South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 422
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Uncomfortable truths
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNew procurement rules would bar poor performing suppliers
Government plans for new procurement rules would exclude suppliers with a history of poor performance as well as make it easier to award contracts based on ”social value”.
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NewsNHSE to insist on ‘strong’ return of payment by results to drive elective activity
NHS England will insist on a ‘strong element of payment-by-results’ for elective work from April next year, as it plans to drop the emergency financial system it has operated since the start of the pandemic.
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CommentJulian Patterson: Official Christmas party guidance
New guidance has been published to mitigate the risks associated with Christmas parties, writes Julian Patterson
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NewsMajor trust’s CEO appointed DHSC director
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust chief executive Julian Hartley has been appointed a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsTrusts delay controversial merger due to ‘operational pressures’
A large acute trust and small specialist trust have delayed plans to complete a controversial merger.
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NewsNHSE pressure led to ‘toxic environment’, report into patient’s death told
NHS England has denied creating a ‘toxic environment’ during a push to reduce the number of people with learning disabilities living in ‘modern-day asylums’, after the criticism emerged in a report detailing sweeping structural failings that contributed to a 47-year-old man’s death.
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HSJ LocalChildren’s hospital appoints new chief executive
A strategy and operations director has been appointed to lead a children’s hospital after serving as its acting CEO.
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HSJ InteractiveCould technology ever replace clinicians?
Advances in clinical technology mean it is increasingly well placed to augment – but not replace – healthcare professionals, a recent HSJ webinar heard
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NewsTrust keeps ‘outstanding’ rating despite not listening ‘enough’ to staff concerns
The Care Quality Commission has rated the surgery and maternity departments at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton ‘inadequate’ following concerns over lifesaving emergency surgery being delayed and pregnant women waiting up to six hours to be assessed by a doctor.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Winter of the ‘cancer catastrophe’?
This week we dig into the latest NHS performance data, including the first detailed snapshot of how the NHS is coping this winter.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Besieged on all sides
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentWaiting list nudges 6 million as NHSE incentive plan fails to bite
The waiting list continues to grow rapidly, with no sign yet of the missing referrals surging back, says Rob Findlay
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HSJ LocalDamning review slams catalogue of failings at ‘witch hunt’ trust
West Suffolk Foundation Trust’s attempt to identify a whistleblower was ‘intimidating… flawed and not fit for purpose’, according to a damning review which is highly critical of the organisation’s leadership.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: ‘It feels explosive’
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsAmbulance A&E handovers now a third higher than last winter’s peak
Nearly one in 10 ambulances faced at least an hour-long wait to hand over patients last week – with more than 8,000 delayed outside A&E departments.
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NewsHSJ deputy editor wins top journalism award
HSJ deputy editor Dave West has been named health journalist of the year at the British Journalism Awards.
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NewsExclusive: Police drop manslaughter investigation into trust
A trust will not face a second prosecution over the death of a baby seven days after a chaotic birth at one of its hospitals, unless new evidence emerges.
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HSJ InteractiveIn current times, how can the NHS best support honesty when things go wrong?
Pandemic and backlog pressures may make candour more challenging but do not make it any less essential, the panel at a recent HSJ webinar argued. Claire Read reports
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HSJ PartnersTo get elective care right, we need better ways for patients to share when they’re worried there’s a problem
Too often the ‘break glass in case of emergency’ process is broken itself, says Jane Tyacke. Improving communication can address that.