South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2907
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HSJ Knowledge
Look out for the pitfalls
Despite recent concerns about possible terrorist activities among NHS staff, there is guidance that will assist with confident recruitment from abroad, says David Lock
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HSJ Knowledge
Nursing core values
A motivational session on leadership has launched a series of masterclasses for the nursing community
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HSJ Knowledge
The waiting game: technology and the 18-week target
Most agree the 18-week target is a worthy one, but how can it be measured? Lyn Whitfield asks whether current technology can keep up with the good intentions
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HSJ Knowledge
Telehealth takes off
Telehealth's time may finally have come, with three demonstrator sites spending £12m on the technology to help patients manage their conditions, writes Daloni Carlisle
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Comment
Alan Maynard on medical safety
'It may be efficient to let marginal patients die from avoidable infections'
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Comment
Alan Maynard on medical safety
‘It may be efficient to let marginal patients die from avoidable infections’
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News
Signs of improvement from community mental health services
Community mental health services are showing some improvement but concerns over access remain, according to a survey published today by the Healthcare Commission.
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News
More children are getting their five a day
The number of children achieving their five a day target for fruits and vegetables has increased by 13 per cent in two years, according to new figures from the Department of Health.The report shows that the number of children eating five portions a day has increased from 27 per cent ...
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News
Social care institute calls for more e-learning
Research commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence shows that the social care workforce is ready to use more web-based methods of learning.
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News
Campaign stresses importance of immunisation
New research claims that more than one in three people in the UK are not aware of the diseases that can be prevented by vaccination and are putting themselves and others at risk.
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Comment
Healthy Schools is raising the bar, not slipping behind
I am pleased that HSJ recently chose to publish an article on the National Healthy Schools Programme, emphasising its importance as a good example of health and education collaboration at the local level (see 'A game for two players'.)
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News
Advice for managing flu deaths
Draft guidance has been published setting out proposals on how to manage potentially large numbers of deaths during a pandemic influenza outbreak.
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News
Quarterly hospital performance figures
The Department of Health has released figures for NHS inpatient and outpatient activity for the period ending 30 June 2007.
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News
Scottish GPs welcome out-of-hours report
GP leaders in Scotland have welcomed the publication of the Audit Scotland report into primary care out-of-hours services.
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News
Doctors' leaders question NHS surplus
The British Medical Association has questioned how the NHS in England has achieved a £983m surplus for the end of the financial year.
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News
Pilots making little difference
Pilots designed to drive the government's flagship policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference, according to research.
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News
Johnson praised for backing reform plans
Health secretary Alan Johnson has been commended for backing managers' plans to reconfigure hospital services in Manchester - as Conservatives face the fallout from a row about district general hospitals.
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News
Commissioning's stakeholders design their world-class future
Primary care trusts that demonstrate they are 'world-class commissioners' could be rewarded with foundation trust-style freedoms.
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News
£80m 'wasted' on killing inquiries
More than £80m has been 'wasted' on inquiries into murders and manslaughters by mental health patients, a leading charity has claimed following an exclusive hsj.co.uk investigation.
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News
Inequalities masked at local level
Progress made towards the national target to reduce health inequalities is masking the areas that are facing the worst problems, public health experts have warned.