South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2912
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In this week's HSJ
NewsLeading cardiac surgeon and president of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has been appointed as the Department of Health's medical director, HSJ has learnt.The government has announced it will begin using payment by results to drive choice. The system, which was designed to standardise the cost ...
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Public health trends August 2007
August sees a drop in confidence over the target to halt the rise in childhood obesity, according to the latest Barometer of public health directors, with June’s figure of 3.25 dipping to 2.91 out of 10.
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GPs' fading popularity could hurt Tories
'Not so long ago, local family doctors were running a close third to apple pie and motherhood in the list of safe things for politicians to support'
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Simon Stevens on junior doctors
'Junior doctors have in some respects been their own worst enemy'
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David Amos on the changing world of work
A leading psychiatrist in the 1920s identified potential developments in pharmaceutical products as the means to end all mental illness. There was a time when orthopaedics appeared to be a very limited specialty, before scientists came up with the artificial implant. Medicine continually confounds the soothsayers.Labour market commentators spoke 20 ...
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The long engagement
A new initiative is aiming to secure a future where medics embrace management. A sound plan or wild optimism? Louise Hunt reports
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Warning for 'optimistic' foundations
Foundation trusts could see one of their freedoms curtailed if they continue to make 'overly optimistic' predictions about their performance.
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NICE approves arthritis drug
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has approved the drug rituximab (Mabthera) for patients with severe arthritis in England and Wales.
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Report on maternity services in Wales launched
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has launched its overview report on maternity services in Wales.
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Men urged to know the symptoms of prostate cancer
The Prostate Cancer Research Centre has emphasised the need for men and their partners to be better informed about the symptoms of prostate cancer if survival rates are to improve.
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Foundation trusts report £198m surplus
Foundation trusts reported a £198m surplus at the end of quater one, the regulator Monitor has said.
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Unresolved inquiries - breakdown by strategic health authority
Hsj.co.uk's investigation found there are 27 outstanding cases where recommendations following a murder or manslaughter by a mental health patient have not yet been fully implemented.
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Conducting post-murder inquiries: DoH recommendations
Department of health guidance issued in January 2005 states: 'The start of local investigation processes and publication of reports should take place as soon as possible.'
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Case study: John Barrett's manslaughter of Denis Finnegan
John Barrett attacked 50-year-old Denis Finnegan on 2 September 2004, stabbing him to death as he cycled through Richmond Park.
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Case study: Michael Stone's murder of Lin and Megan Russell
On 9 July 1996, Lin Russell and her two daughters Megan, six, and Josie, nine, were attacked by a man with a hammer while walking down a Kent country lane.
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Neil Goodwin on the principles of success
'Organisations that do not have a culture in which open discussion is encouraged will bury their mistakes and not learn from them'
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Become the third man's best friend
Allowing the third sector a greater input in shaping local services can make for better results, argue Paul Hopley and colleagues
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New appointment for nursing council
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has appointed Natalie Salmon as its head of diversity and equality.
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Longer ambulance journeys pose greater risk
Longer ambulance journeys put critically ill patients at greater risk of dying, according to research in Emergency Medicine Journal.