South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 739
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NewsDaily Insight: The NHS assembles
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsPFI contracts a 'systemic' barrier to safety improvement, warns watchdog
Private finance initiative contracts and cost pressures could present a “systemic barrier” for trusts responding to patient safety alerts, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has warned.
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NewsDirectors asked to improve CQC's tech and engagement
Directors at the Care Quality Commission have been tasked with improving staff engagement after the regulator was given mixed results in a staff survey.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts where A&E has slipped most
Waiting time performance for major emergency admissions at one London trust has deteriorated by 29 percentage points in the last two years, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalWorkforce shortages force A&E downgrade
An accident and emergency department is to be temporarily downgraded to a 24/7 urgent treatment centre because of patient safety fears.
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CommentScale up the best to achieve Long-Term plan goals
To realise the plan’s vision of integrated care, the best innovations within local systems need to be scaled up, says Paul Burstow
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HSJ InteractiveNursing associates – how and when to deploy?
The law gives those setting staffing levels a wide margin of appreciation to deploy according to skill and experience, rather, than simply being tied to professional qualifications, explains Paul Ridout
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Remain or reform for the A&E target?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsCQC chief to chair trust with integrated GPs
The chief inspector of general practice at the Care Quality Commission has been appointed to chair a trust which runs a high-profile GP integration model.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners investigate waiting list at major teaching trust
Commissioners in north London are investigating an increase in waiting lists for cancer patients at a major teaching trust in the capital.
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NewsDaily Insight: One app to rule them all
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: NHS App can't connect to any online GP suppliers
The NHS App designed to be a digital ‘front door’ for all NHS patients is unable to connect with any current providers of online GP consultations, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPHE names new medical director
Public Health England will have a new medical director and director of health protection in May, the agency announced today.
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NewsCapita implicated amid delays moving patient records
Medical record transfers from English GPs to Scotland are experiencing prolonged delays, HSJ has learned, with Capita’s troubled English GP admin service implicated by officials.
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CommentStaff survey offers reasons to be hopeful, but problems remain
Danny Mortimer notes that the recent NHS Staff Survey results suggest there are reasons to be optimistic, but there are still areas for improvement
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NewsBrexit air freight costs 'could be passed on to trusts'
Officials have confirmed medical air freight costs could be “passed on to hospitals” in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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NewsDaily Insight: A chill in the north west
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsExclusive: CCG inefficiencies 'blocking' access to IVF
Commissioning inefficiencies are said to be “blocking” patients’ access to IVF, as new data reveals some areas are spending at least twice as much as others on a single cycle of fertility treatment.
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NewsStaff survey: Witnessing errors at highest level for five years
The proportion of NHS staff witnessing an error, near miss or other safety incident has reached its highest level for five years, the latest national NHS staff survey has revealed.
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NewsOmbudsman rules routine surgery death was avoidable
A catalogue of errors by staff at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust led to the avoidable death of a pensioner following a routine operation, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has found.