South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2839
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Consultation to extend GP opening hours
The government is today expected to launch a 13-week statutory consultation to change the GP contract to ensure the average practice is open for an extra three hours a week.
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HSJ Knowledge
HSJ intelligence supplement - untangling the web
HSJ's latest intelligence supplement is filled with informative articles on the relaunch of NHS Choices, inter-operability in procurement and Alan Maynard's views on evidence-based policies.
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HSJ Knowledge
Handling sick leave in the NHS
Sickness absence is a costly problem in the health service and clear steps must be taken to record and manage it, says Jog Hundle
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HSJ Knowledge
Managing diagnostic waiting lists
Setting up a reliable system to manage diagnostics appointments helped one trust cut waiting times significantly. Jayne Wood and Amy Lodge explain
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HSJ Knowledge
Andrew Castle on streamlining processes in the NHS
Why not find out why a process risks wasting money rather than add another process to try to check it, says Andrew Castle
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Improving mental health procurement
Two mental health projects in the East Midlands are improving outcomes and cutting costs through better procurement practices.
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In this week's HSJ
NewsThe Department of Health is keeping back up to£870m in NHS funding, HSJ has been told - and is suspected of hoarding the cash to pay for extra initiatives next year.Eleven foundation trusts are being scrutinised for failing to hit performance targets they claimed they would meet.Primary care trusts will ...
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Comment
Michael White on super-sizing the NHS
Huge comprehensive schools which became dysfunctional over time? Huge new 'Titan' prisons which will almost certainly be hard to manage? Ditto hospitals?
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Media Watch: super-surgeries
Is it a GP practice, is it a shop? No it's a super-surgery - the answer to patients' prayers (possibly) but not necessarily good news for doctors.
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Comment
Operating framework's localist spin unravels
Will NHS chief executive David Nicholson be eating words as well as turkey this Christmas?
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Comment
The curious incident of the missing £870m
The fine print of the coming year's funding settlement indicates that, in contrast to NHS chief executive David Nicholson's protestations, the Department of Health will indeed have a significant sum - up to £870m - locked away in its Richmond House safe next year (for more background, click here).
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Alan Johnson's Christmas message
Most people are fortunate enough to be able to forget about work during Christmas. But for thousands of NHS staff, it will be business as usual as they work round the clock providing the care that the public values and relies upon.
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HSJ Knowledge
Missing pieces of emergency plan
The NHS has set a target to reduce emergency bed days by 5 per cent by 2008. Community matrons have been employed to help achieve this goal, yet they only target a very small number of people. This analysis shows how the service may be neglecting a much larger group ...
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on an NHS Christmas
Over the holidays, NHS managers will need to stay on the ball to keep their organisations running smoothly
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Your Humble Servant goes Christmas shopping
I hadn't noticed personal shopper in my list of duties on my job description, but am happy to report that I have been able to get all the presents from you for the people on your list.
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Confed rejects LGA call for new 'hire and fire' powers
NHS organisations have rebuffed a call for councils to hold the power to hire and fire trust chief executives.
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Fears DoH could claw back foundation trust surpluses
A dispute between University College London Hospitals foundation trust and the Department of Health has fuelled fears that the government will claw back surpluses from foundation trusts.
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Guidelines plea over ambulance volunteers
The Healthcare Commission has called for national guidelines to ensure the safe management of volunteers who support ambulance services.
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Scotland's pledge on opening hours faces GP resistance
The Scottish government has set itself on a collision course with GPs by promising extended practice opening hours as part of a package to improve access to primary care.
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DoH faces long bureaucracy battle
The Department of Health has a long way to go to meet its commitment to cut the administrative burden on regulation of NHS services by 2010, the NHS Confederation has warned.