit culture
Reading the high-minded Times Literary Supplement on a comfortable sofa the other weekend, I stumbled on a ferocious attack on the audit culture that is now so much a routine feature of national life, NHS included.
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News
Inappropriate A&E use could mean fines for family doctors
The Department of Health is considering proposals to charge back to GPs the treatment cost of patients who visit accident and emergency departments instead of their family doctor, HSJhas learned.The proposals could emerge as part of the Darzi review this summer.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why clinical coding is crucial
In the first of a series on the importance of data, Paul Robinson looks at the issues surrounding clinical coding
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HSJ Knowledge
Getting the most out of NED talent
Non-executive directors bring unique knowledge and experiences to the boards they serve on. By overlooking this, NHS organisations are missing an opportunity for adding grit and aiding transformation, says Sam Milbank
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News
Career coaching for NHS board members
Dorothy Larios explains how non-executive directors and chairs can benefit from coaching and invites readers to take advantage of coaching sessions offered by HSJ
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HSJ Knowledge
Finding the perfect non-executive
How can trusts choose non-executives who are up to the demands of a rapidly changing NHS? Here, we look at the qualities that make a great NED
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News
We welcome this clarity on exceptions
Your publication of data on exception reporting figures for most practices in England is to be applauded, writes Gavin Jamie
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News
Safeguarding QOF
HSJ has highlighted widespread variation in exception reporting rates. These certainly need to be investigated by primary care trusts, writes Martin Roland
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News
Learning lessons about safeguarding vulnerable adults
In your news item, you referred to Margaret Flynn, who rightly highlighted the role of the NHS in the failures that led up to the tragic death of Steven Hoskin and drew attention to the tendency within the service to view safeguarding vulnerable adults as solely a social care responsibility.
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News
Results-driven care
Simon Stevens suggests hospitals that correct medical errors should no longer be paid for doing so. Agreed, if a hospital remedies a problem of its own creation, writes Jon Sussex
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Blogs
GPs and evidence based medicine
The title given to the magazine version of my article, ‘How GPs are ignoring the evidence’, did not reflect the essence of the piece, writes Daragh Fahey
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News
Healthcare teams
Jon Restell's piece reminding us that good healthcare is delivered by teams is timely here in East Lancashire, writes Ann-Marie Coyne