South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 463
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NewsTrust boards take next step to merge despite governors’ objections
Two foundation trusts in the South East have taken the next steps towards a merger.
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NewsCQC found emergency caesarean taking place without basic safety measures
Inspectors have raised concerns about ‘safety culture’ in a maternity unit, including that an emergency caesarean was taking place without the mother’s heart being monitored.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Front doors, beds and boards
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentScrapping discharge fund will give the NHS a dangerous capacity squeeze
Failure to extend the £600m April to September “discharge to assess” funding will bring huge risk for the NHS, social care and patients, write Chris Hopson and Matthew Taylor.
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CommentThe Blithering Chronicles: Aligned for success – your ICS questions answered
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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NewsLeap in mental health absences among NHS staff
The number of NHS staff absent from work because of their mental health has leapt in the past few months in the wake of the huge winter wave of covid pressure, according to data shared with HSJ.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Summer, salaries, systems and shielding
This week’s NHS Health Check podcast is dedicated to all matters staffing: The Agenda for Change pay deal, how much integrated care system chiefs should get paid, and shielding staff not getting risk assessments.
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NewsDaily Insight: Discrimination by another name
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingGovernment’s advisers urge senior pension reform
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. This week by employment ...
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CommentThe full health and care data strategy must address its shortcomings
Focussing on building trust, addressing health inequalities, and improving social care data are critical if the NHSX data strategy is to address public concerns about privacy and unlock the potential of health and social care data, writes Josh Keith
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HSJ LocalHospital to restart service three years after outsourcing it
An acute trust wants to restart an elective service at its facilities, three years after outsourcing much of that work to a private provider.
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HSJ LocalNeighbouring ICSs plan single hospital IT system
Five trusts across two integrated care systems are drawing up plans to roll out a single electronic patient record funded by the government’s flagship infrastructure project.
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NewsDaily Insight: Marks for Style
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTwo trusts appoint single CEO and form ‘hospital group’
A pair of London trusts have appointed a single chief executive as they join forces to form a ‘hospital group’.
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NewsMinority ethnic staff ‘told to adopt Western names’ by managers
Hospital line managers allegedly told staff from minority ethnic backgrounds to adopt ‘Western work names’ because their own were deemed ‘too difficult’ to pronounce, according to Care Quality Commission inspectors.
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NewsRapid fall in covid admissions suggests early peak for summer wave
The weekly total of covid positive patients admitted to English hospitals fell by 10 per cent in the five days between 27 July and 1 August.
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NewsNHSE names interim chief operating officer
NHS England has appointed a former hospital chief as its interim chief operating officer, succeeding Amanda Pritchard.
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HSJ InteractiveThe rewards and challenges of sharing personalised care plans
How can technology enable the implementation of personalised care plans across healthcare systems and what are the benefits to patients? Alison Moore reports on a webinar which tackled these key questions
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NewsShielding staff say they were forced back to work without a risk assessment
Significant numbers of ‘extremely vulnerable’ clinicians said they were forced back to work despite not having a risk assessment in line with official guidance.