South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2905
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Scotland under the searchlight as executive begins its reforms
With 100 days in power under its belt, the Scottish National Party has enjoyed some crowd-pleasing NHS moves and a positive report from the Scottish Executive, but is it a significant policy shift or political opportunism? Jennifer Trueland reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental Health Barometer August 2007
Mental health chief executives are feeling less confident this month. Almost all scores are down.
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on aspiring to good service
'Complex systems and difficult interfaces - isn't that supposed to be us?'
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SHA shrinkage drives questions on the future of a regional role
'The greatest concern is that SHA shrinkage is outstripping the growth in capacity and expertise among PCTs'
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Bring community medics in from the cold
'The culture shock of moving from the intensity of a hospital to community work is profound'
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HSJ Knowledge
Corporate Manslaughter Act - do or die
Consequences of deaths deemed to be caused by an NHS body are changing in major ways and managers should get prepared, says Jill Mason.In July, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 gained Royal Assent and is due to come into force in April 2008. This is an ...
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£10m for health at work
Health minister Ivan Lewis has announced £10m funding to improve health at work.
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Referral to treatment times published
The Department of Health has published its referral to treatment times data to June 2007.
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In this week's HSJ
NewsStrategic health authorities will struggle to do their jobs properly because of 'draconian' staff cuts, union Managers in Partnership has warned.A Department of Health drive to publish more success rates for NHS services has split members of an expert panel charged with deciding what can be measured. They agree that ...
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Keogh appointed medical director
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has been appointed as the government's new NHS medical director.The appointment, by NHS chief executive David Nicholson, was exclusively revealed last month by HSJ.
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A holistic approach to career advice
Information, advice and guidance on careers in health is being made easier to explore by a new advice line that is also acessible on the internet, explains Helen Fields
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Stephen Ramsden on avoidable deaths
What is your hospital standardised mortality rate and what have you done to improve it?In the first in an online series on the relationship between good management and safety, Stephen Ramsden discusses strategies for lowering hospital mortality rates
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Phil Kenmore on Agenda for Change
With a lack of focus on underlying behaviours, Agenda for Change cannot deliver long-term results, says Phil Kenmore
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Weird world health
It’s official(ish)…more NHS Networks pollsters have better things to do with their time than indulge in Facebook or MySpace frivolities, with just over 40 per cent eschewing either. The poll also showed that 13 per cent actually have both set ups, but slightly more, 14 per cent, confess to being ...
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Biobank to accept samples from cancer patients
Cancer patients can now donate tissue samples for research purposes to onCore UK, a national biobank.Patients in selected NHS trusts can opt to donate samples of their tumour and blood to the bank.
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Record-keeping standards published
The first national set of record-keeping standards for hospitals has been published.
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North East still suffering from poor public service outcomes
Pockets of poor public service outcomes in the North East are to blame for the region's poor outcomes overall, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research North.
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Plans for flu jabs released
The flu immunisation campaign to encourage uptake of the flu vaccine will be launched on 1 October, the Department of Health has announced.
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Conservatives claim they would interfere less in NHS
A report by the Conservative public services improvement group to the shadow cabinet has called for less political interference and greater freedom for healthcare professionals in the day-to-day management of the NHS.