South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 438
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CommentMental health faces the toughest three years in living memory
Sean Duggan highlights the challenges faced by the current mental health services, emphasising on requiring immediate fixing through preventive support and public health funding
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust given maximum fine for duty of candour breach
A troubled trust, where leaders are braced for a review into high-profile bullying allegations, was today fined for breaching duty of candour regulations in a separate case.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts where one in six staff have not had two covid jabs
There are 16 NHS trusts where at least one in six staff have not had two doses of coronavirus vaccine, and all but one of them are in London and Birmingham.
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CommentThe silver lining of despair
James Dixon on how climate emergency action became a fundamental part of Newcastle Hospitals’ DNA — and what he’s doing to spread the word.
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HSJ LocalICS sounds alarm as fifth of hospital patients stay more than three weeks
Regional bosses say they need to understand ‘if and how’ hospitals can reduce the number of long-stay patients – with some areas reporting more than one in five beds being ‘blocked’.
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NewsRoutine NHS care may have ‘adverse effect’ on Black and Asian babies
NHS equality experts have ordered a review of neonatal care over concerns that babies from Black and Asian backgrounds are ‘adversely affected’ by routine methods.
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HSJ PartnersStrategies for faster, more efficient diagnostic services
The NHS carries out an estimated 1.5 billion diagnostic tests a year with diagnostic activity forming part of over 85% of clinical pathways. Richard Craven, CliniSys UK chief executive, explains how regional diagnostics hubs that give clinicians access to test results of all kinds, no matter where a test is ...
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NewsDaily Insight: ‘Self serving’ trust hauled over coals
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust’s directors scapegoated psychiatrist over patient’s death, tribunal finds
A mental health trust ‘scapegoated’ a psychiatrist over the death of a patient amid systemic issues, an employment tribunal has found.
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HSJ LocalDeaths of two children spark ‘urgent’ investigations at leading trust
Five serious incidents, including the deaths of two children, have sparked ‘urgent’ investigations into the processes through which clinicians are alerted to potential safety concerns over medical products used on patients.
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NewsStaff covid death payouts set to top £40m
NHS death in service payments for health and social care staff who died with coronavirus are set to top £40m, HSJ analysis reveals.
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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.