South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2988
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Safety changes 'neglected by GPs'
Reforms to improve the quality and safety of NHS care are not hitting home in GP surgeries, says a report from the National Audit Office.It says many GPs have not implemented 'clinical governance' systems found elsewhere in the health service.While the report found that primary care trusts had made substantial ...
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Pay and workforce reforms
I read with great interest your coverage of the leaked DH report on the pay and workforce strategy for 2007.
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Mental health and ministerial promises
Why should the Government be believed when it hints at non-statutory answers to some of the issues around reform of mental health law (Michael White column, 4 January, page 10). The evidence tells us that we should be very wary of trusting them.
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Superbug memo: scale of problem in no doubt as MRSA paper admits failure
The memo considers - and rightly rejects - the case for primary care trusts to fine acute trusts for MRSA rates
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Pay and workforce: GP contract delay is the first staff salvo
The government will still be desperate not to see another staff group set itself against reform, particularly given the crucial role primary care will play
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HSJ exclusive: NHS will not hit MRSA target next year
Unison head of health Karen Jennings has criticised the Department of Health for hiding the full extent of the progress being made by the NHS in tackling MRSA, after government documents revealed in HSJ today ( www.hsj.co.uk) show that next year's MRSA target will not ...
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Two years after deadline, over half of crisis teams not ready
Fewer than half of England's crisis resolution teams are fully set up, according to a leaked Department of Health report.
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News Analysis: Is it new hope for 'No Hope' as cliffhanger reaches final reel?
Birmingham's Good Hope Hospital trust might at last put its troubles behind it if its acquisition by a neighbouring foundation trust goes ahead. Helen Mooney chronicles the hurdles that have stood in the way and asks if the move is likely to be replicated
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Poultry workers to be protected against flu
The Department of Health is offering flu vaccination this winter to those who work in close contact with poultry.The DoH insisted that the move is a precautionary public health measure and does not mean that workers are at any higher risk of getting flu this winter than usual.It added: 'Nor ...
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DoH launches comprehensive IT plan
The Department of Health has launched a comprehensive information management and technology plan. The document provides detailed supplementary guidance for NHS organisations to use when preparing IM&T plans ahead of the deadline of the end of March 2007.The NHS operating framework for 2007-08 identified the need for sustained focus on ...
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More families paying for their own social care
Individuals and families are increasingly having to find and pay for their own care, says the Commission for Social Care Inspection in a report published today.The State of Social Careaims to provide a complete picture of social care for children and adults across the public, voluntary and private sectors.It found ...
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Latest CJD figures published
The Department of Health has released the latest information about Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. It includes cases of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease - the form of the disease thought to be linked to BSE.Get the CJD figures here
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New deputy for World Health Organisation
Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah has been appointed deputy director-general at the World Health Organisation.Dr Asamoa-Baah, has held senior positions at the organisation since 1998, beginning his career at WHO as a senior policy adviser to the director-general.Since then, he has been widely respected for his leadership in HIV, tuberculosis and malaria,communicable ...
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GP contract negotiations stall
An agreement on the general medical services contract is unlikely to be reached in time for the April deadline, NHS Employers has reported.NHS Employers GMS negotiating team chair Dr Barbara Hakin said that she had told the Department of Health that the British Medical Association's GPs committee had made it ...
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Pay and workforce strategy 2008-11
There is currently great confusion among hospital doctors as to how best to respond to the many changes in employment conditions that are affecting our working conditions
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Leaked DoH report
Predicting workforce requirements accurately always presents huge challenges but it appears the AHP/scientist estimates are crude in the extreme
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SHAs told they must plug shortfall of 14,000 nurses
It is outrageous that there are still significant cuts in education budgets and educational training for our community nurses
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Stuart Marples retires
Senior NHS manager Stuart Marples has retired, ending a 40-year career in the health service in England and Wales. Mr Marples' most recent work was with the Welsh Assembly where he was joint head of performance and operations. He will also be remembered as chief executive of the Institute of ...
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Chris Rudge on why the NHS needs to raise its game on transplants
'The NHS is spending nearly £190m a year on dialysis for the 6,278 patients waiting for a kidney transplant. If every one of these patients currently had a functioning transplant, the annual saving would be £160m'