South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2848
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Nineteen PCTs pledge to lead the way on race
A group of primary care trusts have pledged to be the first to meet performance targets to reduce health inequalities experienced by black and minority ethnic communities.
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£170k pay-off for chief who left £36m deficit
The outgoing chief executive of a trust facing a £36m deficit left with a £170,000 pay-off.
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Trusts hit back over budget surpluses
NHS organisations predicting large underspends have defended themselves following Alan Johnson’s suggestion that large surpluses are ‘unreasonable’.
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Michael White on Alan Johnson
I don't know where it came from but in the past few days we've started reading in the papers that Gordon Brown may not last the course. What's more, health secretary Alan Johnson may be the man to take over.
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Your Humble Servant: a glimpse of the future NHS
The strangest thing happened to me during my recent MRI scan. Some sort of power surge occurred and the magnets went berserk. I don't really understand the physics, but the upshot was that time folded and I slipped through a vortex in time and space to find myself in 2068.
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Learning difficulties report slates poor care and lack of activities
The Healthcare Commission has published a damning report into the standard of residential care the NHS and private sector provide to people with learning difficulties.
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Foundation trust status fails to drive improvement
Gaining foundation trust status is not yet driving sustained improvements in performance, the regulator Monitor has concluded in its review of their performance last year.
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Johnson will choose Care Quality Commission chief
The Conservatives have questioned why appointments to the new super-regulator will be made by the government instead of the NHS Appointments Commission.
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PCT annual health checks may include green targets
Primary care trusts' green credentials could be assessed as part of their annual health check from next year. It follows an Audit Commission consultation on how PCTs' annual performance is to be rated.
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Comment
Media Watch: cancer strategy
The furore over party funding squeezed most health coverage out last week, but it made a return to the headlines as the government briefed newspapers on its new cancer strategy.
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HIV/AIDS 'complacency' risks progress so far
The UK has 'entered an era of complacency' about HIV and AIDS and risks undermining the progress of the 1980s and 1990s, says a report by the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV.
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Simon Stevens on the science of incentives
During the coffee break at a seminar I once attended, I let slip that I thought two of my fellow panellists seemed 'quite switched on'. 'Yes,' a delegate replied, 'they've both got a Nobel Prize'. Umm, amazing powers of insight, Stevens.
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HSJ Knowledge
Personalised healthcare: put the customer in control
Evidence demonstrates that customising services is effective - patient outcomes are improved and the provider gets better value for money. Angela Coulter and Don Redding argue for a personal health service
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Figures underpinning Darzi's London review 'dodgy'
Questions have been raised over the 1.4bn annual savings identified in junior health minister Lord Darzi’s blueprint for healthcare in London.
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London trust praises devolution
University College London Hospitals foundation trust is claiming significant savings and improvements in service quality by devolving budgets to clinical leads and directors.
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Polyclinic plans will face local opposition warns Darzi adviser
Plans for new polyclinics will meet stiff local opposition, a primary care adviser to Lord Darzi's health service review has warned.
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Dentists accept pay reforms
England's chief dental officer Barry Cockcroft has welcomed the decision by salaried dentists to accept pay and career reforms.
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Charity stages cardiac rehabilitation protest
The British Heart Foundation is today holding a protest at the Houses of Parliament to demand better access to cardiac rehabilitation.
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Learning disabilities consultation launched
A consultation on learning disability policy has been launched by the Department of Health.
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Stroke strategy calls for quicker MRIs
The government today announced its 10-year strategy for stroke services.The £105m package includes plans to spend £12m on a public awareness campaign.