South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 3066
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Royal Cornwall faces strike threat over job cuts to tackle £31m debt
Royal Cornwall hospitals trust is facing public protests and threats of strike action as it takes steps to deal with a projected £31m deficit.
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GP contract leads to sharp increase in A&E attendance
Hospital accident and emergency departments are facing increased demand as a result of the changes to the GP contract introduced two years ago, according to a study.
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MPs demand rethink on IT as reforms 'sleepwalking to disaster'
Two members of the Commons' public accounts committee have called for the national IT programme to be dismantled and local IT decisions handed back to trusts and GPs.
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NICE to weed out inferior treatments
The role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to be extended to identify ineffective treatments and to advise on reducing costs to the NHS.
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More addicts getting help
More drug users are getting treatment but the standard of it is still highly variable, a Healthcare Commission report has concluded.
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News analysis: Obesity - private clubs help PCTs achieve the figures they want
Referring overweight patients from GPs to the independent sector is a controversial approach but for many, joining a commercial group proves more effective in losing weight than drug treatment. Tash Shifrin reports on how 'slimming on referral' is working
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HSJ Knowledge
No easy answers on difficile: the problem of acquired infections
Dysfunctional governance and concentration on target-hitting rather than patient safety contributed to two infection outbreaks at Stoke Mandeville, says a damning Healthcare Commission report. Alexis Nolan reports on the problem that's bigger than MRSA
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Comment: New NHS chief executive lays plans for funding revolution
'Mr Nicholson wants to look at how funding can be released so trusts have to rely less on a system which is in effect designed to produce a deficit.'
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Comment: the HSJ50, an index of ideas and influence
'This is very deliberately a snapshot of influence, and already the sands are shifting'
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Jonathan Andrew on measuring value
A system that compares value for money across healthcare systems is vital, argues Jonathan Andrew
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HSJ Knowledge
Sustainable Communities Awards expanded
HSJ's Sustainable Communities Awards, which recognise public sector achievement in the field, has grown. With 11 categories for 2007 - three more than last year - primary care trusts, local authorities, and other local partners will have a chance to be honoured for their role in delivery of sustainable communities.
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HSJ Knowledge
Smoking bans in mental health settings
Implementing smoke-free policy in healthcare settings is generally popular but not always so in mental healthcare.
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A proactive approach to the care home population
Admissions management: Leeds West primary care trust
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How to create real sustainable change in your community
To mark the launch of this year's Sustainable Communities Awards, Penny Harding explains how her project to create social inclusion in a deprived rural area won one of the categories
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Comment: Confidence in achievement shines through from HSJ awards
'There is sometimes concern that being seen to celebrate success is akin to bad taste when there are so many pressures in the system and on individuals'
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John Seddon on lean times
The clearest indication that the 'tool heads' don't understand the problem is their assertion that the lean tools will help the NHS meet its targets
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Cutting unplanned emergency admissions
To improve and provide personalised care for patients with long-term, complex conditions and to provide appropriate patient treatment pathways for them, Dudley Beacon and Castle primary care trust recruited three assertive case managers and one nurse consultant.
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Encouraging exercise in people with diabetes
A pilot scheme developed by Guy's and St Thomas' foundation trust and evaluated by London South Bank University could help patients lose weight and manage their condition better.
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Andrew Castle on the 18-week target
'We will not achieve the 18-week target by carving out resources for specific clinical specialties, as we've done for cancer, because 18 weeks applies to all conditions. We need something radically different.'