South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2989
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Information for GPs and search engines
Conservative MP Grant Shapps' 'Name and Shame' website is the latest publicity stunt to put patient appointment targets back into the headlines. While political parties continue to wrangle with one another, GPs must continue to run their practices under the significant pressure placed on them by these targets.
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NHS complaints
I read David Peat's article on lost baggage and fielding complaints with great interest. His comments in the penultimate paragraph are particularly encouraging.
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Legal briefing: the hidden implications of face transplants
With the stage set for the world's first full facial transplant, Ben Troke examines some of the complex legal and ethical issues that surround the procedure
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Effective commissioning guide
The Health Policy Forum has pinpointed four key elements that make a critical difference to effective commissioning. A report from the primary care think tank suggests actions that primary care organisations might take.Download the report here
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Combined predictive model launched
The Department of Health has released a computer algorithm that allows clinicians and managers to identify patients most at risk of unplanned and unnecessary hospital admission. Developed with the King's Fund and other partners, the tool underpinned work at Croydon primary care trust which swept the board at the ...
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Mental Health Bill enters Lords
The controversial Mental Health Bill starts its committee stage in the House of Lords today. Liberal Democrat Peer Lord Carlile has warned that it faces defeat unless some major amendments are made.A list of amendments to the bill can be found here
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Reconfiguration could save £1bn a year
Patients who stay in hospital longer than necessary are using 13,000 extra NHS beds every year, a report from the Institute for Public Policy Research has said. This could be slashed by providing specialist services in fewer places and transferring more care outside hospitals.Download the full report here
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Gateshead Health foundation trust: safety check on blood
Mismatching blood in transfusion operations can be deadly. So when a national audit revealed some worrying gaps in safety measures, Gateshead Health foundation trust was quick to respond
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Live and direct: cutting waiting times
HSJ's Sutton Coldfield GM Live event proved an excellent platform for sharing successful service redesign strategies
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HSJ Knowledge
Quicker diagnosis makes good timing
Strides towards the 18-week patient pathway have been made in Blackpool, where a trust slashed diagnostic waits. Varya Shaw reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Helen Bevan on transformational learning
Every so often, I come across research or evidence that gives me profound insight into why things happen the way they do. I experienced just such an epiphany in December, when I led a workshop on transformational learning at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum, the largest healthcare improvement gathering ...
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David Woodhead on lessons from Peru
'I met a group of local women who were trained in contraception and hygiene; they each had trained six women, who in turn were training others. The process had increased their confidence. And in the basement was a co-operative bakery which provided affordable bread but also made a profit.'
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New chair of Appointments Commission named
Anne Watts is to be the new chair of the Appointments Commission from 1 April, health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced. Ms Watts is currently chair of the independent panel on race equality for the NHS. She replaces Sir William Wells.For more information click here
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Breast cancer drug Herceptin 'prolongs life'
Researchers from the Royal Marsden Hospital in London have confirmed that giving Herceptin to women with certain types of breast cancer does prolong their lives. The study, published in The Lancet, followed women for two years after treatment and found a 2.7 per cent ...
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Inpatient waiting times fall
The number of patients waiting more than 13 weeks for inpatient treatment in England fell by 22,500 from October to November 2006. Latest waiting time figures published by the Department of Health show that the median waiting time at the end of November was 6.9 weeks, with just 212 people ...
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£100m to help increase NHS energy efficiency
Health minister Andy Burnham has announced £100m funding to help NHS trusts meet their energy efficiency targets. Seven out of 10 are already on track, he said, but more should be done to reduce carbon emissions and deliver savings that will be ploughed back into patient care.For more information click ...
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Heart disease deaths down 35 per cent
Investment and reform in services to tackle coronary heart disease is saving lives, says a progress report on implementing the national service framework for CHD today. Shaping the Futuresays premature deaths from CHD are down 35.9 per cent since 1996, on course to meet ...
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Draft workforce strategy reveals glut of consultants and shortage of nurses
HSJ reveals the draft NHS pay and workforce strategy for 2007 spending review.
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HSJ Knowledge
PEP talk to combat HIV
The Terrence Higgins Trust has doubled both awareness and take-up among gay men of a treatment that can prevent HIV infection after exposure to the virus.
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Workforce plans predict 'bitter opposition' and 'volatility'
The NHS is facing a huge oversupply of consultants and a shortage of thousands of nurses, junior doctors and GPs, a draft government strategy has revealed.