South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 687
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive ‘absolutely delighted’ as trust rated outstanding
Reverse mentoring and a “retreat” for self-referring patients who feel in crisis are just two of the factors which earned a mental health and community trust an “outstanding” rating.
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HSJ Interactive
Advice from emergency consultants one phone call away
A Scottish health board has rolled out a system that provides GPs and paramedics with immediate advice and guidance from emergency department consultants, reports Jennifer Trueland
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HSJ InteractiveCase study: Using telehealth to improve emergency care
Access to Phone Advice & Guidance helped a paramedic speak directly to a senior clinician and make a time critical decision for a patient, reports Jennifer Trueland
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HSJ InteractiveHelping paramedics make right decisions
A project that enables paramedics to speak directly with ED clinicians is helping them make decisions about the best place to treat patients, easing overstretched A&E departments, notes Jonathan Patrick
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HSJ LocalNeighbouring trusts to share chief executive and chair
England’s smallest acute trust will share a chief executive and chair with its larger neighbour with which it is merging.
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NewsTwo private hospitals placed in special measures
Two Priory Group hospitals have been put in special measures after inspectors raised serious concerns about how staff treated patients.
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HSJ LocalTrust declares critical incident after fridge fire
An East Midlands trust had to evacuate several wards of patients on Friday night after a faulty refrigerator caught fire.
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HSJ LocalLong-stalled hospital rebuild moves to next stage
A hospital reconfiguration project stalled for roughly 16 years is a step closer to being realised after commissioners and clinicians across regional boundaries signed off a joint business case.
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Community services get largest chunk of LTP funding
Community and young people’s mental health services will receive the lion’s share of the sector’s long-term plan funding, while inpatient services are promised very little, new guidance has revealed.
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HSJ InteractiveLeadership Q&A: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust
Neil Masom explains how the next chief executive will continue to lead a dramatic transformation of Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust.
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NewsDaily Insight: Move over Love Island
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Tipping the scales
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ LocalCCG awards £1.2bn community services contract
A social enterprise has seen off two other rivals to win a £1.2bn community health contract aimed at bringing services together under one provider.
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NewsExclusive: Capital billions promised by ministers fail to reach ‘front line’
Only a fraction of the £2.5bn of capital funding announced and allocated by the government for the NHS since 2017 has actually been released to the service.
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CommentLong-term neglect meets short-term politics
The new government may take short term steps to try to show “front line” improvement in the NHS, writes Dave West.
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NewsReality TV star and Hunt’s former aide appointed junior health ministers
Two new junior ministers, including one covering mental health, have been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsPensions crisis leading to outsourcing to Australia, warns union
The NHS pensions crisis is forcing trusts to outsource elective work at a “significantly higher cost” and rely on expensive locums to cover vacancies, a doctors’ union has warned.
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NewsDaily Insight: Better together?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsMega-merger trust unfairly dismissed head of HR
A hospital trust involved in a merger with two other trusts has lost the second employment tribunal claim brought by a redundant senior manager this year.
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CommentPrimary care networks are a quiet revolution
Primary care networks have huge potential, but how they interact with other NHS providers is crucial, argues Andrew Ridley