South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 72
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Clusters mustered, SubCos celebrated and pensions protected
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsNHSE funding rule ‘deliberately unfair’ to non-acute trusts
Mental health, community and ambulance trusts have raised fresh concerns they are losing out under NHS funding rules – with one provider facing a £16m shortfall in recent years.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Baby death targets missed and negligence bill hits £58bn
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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HSJ PartnersGrow your NHS workforce with degree apprenticeships from the University of Greenwich
The healthcare sector is under increasing pressure to fill workforce gaps, upskill existing staff, and retain talent, and your organisation is probably no different.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The state of maternity services
This week, the team look at two long-running and contentious issues in the NHS.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Pensions, pay and pain
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrusts spending too much ‘pursuing executive talent’
Government pay advisers have raised concerns about trusts spending an estimated £7m a year on recruitment firms “to pursue the same talent” for executive posts.
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NewsSenior managers face real terms pay cut as govt rejects pay recommendation
The government has awarded above-inflation pay rises for most NHS staff for 2025-26, but senior managers will see their earnings fall in real terms.
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CommentNHS funding may be ‘maxed out’ but change is still possible
With NHS funding stretched to its limit, real transformation demands more than just balancing the books — it calls for honest, evidence-based decisions about what to start, stop and sustain, writes Andi Orlowski
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News‘No staffing growth’ policy implicated in patient’s death
Repeated refusals by NHS England to fund extra staff was a key factor in a patient’s death, a coroner has said.
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NewsCQC hires trust director as chief inspector of hospitals
A trust medical director has been appointed as the chief inspector of hospitals at the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ PartnersBalancing security and research access to North West London’s health data
iCARE and WSIC find new ways to enable both public trust and technological advances in healthcare
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NewsTrust predicts ‘standstill’ in very long waits
A trust has called in a private provider to help address very long diagnostic waits, but admits they will remain at a “standstill” without “further investment”.
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NewsNHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
NHS England has told integrated care boards they need to slow down elective referrals dramatically – nearly eliminating year-on-year growth – with high-profile waiting list targets under threat.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Subsidiary stresses
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsFive trusts accelerate move to shared leadership
A city’s five trusts have decided to “accelerate” plans to form a major £2bn hospital group, moving to a shared CEO and chair by next spring.
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CommentGovernment must develop an NHS digitisation plan and stick to it
A bold digital future for health and care is possible – but only with clear vision, sustained investment, and the humility to learn lessons from past failures, writes Tom Hardie
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NewsStaff locked in hospital during ‘unprecedented’ power cut
Staff were effectively “locked in” a hospital at night during a power cut that led to a major incident being declared last year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust’s contract management ‘poor or non-existent’
A teaching trust’s contract management was “poor or non-existent”, thanks to a fractured relationship with its own subsidiary, a review has found.
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NewsTrust adopts neighbour’s EPR
One of the final seven trusts without an electronic patient record is set to partner with its neighbour to implement Oracle Health’s system.