South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 150
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HSJ Local‘Hierarchical cultures’ reported at trust after doctor jailed
A trust has been told to improve its culture of speaking up and sexual safety by a review of its handling of a doctor who was later convicted of downloading child abuse images.
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NewsNational design for ‘new hospitals’ being downsized
The national design for “new hospitals” will be reduced in size, HSJ understands, amid concerns over “unnecessary” space and cost.
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HSJ Local‘We’re not doing our job properly’, ICB tells councillors
An integrated care board has apologised to a large county council for a lack of engagement over plans to axe its “place” directors and centralise their teams, but argued it was trying to improve its central functions.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Quantifying cost of GP action
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsFirm fined £6m after hackers stole 83,000 patients’ details
The personal details of nearly 83,000 people were stolen during a cyber attack in 2022 that caused a “total system outage” of 111 services and left several trusts without access to their electronic patient records, regulators have revealed.
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HSJ LocalTrust appoints senior ICB figure as new CEO
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE leak reveals GP ‘work to rule’ could cost £570m in four months
GPs’ “collective action” could cost over half a billion pounds and lead to around half a million additional elective referrals over four months, according to NHS England’s internal modelling.
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News‘Tax traps’ warning for managers and doctors after pay rises
Senior medics could be discouraged from working extra hours due to the threat of excessive pension tax charges and losing childcare benefits, after the government’s latest pay award.
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HSJ LocalCEO who led trust through scandals announces departure
The chief executive of a trust mired in maternity and emergency care scandals has announced she is leaving after four years at the helm.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Zero tolerance
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsAuditors discover ‘significant weakness’ in trust’s financial plans
An external auditor has warned of a “significant weakness” in a high-performing trust’s financial sustainability because of its under-delivery on efficiency savings.
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NewsPritchard urges NHS leaders to demonstrate ‘British values’ in face of riots
NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard has condemned anti-immigration riots that took place over the weekend as “deplorable violence, intimidation and thuggery”.
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NewsTrust refuses to share full data with ICBs, citing ‘counter terrorism’ concerns
An ambulance trust with some of England’s worst handover delays has refused to share some patient data with local partners on the grounds the information relates to “counter terrorism and other sensitive” details.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Good news, long reads and tin foil hats
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsSupport managers ‘to do the right thing’ says whistleblowers’ champion
Managers must be “supported to do the right thing” when alerted by whistleblowers to potential problems, the NHS’s national freedom to speak up guardian has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: 20,000 patients a year ‘warehoused’ in community beds after hospital discharge
More than 20,000 patients each year are being left to languish in care homes and community beds after discharge from hospital without any rehab support according to new data obtained by HSJ.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The argument for abolishing the CQC
Steve Black argues the Care Quality Commission needs radical reform or even abolition because of its flawed approach to inspections and lack of expertise
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CommentRevealed: how quantum physics wrecked NHS funding
Public spending has been cancelled as Rachel Reeves develops an unhealthy obsession with Jeremy Hunt’s hole. Full story from Julian Patterson
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NewsNational standard needed for community services investment
The new government must ensure that community as well as primary care receives more funding if it is to honour its pledge to shift the balance of resources away from hospitals, a leading trust CEO has warned.
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HSJ LocalCoroner says care integration failings contributed to death
Care integration failings across an acute and a mental health trust contributed to the death of a homeless man, according to a report published this week.