South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 65
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NewsRevealed: ICBs which cut staff by a fifth in 12 months
Several integrated care boards have cut their staffing by up to a fifth in a single year – after being asked to reduce management costs – but significant variation exists, HSJ analysis shows.
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HSJ PartnersHow research and the NHS are partnering to improve patient outcomes
Ahead of its HSJ webinar later this month, Snowflake takes a look at how one innovative partnership is striving to improve health outcomes
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NewsICB told to scrap contract after string of errors
An integrated care board made several errors in the way it contracted an NHS trust to manage Continuing Care services without a full competition, regulators have found.
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NewsTrust claims ‘stressed’ staff are quitting over faulty IT system
An acute trust has claimed “experienced and dedicated staff” have quit their roles because of “the stress and anxiety caused by the instability” of its imaging IT system as its row with a private provider intensifies.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Lansley’s original sin
The Lansley reforms failed primarily due to severe cuts in NHS management capacity, as highlighted by Darzi, overshadowing any potential benefits of the original restructuring philosophy, writes Steve Black
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NewsMajor procurement reforms delayed
The government has delayed the implementation of a major overhaul of procurement rules until February next year.
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News‘Project Fusion’ trust merger to go ahead after delays
The boards of two community and mental health trusts in the south have approved a merger and formation of a ‘new’ trust following months of delays.
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NewsSeven-year wait for specialist assessments at ‘outstanding’ trust
Waiting times for adult ADHD assessments have hit seven years at a northern mental health trust, according to its latest board papers.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Reflections on Grenfell, cancer and the state of the NHS
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Comment‘We’re in a right pickle’, Darzi concludes
Julian Patterson applauds the wide-ranging aspirations and familiar themes of Lord Darzi’s performance review
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News‘Suboptimal’ IT system still used by multiple trusts
More than a dozen trusts are still using a widely criticised “suboptimal” electronic patient record system, which was discontinued by its supplier more than two years ago, HSJ can reveal.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Inquiries – who are they for?
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss three major NHS inquiries that started hearing evidence this week.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The great public health pitch
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentWaiting list falls year-on-year for first time since pandemic
But it needs to fall a lot faster to recover “18 weeks” performance.
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NewsAmbulance services hit crucial target
Ambulances reached some of the most seriously ill people within an average of 30 minutes last month – meeting a key NHS England target for the first time in more than a year.
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NewsTrust considers tough line on promoting minority staff
An ambulance trust may require managers to justify to its CEO each time they promote someone else ahead of a colleague with a minority ethnic background to a senior role.
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NewsRevealed: the scale of the squeeze on primary care capital funding
Primary care has been subjected to the biggest squeeze in government capital spending in recent years, according to figures behind a major report into the state of the NHS.
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NewsMinisters pressing Treasury to fund ‘a lot of prevention projects’
The Department of Health and Social Care is fighting for funding for ‘a lot of public health projects’ in the upcoming government spending review, a minister has said.
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HSJ PartnersTime for that lightbulb moment in the NHS’s staffing culture
The usual solution to staff shortages is expensive locum agency doctors, but NES Healthcare proposes another idea that both lowers cost and provides continuity of care
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Stats, truths and a few one-liners
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.