South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2814
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HSJ Knowledge
Tolerance of NHS mistakes needs major overhaul
In other industries mistakes are considered unacceptable, yet in the NHS minor errors cause thousands of extra days in hospital
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News
NHS reforms have hardly begun, claims think tank
The government's reform of the NHS remains 'embryonic' and in some cases is in 'full retreat', the think tank Reform has claimed.
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News
Dr Foster admits flaws in east London report
Doctor Foster Intelligence has admitted that a £47,000 report it prepared for a London council was seriously flawed, following an investigation by the information company's own ethics committee.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why NHS budgets have always been a bugbear
Setting the first NHS budget in 1948 was no easy task. The Beveridge report, the 1942 blueprint for the welfare state, suggested £130m.
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Comment
Find the funds to keep violence in check
Uniquely among the main care disciplines, mental health services routinely have to manage a triangle of potentially violent relationships: patients attacking staff, patients attacking each other and - when it comes to restraining aggression - staff using force on patients.
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News
Half of mental health nurses assaulted, audit reveals
More than half of nurses on mental health wards have been physically assaulted at work, according to an audit of violence in mental health services published today.The audit - the second national assessment of its kind - covered more than 200 NHS and independent mental health units and was carried ...
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News
Call for regular GP evaluations of dementia patients
The Registered Nursing Home Association has told MPs it wants to see more systematic assessments of dementia patients by GPs.
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News
Hospital food taskforce meets
A group of senior NHS and social care professionals tasked with driving forward improvements in food and nutrition for elderly patients has met for the first time.
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News
Managers to compare consultants' productivity
The Department of Health is sending data to hospital trusts that will allow them to measure consultants' activity against national rates.
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News
Stoke on Trent invests in mental healthcare
Stoke on Trent primary care trust is investing £2.25m in an initiative to boost support for people with depression and other common mental health problems.
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HSJ Knowledge
Pension changes save employers £430m a year
Pension scheme changes that were agreed between NHS Employers and NHS trade unions will save employers £430m a year, according to a government actuary report published in December.
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HSJ Knowledge
Review of unsocial hours payments
The NHS Staff Council is recommending its proposals for a new system of unsocial hours payments to the Department of Health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Equal pay claims
Employers should already be aware that all equal pay claims involving a legal challenge to Agenda for Change have been stayed by order of the Tribunals. This order, however, applies only to the part of the claim involving the challenge to Agenda for Change. Employers should consult with their lawyers ...
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Comment
A case for extending GP hours
Changing the way GP surgeries are managed could help improve access for patients who are excluded by the current system, argues Jim Ford
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HSJ Knowledge
Allied health professionals and the 18-week target
Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.
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HSJ Knowledge
Allied health professionals and the 18-week target
Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.
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HSJ Knowledge
Review of unsocial hours payments
The NHS Staff Council is recommending its proposals for a new system of unsocial hours payments to the Department of Health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Equal pay claims
Employers should already be aware that all equal pay claims involving a legal challenge to Agenda for Change have been stayed by order of the Tribunals. This order, however, applies only to the part of the claim involving the challenge to Agenda for Change. Employers should consult with their lawyers ...
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Comment
All Our Yesterdays
February 20, 1948, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital Review A letter issued on behalf of ten trade unions and organisations states that they have learned that moves are being made to launch a new organisation…The National Federation of Hospital Officers. The majority of hospital officers (states the letter) ...
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Comment
This week's lookey likey
Reader Peter Munday of Mersey Care trust writes: 'Before he (Rhydian that is), fades into obscurity, I feel I have to point out the astounding similarity between Rhydian Roberts of runner up in TV talent show X-Factor fame and David Dalton, the chief executive of Salford Royal foundation trust.'We agree ...