South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2953
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RCN launches campaign for better patient nutrition
Nearly half of nurses say they do not have enough time to ensure patients get good nutrition, a survey from the Royal College of Nursing has revealed.The findings coincide with the RCN campaign to improve patient nutrition in hospitals and the community, launched at its annual congress in Harrogate.Read the ...
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Ambulance service close to breaking point, says union
The ambulance service is relying heavily on the goodwill and commitment of staff to keep up with the huge increase in demand over the last decade, according to Unison, which represents 20,000 ambulance workers.The union warned that the service is suffering from staff shortages and in some areas the situation ...
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Diagnostics waiting times and activity data published
The Department of Health has published diagnostics waiting times and activity data for February 2007 along with a census of all diagnostic tests as at 31 December 2006.This data shows the progress in waiting times for diagnostic tests like scans. The monthly data published today gives the waiting times for ...
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New support available for commissioners of children's services
Care services minister Ivan Lewis has launched a new self-assessment tool for commissioners of children's and young people's services.A CD-Rom will allow commissioners to assess their capability to deliver high quality and accessible services.Read the press release here
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Report calls for increased local surgery
A new report on the future of planned surgery recommends that 80 per cent of all surgery should be done locally, with the remaining 20 per cent of the more complex cases taking place at specialist centres.In his report Saws and Scalpels to Lasers and Robots - advances in surgery, ...
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Helen Rowntree on using patient safety indicators
The past few months have seen the beginnings of a shift in the prevailing NHS wisdom about patient safety and how best to promote and improve it. The emphasis is moving firmly towards greater openness and accountability - a point well made by Frank Burns in his recent HSJ piece ...
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Independent review for Modernising Medical Careers
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has launched an independent review of the Modernising Medical Careers programme.The review is intended to establish how the programme will go forward in 2008 and beyond.
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Study says government should release hold on NHS
The NHS needs greater freedom from the government to achieve stability and success, according to a report from Birmingham University's Health Services Management Centre.The study proposes a new model with a significantly different and reduced role for government.Read the report here
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PAC slams uncertainty over IT programme costs
A report from the Commons public accounts committee on the national IT programme says the Department of Health must show it can deliver on its promises.Among the recommendations, the report says the DoH still has much to do to win hearts and minds in the NHS, especially among clinicians.Read the ...
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Productive Ward programme launched
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched the Releasing Time to Care: Productive Ward programme at the Royal College of Nursing congress in Harrogate.Find out more here
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Decline in services for special care baby units
A report published today by the premature baby charity BLISS says that on average special care baby units are understaffed by a third.It claims that shortages in staffed cots mean units are sometimes forced to close and turn babies away.
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RCN: care being compromised by staffing levels
Staffing levels are affecting patient care, according to a new survey by the Royal College of Nursing.Nearly two thirds of nurses (60 per cent) said patient care on their ward was compromised at least once or twice a week by poor staffing levels.Read the survey here
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Overtime is out of line
It was interesting to compare your headline - 'Thousands doing unpaid overtime' with the Healthcare Commission's press release on the topic. The latter did not mention in its commentary on the survey results the huge amount of unpaid overtime done by NHS staff, only reporting details in the sector breakdown ...
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The trouble with cancer services
I read with interest the article by Anna Donald (opinion, page 15, 12 April). I to have been diagnosed with breast cancer and totally agree with her comments. The medical treatment I received was second to none but as Ms Donald.says it is the relationships that matters.
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In defence of primary care data
Although I am usually a fan of Alan Maynard (HSJ Intelligence supplement, page 8, 15 March).his assertion that 'primary care is still largely a data-free domain' is clearly tosh. NHS primary care probably has the best primary care information in the world.
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HSJ Knowledge
Formula for inspiration
'Sheep dip', one-size-fits-all management courses do not inspire doctors to become leaders. Instilling true leadership skills is much more complex, says Jenny Simpson
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Patient safety: the blame game
I find HSJ's reporting of the concept of 'no blame' in patient safety incidents.incredibly disappointing and disquieting (opinion, page 16, 12 April).
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HSJ Knowledge
David Amos on grievances
Groups of professionals find it remarkably difficult to talk about anything other than the day job. A cluster of doctors will swap stories - in confidence of course - about interesting and demanding patients.
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David Woodhead on social marketing
'It is naive to suggest that the effectiveness of interventions alone is the only issue we face in seeking to change behaviour. There are wider challenges in terms of respecting diversity and ensuring our work is culturally appropriate'