South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2881
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HSJ Knowledge
Julian Topping on the value of occupational health
The NHS could be a standard setter in healthy workplaces, says Julian Topping, and the new edition of the NHS Employers handbook will be invaluable
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NHS Employers and BMA publish findings on practice funding
NHS Employers and the British Medical Association’s GPs committee have published a joint report on the outcome of the consultation on the review of the global sum allocation formula for practice funding.
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News
Call to end racism in the NHS
On World Mental Health Day, black and minority ethnic leaders have called for service reconfiguration and training to end racism in the NHS.Mental health charity Mind polled 49 stakeholders from the BME Network on the state of mental health services for BME communities today.
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World Health Organisation unveils structural changes
The head of the World Health Organisation has announced structural changes.
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Wales to launch physiotherapy programme
Chief medical officer for Wales Dr Tony Jewell has announced a new drive to tackle Wales' most common chronic disease.
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Whipps Cross should remain acute hospital, says emergency czar
The national emergency access director has recommended that Whipps Cross University Hospital trust should remain a full acute hospital.
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Joint Medical Consultative Council appoints chairman
The Joint Medical Consultative Council has appointed a new chairman.
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HSJ Knowledge
Choosing Health tackles health inequalities in prisons
Lifestyle initiatives are being taken into prisons to deliver healthy living messages to the most disadvantaged groups in society, writes David Williams
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HSJ Knowledge
Young offender pilot adds drive and motivation
Paul is a young offender living inside HMP Young Offenders Institute, Swinfen Hall in the West Midlands. In 2006 he was one of the first to complete the prison health trainer training programme.
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Sport set to replace crime for priority offenders
Prolific and priority offender schemes recognise that 80 per cent of crime is committed by 20 per cent per cent of offenders. One of the key pathways is improving offenders' mental and physical health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Online resources for healthy workplaces
Stuart Shepherd dips into NHS Employers' latest update of The Healthy Workplaces Handbook, also known as the 'Blue Book' – and now also available online
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HSJ Knowledge
The seven failings of really useless leaders
Professional development gurus have identified all the pitfalls for aspiring great leaders and put them into a book. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Chief executive steps down
The chief executive of Barking, Redbridge and Havering NHS Trust has stepped down just a week after asking staff to come up with cost-cutting ideas to save£10m.A statement from the trust said Mr Rees, who has been chief executive for four years, had decided that this was 'the right moment ...
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More midwives needed to ensure safety
More midwives and obstetricians are needed to ensure safe care is provided for women in labour and their babies, says a report published today.Safer Childbirth: minimum standards for the organisation and delivery of care in labour also recommends the need for access to senior staff to provide advice and support ...
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Deaneries to organise recruitment for specialty training
Deaneries will organise their own recruitment process for specialty training in England in 2008, health minister Ben Bradshaw has announced.
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Mental health training too focused on cultural differences, report says
Race-related training in mental health services focuses too much on cultural differences and not enough on how to reduce racial inequalities in care, according to a new report.
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Obesity doubles in 10 years
A new study has found that the number of men and women under 45 who are morbidly obese has doubled in the last 10 years.
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Donating organs is Christian duty, says church
The Church of England has said that organ donation is a Christian duty.
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Comment
Alan Johnson's discs
We wager that on a Sunday morning the gentle sounds of the introduction music to Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, to say nothing of presenter Kirsty Young's dulcet tones, sooth many a reader. So how did you feel to hear health secretary Alan Johnson on the programme recently? Was your ...
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Looky likey
Halloween is approaching, which led out thoughts to this week's looky likey. For who does BMA chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum bear a strong resemblance to? It’s actor Christopher Lee. Perhaps best known to younger readers as Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels and Saruman of Lord of the Rings ...