South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2951
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Delayed dicharge can hinder patient safety
In response to your article on bed-blocking (12 April) Alison Moore is right to highlight the problems of delayed transfer of care, but fails to convey the problems that patients experience.
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HSJ Knowledge
Shedding light on hidden activity
Payment by results requires accurate recording of activity but, as Clive Evans reports, the system is far from flawless
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HSJ Knowledge
David Lee on tough communications
. 'Until you start getting complaints that the same message has been repeated too often, you probably aren't getting through to the masses' ...
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Commissioning and clinicians
The ideals of commissioning are mocked. One may sympathise with policy-making born of frustration, but when rhetoric begets sham and folly, then challenge should be clearly heard.
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Drug dilemma
I was puzzled by David Lock's advice in NICE rulings to PCTs to have a policy to refuse to fund emerging treatments except in exceptional circumstances.
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Comment
Patient safety: err on the side of caution
I wish to add a mental health service perspective to the debate prompted by Frank Burns' insightful article 'Name of the game is not no blame' and his challenging assertions (opinion, p16, 12 April)..
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Comment
Social marketing: a view from the front
Social marketing seems to be a confusing term that actually means both understanding people and keeping their needs at the fulcrum of all organisational activity.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: St Mary's Hospital and the Freedom of Information Act
How can managers be open and.limit damage to their trust under the Freedom of Information Act? Simon White advises
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HSJ Knowledge
Best practice: Sheffield PCT pilots telehealth and telecare
Getting patients to update case managers on their health via remote devices.can have a dramatic effect on admissions and kick-start active self-management, writes Rosemary Lawson
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Drug use falls, claims information centre
The number of people in contact with structured drug treatment services rose by 13 per cent from 2004-05 to 2005-06 and was more than double those in 1998-99, according to figures from the Information Centre for health and social care.The Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2007 report shows that drugs ...
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Committee prepares to scrutinise Mental Health Bill
The British Medical Association, Royal College of Nurses and Royal College of Psychiatrists will be among those giving evidence to a cross-party committee scrutinising the Mental Health Bill before it passes through the Commons.Peers and MPs will focus on the six areas of the bill amended after votes in the ...
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Pressure group calls for healthcare funding debate
UK healthcare is not free at the point of delivery and in perpetuating this idea politicians are stifling proper debate on future funding of healthcare, says a report from Doctors for Reform.The report, written by three doctors, including oncologist Karol Sikora, highlights 20 case studies to show how patients are ...
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Health workers to vote on strike action
Delegates at trade union Unison's health conference in Brighton will today vote on a ballot for strike action in protest at the government's proposed 2.5 per cent pay increase.Yesterday health workers voted to campaign against payment by results, set up a campaign against all forms of privatisation and marketisation, oppose ...
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Four Seasons names chief operating officer
Dr Pete Calveley has been appointed chief operating officer of independent provider Four Seasons Health Care. Dr Calveley joined Four Seasons in November 2005 as primary care medical director, while also continuing his role as a GP and primary care trust director in Lincolnshire.His new role is a full-time position. ...
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Correction: restructuring of acute trusts
On Thursday HSJ published a story about Department of Health plans to restructure a number of financially troubled acute trusts (news, page 5, 20 April). As part of this story we published a list of likely candidates, based on their published rating by the Healthcare Commission and published work by ...
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HSJ got it wrong over acute trust 'hitlist'
I was shocked and disappointed to read allegations in HSJ that Surrey and Sussex Healthcare trust could be merging with or have its services taken over by Frimley Park Hospital foundation trust. There is absolutely no truth in this suggestion as reported by Helen Mooney (news, page 5, 19 April. ...
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Government pledges £30m for safer women's mental health wards
Up to £30m in funding has been awarded to improve safety in adult inpatient mental health wards, particularly for women service users, following the safety issues highlighted in the National Patient Safety Agency report With Safety in Mind.National director for mental health, Louis Appleby, said in a letter to mental ...
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Toolkit for better hip and knee replacements
A toolkit for orthopaedic teams to improve efficiency in primary hip and knee replacements has been launched by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.It identifies the six key characteristics of high performing organisations and includes audit tools for managers and teams to improve patient care.Read the report here
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Hospital patients to get VTE risk assessments
Every patient should be assessed for potentially fatal blood clots on admission to hospital, chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson announced as he launched a working party report on venous thromboembolism (VTE).A national risk assessment tool is being developed for clinicians to detect the complications of VTE, which include deep ...
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NHS staff risk losing pay and pensions, says union
Tens of thousands of NHS staff could lose out on pay and pensions if they are transferred to privately-run social enterprises, Amicus has warned.A report from the union said social enterprises are outside the NHS and Agenda for Change pay conditions would not necessarily apply.Read the report here