South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2785
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Agenda for Change pay award agreed
The Department of Health, NHS Employers, Unison and the Royal College of Nursing have agreed on a proposed three-year pay package for all NHS Agenda for Change staff.The proposal includes acceptance in full of the 2008-09 NHS pay review body's recommendations for a 2.75 per cent pay rise for nurses ...
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Comment
How the NHS is failing vulnerable adults
What does the murder of a man with a learning disability have to do with the NHS? Not as much as it should, according to Margaret Flynn, who conducted an official inquiry into the death of Steven Hoskin in Cornwall
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HSJ Knowledge
Appointing a new chief executive
Involving staff in the appointment process can help to ease the transition to a new chief executive, explain Sally Hodges and Susan Thomas
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Global health partnerships: from preparation to practice
Patricia Sloan shares more of her experiences as a health management volunteer in Cambodia
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HSJ Partners
Research funding: raising the game
I recently heard from an experienced research colleague that commissioning bodies need to 'kick evaluators out of their comfort zone'. He proposed that evaluators and researchers deliver less than they could because funders are not really engaged, interested, or skilled enough to ask for more.
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HSJ Partners
Northern Ireland welcomes patient safety collaboration
Northern Ireland'schief medical officer Dr Michael McBride has welcomed the Northern Ireland Safety Forum's collaboration with the Health Foundation.
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HSJ Partners
New provider incentives report available
The Health Foundation has published a new report entitled Financial Incentives, Healthcare Providers and Quality Improvements.
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HSJ Partners
New patient safety briefing available
The Health Foundation has released an update on the lessons learned from its Safer Patients Initiative.
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International financial reporting standards
In the Audit Commission's view, the international financial reporting standard, without adaptation, does not require a level of disclosure that might put a foundation trust at an economic disadvantage, writes Andy McKeon
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Minimum practice income row
One of the intentions behind the new national GP contract was to reduce inequities between funding for practices, writes Laurence Buckman
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Ambulance team spirit
In common with other ambulance trusts, East Midlands Ambulance Service is experiencing year-on-year increases in 999 calls, writes Chris Boyce
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Ambulance trusts still on target
It is unreasonable to suggest that three-quarters of ambulance trusts look set to miss the new call connect target based on figures from before they are being measured against it, writes Ben Bradshaw
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New film aims to help people with breast cancer
A new film commissioned by Breast Cancer Care has been released to help support people with secondary breast cancer.
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Poll reveals managers' plans to cut carbon footprint
Sixty per cent of NHS managers are developing plans to reduce carbon emissions in the health service, a poll carried out by the NHS Confederation has revealed.
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DH publishes climate change guidance
The Department of Health has issued new guidance on tackling climate change and promoting sustainable communities to improve health and reduce health inequalities.
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Corporate manslaughter law comes into force
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into effect yesterday.Under the act, companies and organisations can be prosecuted if serious failures in the management of health and safety result in a fatality.
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Trusts must learn from complaints, says Healthcare Commission
Trusts need to learn from patients' complaints and apologise more often when they make mistakes, according to a report published today by the Healthcare Commission.
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Comment
Jenny Rogers on succession planning
Most chief executives would apparently rather chew on spiders than groom a successor.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to score public accountability points
Primary care trusts must start to come under local public accountability, argue Richard Lewis and Ruth Thorlby
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HSJ Knowledge
Do GPs with special interests have a future in the NHS?
GPs with special interests fear being elbowed out as more care moves into primary settings, writes Daloni Carlisle