South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 293
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NewsCancer and primary care investment face cuts due to pay bill, NHSE warns
NHS England has warned of ‘cuts’ to services and investment in cancer and primary care if it is not given extra funding for staff pay-rises above 3 per cent.
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News6,000-plus jobs to be cut at ‘new NHS England’
Thousands of jobs – amounting to around 30-40 per cent of posts across NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital – will be cut over the next year as the organisations are merged, it was announced today.
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News‘Innovation put over safety’ at world-famous hospital
A world-famous hospital has a culture where some staff may put research interests above patient safety, according to an external investigation.
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NewsHealth minister among latest to resign
Health minister Edward Argar resigned last night, one day after health secretary Sajid Javid.
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: How the NHS can boost perioperative care
An HSJ roundtable, supported by Edwards Lifesciences, looked at how trusts can find solutions to the complex challenges of improving patient safety in operating theatres and intensive care units
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NewsPolice role ‘blurred’ with healthcare staff, reviews find
The controversial ‘SIM’ mental healthcare model sometimes ‘blurred’ the role of police with healthcare staff, according to results of local reviews seen by HSJ.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Getting off on the wrong foot
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsMiddle-class patients to wait longer for care under health inequalities project
Dozens of NHS trusts are looking to adopt new software which can take health inequalities into account when prioritising patients for elective care.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: NHSE’s elective strategy is ‘fuelling inequality’
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsHundreds of products out of stock amid ‘unprecedented’ supply chain problems
NHS trusts are finding hundreds of clinical and non-clinical products are out of stock with the national supply chain agency, leaving procurement teams scrambling to find alternatives and avoid gaps in supply.
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NewsNHSE looks to give up on key elective requirement
NHS England is looking to change the rules around its flagship elective fund, amid concern that disappointing activity levels will trigger widespread financial penalties, HSJ has been told.
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LeaderSteve Barclay is NHS leadership’s worst ‘nightmare’
Never has a politician arrived in the post of health secretary trailing a worse reputation among NHS leaders than Steve Barclay, writes Alastair McLellan.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: What will happen to the workforce strategy?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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HSJ PartnersHow Clinical Decision Support can help the NHS drive workforce transformation
With workforce planning and digital transformation at the forefront of pandemic recovery, digital tools like CDS can play a valuable role in facilitating new, more efficient and safer ways of working
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HSJ LocalTrust stands down service which achieved ‘marked improvement’ in A&E handover delays
An acute trust has had to stand down a new service which led to a ‘marked improvement’ in ambulance handover times, due to a lack of permanent funding to support it.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The cancer long waits backlog
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNew health secretary named
Sajid Javid has resigned and been replaced by Steve Barclay as health and social care secretary.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Devil’s in the detail for landmark bill
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence
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CommentNHS England must review dementia services urgently
Over half of those who received a dementia care plan last year reported it did not help them manage their condition. Kate Lee of the Alzheimer’s Society writes how providing better post-diagnostic support benefits patients and the NHS
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NewsNew chair for trusts with £3bn joint turnover
Two of the NHS’s largest hospital trusts have appointed a new joint chair