South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 662
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HSJ AwardsImproving survival rates for lung cancer patients
Manchester University Foundation Trust’s Wythenshawe Hospital won the 2018 HSJ Award for acute or specialist services redesign – North and Midlands, for its programme for rapid access to pulmonary investigations and diagnosis
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NewsMerging regulators fail to hire commercial chief amid director reshuffle
NHS Improvement and NHS England will launch a new search for a chief commercial officer after failing to recruit to the position.
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HSJ LocalSecond exec departure at struggling acute trust
A second executive at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust is set to stand down, HSJ has learned, following news the chief executive will be leaving.
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HSJ LocalMultiple black alerts for large trust with financial concerns
One of the country’s largest teaching trusts has predicted a deficit of more than £40m by the end of the financial year and has declared 15 black alerts since December.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: A new era for HEE?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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Trust makes vaccination mandatory for recruitment
A West Midlands trust will no longer recruit staff who have not had an immunisation for mumps, measles and rubella.
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NewsCash-strapped trust made £10m sale to subsidiary company
A prominent foundation trust recorded nearly £10m in income by selling scanning equipment to a company it owns, which in turn had borrowed the money from the NHS parent organisation, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Punitive practices
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsNHS England confirms funding for major national programme
NHS England has confirmed a further year’s funding will be available for a major national programme amid doubts from local commissioners.
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NewsTrust hits waiting time target in just 8pc of cases
A trust has apologised to patients after its performance against the two-week waiting time target for symptomatic breast referrals fell to less than 8 per cent.
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NewsMajor delays to national deaths review policy
A national scheme to improve safety with closer scrutiny of deaths is seeing major delays, with a large majority of areas missing its planned go-live date, HSJ has learned.
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NewsProfits plummet at major healthcare staffing agency
Turnover and profits have fallen significantly at a large supplier of agency staff to the NHS, its annual accounts have revealed.
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NewsNHS app to be mandatory for GPs – NHS England
Connection to the NHS app will become mandatory for all GPs, including those already providing similar digital services, according to NHS England’s digital chief.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Review finds 'chaos and uncertainty' at teaching hospital
An independent review has cited concerns about safety and culture within a trust’s surgical theatres and has warned multiple pressures were creating a sense of “chaos and uncertainty”.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Blackpool rocking
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentSupport in residential care homes can significantly reduce hospital visits
Enhanced support for care home residents can result in different outcomes depending on the type of care home, with greater reductions in A&E attendances and emergency admissions for those living in residential facilities as compared to nursing homes. By Therese Lloyd
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NewsDaily Insight: Lost in transit
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTens of millions in STP tech funding held back
More than £35m of central tech funding for NHS providers was held back last year, with at least one region losing out after local organisations failed to reach a financial deal.
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NewsCPD budget cuts were ‘trade-off’ for more nurses
The removal of money from continuing professional development budgets was “a trade-off” to increase the number of nurses in training, the chair of HEE has said.