South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 584
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Solidarity is the key
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsThe Royal Mint joins growing list of PPE suppliers
The Department of Health and Social Care spent at least £488.8m buying personal protective equipment in April and May, newly published documents reveal.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Big changes to social care, shielding and London’s covid stats
Your essential update on health for the week.
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HSJ LocalCovid risks prompt single health and care workforce bank
A rural health economy is establishing a single staff bank which all NHS and care home organisations in its patch can access.
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HSJ LocalMedics demand better terms for 'less valued colleagues'
A third of the doctors employed by Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust have written to management calling on them to rethink a controversial outsourcing deal.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England considers ‘mandated’ system-level waiting lists
NHS trusts could be asked to create shared waiting lists for elective care under plans being considered by national leaders.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Covid turnaround for London
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: ICS' role in the covid recovery
The week’s podcast explores whether system integration will become central to how the NHS recovers and resets after covid.
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NewsOcado boss hired to get contact tracing app back on track
The government has recruited an Ocado boss to help get the covid-19 contact tracing app ‘back on track’ as it abandons its original operating model.
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NewsRevealed: Three regions overtake London on ‘excess’ deaths
Three regions have now overtaken London on the rate of “excess deaths” since the start of the coronavirus pandemic – suggesting increased attention and financial support should be given to these areas.
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Expert BriefingVulnerable patients are forced to choose between their lives and income
On Monday HSJ revealed the government is planning to end the shielding programme for over two million ‘extremely clinically vulnerable’ people next month. The decision has highlighted many of the problems the programme has been faced with from the start.
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CommentUK now reliant on China for majority of PPE imports
Matthew Bevington sheds light on the remarkable turnaround in demand for PPEs where imports rose by 45 per cent in April, compared to a year earlier.
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NewsTrusts to buy Serco out of joint venture after losing major contract
Two foundation trusts are set to buy an outsourcing company out of a multimillion pound pathology partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Independence day
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsStudent nurses could get cash support as Hancock disputes ‘wrong’ pay claims
The government is in discussions over providing financial support to some student nurses whose clinical placements have been delayed by the covid-19 outbreak, HSJ understands.
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NewsCQC plan to restart inspections needed like ‘hole in head’, says Confed
The Care Quality Commission has issued a plan for re-starting routine inspections — but has been warned by the NHS Confederation that the health service needs this ‘like a hole in the head’.
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NewsTrust unfairly dismissed staff member after ‘hatchet job’
A trust chief executive ‘inexplicably’ became involved in the case of a member of staff which ended in their dismissal after a ‘hatchet job’ disciplinary process, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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News‘Independent review of NHS’ ahead of second wave
There should be independent reviews of the NHS’ readiness for a potential second major outbreak of coronavirus in the UK, senior doctors are arguing.
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NewsFormer ICS leader joins firm supporting vulnerable patients
The former leader of one of the first integrated care systems has joined a firm which is using data and coaching to support vulnerable people during the covid-19 outbreak.
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CommentSARS tells us covid will have serious psychological impact on staff
Based on evidence of earlier SARS-CoV epidemics, Valerie Amies and Clive Martinez analyse the current pandemic’s potential psychological toll on healthcare workers and the implications for sustainable service delivery