South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2856
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£98m parking fees 'immoral'
NHS trusts earned £98m from car parking charges in 2005-06 - a 26 per cent increase on the year before, figures presented to the Commons health select committee have revealed.
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Costs for super-watchdog set at 'bizarrely low' level
Questions have been raised over the 'bizarrely low', budget for establishing the new super-regulator.
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NHS underspends by £1.8bn
The NHS is heading for a record 1.8bn underspend this financial year, HSJ can reveal.The total surplus will be almost 2 per cent of the NHS budget. It is understood to be causing embarrassment at the Department of Health amid concerns that it will be accused of presiding over a ...
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Michael White: inside Gordon Brown's mind
Are ministers in Alan Johnson’s health team now finding their feet in their new jobs after a lacklustre start? Are they landing a few blows on the other side too despite renewed talk of a broad consensus on the NHS’s future?
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MP attacks SHA over pay-off to disgraced Maidstone chief
The government has come under renewed pressure over the Clostridium difficile outbreak at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust.
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Minority report: shameful race record harms staff and patients
A Healthcare Commission survey has revealed scandalously poor compliance with race equality legislation (for more on the survey, click here).
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Patients are driven to distraction by parking fees
Are hospital car park charges becoming a tax on patients and carers?
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In this week's HSJ
NewsThe NHS is heading for a record£1.8bn underspend this financial year, HSJ can reveal. The total surplus will be almost 2 per cent of the NHS budget. It is understood to be causing embarrassment at the Department of Health amid concerns that it will be accused of presiding over a ...
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Sophie Christie on the holy grail of NHS policy
NHS policy seems populated by some remarkably persistent ideas that pop up every decade or so
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£1.8bn NHS underspend 'manageable', says Nicholson
The NHS chief executive has defended its expected record £1.8bn surplus as 'relatively small' and 'healthy'.The 2 per cent underspend, revealed by HSJ earlier today, was 'relatively manageable', David Nicholson told the Commons health select committee.
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Consultants' contract offers no productivity gains, say MPs
There have been 'no measurable improvements' in productivity as a result of the 2003 NHS contract for consultants, MPs have concluded.
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Pandemic flu framework unveiled
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced plans to buy 350 million surgical masks and 34 million respirators for NHS and social care staff to use in the event of a flu pandemic.
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Consultant recruitment under review
Scottish health and well-being secretary Nicola Sturgeon has launched a consultation aimed at improving the process for recruiting consultants.
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Huge disparity in managers' pay, Tories claim
The Conservatives have claimed there is a huge disparity in how much primary care trusts are spending on management salaries.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health training scheme looks to BME service users for help
The first national training initiative to involve black and minority ethnic service users in its development and delivery has been launched by the Department of Health as part of its delivering race equality in mental healthcare programme.
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HSJ Knowledge
Leadership in the NHS - how to sponsor change
To make any change project successful, a good sponsor is essential. Paul Allen explains what the role demands
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Patient safety action teams - putting safety first
Patient safety action teams are now helping make safety part of the mainstream NHS in all 10 strategic health authorities. Martin Fletcher explains their work
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NHS maternity services - the real story
Regarding Simon Stevens' opinion piece, it is good to see a debate on maternity services in HSJ, writes Karlene Davis
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Over-analysis risks crushing staff motivation
I thoroughly endorse Stephen Ramsden's transformational approach to patient safety. However, I believe we could go even further by saying this is exactly what is missing in many other aspects of patient services and, indeed, more generally across the public sector, writes Sue Ward
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HSJ Awards 2007
At a gala evening at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, more than 1,100 people gathered to hear the names of the HSJ Awards 2007 winners revealed and celebrate their success.