South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2891
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Assembly sets out to improve public's diet
A consultation designed to help improve eating habits has been launched by the Welsh Assembly.
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Study compares trusts' financial performance
Researchers at York University have found that significant differences in the performance of foundation and non-foundation trusts are long-standing and not the result of this policy change.
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New hospital hygiene regulator announced
The Department of Health has announced the next steps in its bid to improve cleanliness and infection control in hospitals.
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Looky likey
Another high ranking medical looky likey this week. Chief medical officer and all round nice chap Professor Sir Liam Donaldson bears a striking resemblance, points out a HSJ colleague, to former Liberal Democrats leader and MP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West Charles Kenendy. What do readers think?
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All Our Yesterdays
October 1, 1954, Hospital and Social Service JournalA report by the Leeds City Medical Officer report on the city’s mental health services praised mental health social workers this week. ‘Nothing is too much trouble. Whether it is witnessing milk forms, taking youths and girls for interviews, helping and reassuring the ...
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Medical secretaries play a key role in the NHS
Media reports on problems in the NHS are mainly centred on the plight of medical and nursing staff and the way patient care is affected.However, there is a knock-on effect on other key staff in the NHS, who also work under immense pressure. I refer to medical secretaries and personal ...
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Pilots make all the difference
The article 'Pilots making little difference' states that, according to research, pilot projects that have focused on the government’s policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference.In reality, far from achieving little, the pilots have helped identify key learnings that will enable NHS organisations to ...
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New proposals to improve cancer care
A new cancer reform strategy published this autumn will set out proposals to improve cancer care, the Department of Health has confirmed.
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Dismissing improvement programmes misses the point
Alan Maynard's criticism of the quality improvement efforts under way for more than a decade in the NHS, and specifically of the role of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in that work, abounds with misunderstandings, write Stephen Thornton and Don Berwick
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Communication disabilities neglected
NHS managers lack the skills needed to identify and commission services for people with communication disabilities, according to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
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Hospital hydration toolkit launched
The National Patient Safety Agency and Royal College of Nursing have launched an online toolkit for healthcare staff to encourage hydration best practice in hospitals.
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Reports on disabled service events published
Graphic and audiovisual reports of Department of Health events held with disabled service users, their families and organisations have been published.
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Join the Big Quit Club, smokers urged
NHS Smokefree is to launch a nationwide campaign on commercial radio stations encouraging smokers to quit for good.
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NHS Direct campaign launched
NHS Direct has begun a new advertising campaign to remind the public of its 24/7 telephone advice service.The campaign will start on local and regional radio, moving to printed press next month.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health hotel: exploring inequalities
At the 'Access to all areas' event speakers will address the uneven picture of public health, and ask why - despite some progress - gaps are still widening. Helen Mooney reports
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Health hotel: the road less travelled
What is the safe distance to a hospital? Adrian O'Dowd examines the implications of reconfiguring services
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Lisa Rodrigues on the traits of executives
Being a chief executive is a wonderful job for those with a well-developed sense of responsibility. I read somewhere that more leaders are firstborn children than any other family position and I can understand why. As the first child, you are automatically expected to take responsibility for your siblings. If, ...
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Health hotel: wheels of change
Every year on the party conference circuit, the key debates around health happen at the Health Hotel. HSJ looks at this season's big issues
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Ali Mohammed on motivating staff
'Research has already been done demonstrating that there is a basket of measures which together produce better staff morale and motivation, lower absence and, most importantly, better patient care'
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Care from the community
A redesign of the mental health support worker role values personal experience and diversity. Siobhan Chadwick and Alison James describe the development