South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 426
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NewsThe Primer: Chancellor to announce £5.9bn capital for elective catch-up
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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NewsVaccine lead returns to NHS England months after joining No 10
Emily Lawson is returning to lead NHS England’s covid vaccine programme, just months after leaving the role to join 10 Downing Street.
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NewsCovid admissions reach seven-month high
The number of patients being admitted to hospital with covid-19 has now surpassed this summer’s peak and is at the highest level in more than seven months.
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CommentJulian Patterson: Longstay tops the Blithering 20 again
The annual review of people who really matter at NHS Blithering, introduced by Martin Plackard, head of influencer communications
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NewsTrust chief leads ‘industrial’ drive to cut ‘pointless’ follow-up appointments
National leaders want to expand the use of patient-initiated follow-up appointments on an “industrial scale” – in a bid to reduce the number of “pointless reviews” and give patients more control over their care.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Power players, construction constraints and wellbeing warning
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsDaily Insight: The other side of the Test and Trace story
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ PartnersMedicom is bringing Resilience in PPE – Manufacturing the quality and quantity of face masks needed to support the NHS
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more Medicom® Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality single-use preventative and infection control products for the medical and dental industries. Following an agreement with the UK government to ...
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NewsNew national tech chief targets ‘broken’ use of data amid pointless ‘duplication’
The way the NHS collects and uses data is ‘not logical’, with ongoing work by trusts, integrated care systems and national bodies ‘overlapping considerably’ – according to a new NHS tech chief.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why the Saj wants ‘reform’ – but the NHS is angry about it
The health service is clearly in a jam in the wake of covid – so why have Sajid Javid’s plans for ‘a year of reform’ antagonised some managers, GPs and other staff?
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NewsDaily Insight: Time is a healer
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentThe fatalism of leaders turns blind eye to vulnerable lives
The fatalism of response and the slowness of decision making in dealing with the pandemic is largely based on the assumption that nothing can be done to make others safer. By Charlotte Augst
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: NHSE’s journey from cuddly to confrontation with GPs
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentPrivate providers must be an integral part of integrated care systems
Lot of independent providers are already working in an integrated way, which the new ICSs can learn from, and the ultimate goal for all healthcare providers is patient safety and good patient outcomes. By Lou Patten and David Hare
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NewsTrusts write off £50m in overseas patient debt
Hospital trusts in London wrote off £54m in bad debts from overseas visitors over the last two years, annual accounts reveal.
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NewsMultiple providers flag disruptions to capital projects
Multiple local providers are citing price increases for possible delays to capital projects as a result of supply problems with construction materials.
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NewsReplacement of ‘woefully out of date’ national IT systems delayed
The replacement of a cervical cancer screening system which “failed” thousands of patients has been delayed.
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HSJ PartnersIf we are going to understand integration, we need to learn from unpaid carers
Through the recognition and support of carers and engagement of them in our planning we can build our health care systems in a way that is truly integrated and focussed on genuine need and that will be used effectively by our communities. By Jen Kenward
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HSJ InteractiveClinical procurement: Cost-saving opportunities for the NHS
An HSJ immersive feature explores how an innovative clinician-led procurement model for cardiology devices was deployed and achieved cost savings of £1.3m per year. By Jennifer Trueland
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NewsNHS leaders must give staff time to ‘access psychological support’
NHS trusts must give their workforce the time to access nationally funded psychological therapies, a leading doctor has warned, as the ‘tired’ health service prepares to face a difficult winter.