South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 158
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NewsChair of £3bn trusts stands down
The chair of two large hospital trusts has stepped down after taking up a ministerial job with the new Labour government.
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HSJ PartnersHow better data and technology can improve our approach to medicines optimisation
Meera Parkash, a clinical facilitator at Optum® and former head of medicines management at Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group, describes the obstacles holding back medicines optimisation in primary care — and explains why technology can be a catalyst for change
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Why the NHS is beset with bad decision making
The NHS must prioritise thorough policy testing, address root causes over symptoms, and consider long-term impacts for sustainable improvement says Steve Black
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NewsTrust ‘forced out’ senior doctor who raised safety concerns
A prestigious teaching hospital constructively dismissed the head of its transplant unit after he raised safety concerns about Great Ormond Street Hospital, a tribunal heard.
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News‘The NHS is broken’ says new health and social care secretary
Wes Streeting has been named as health and social care secretary — and said talks with junior doctors will begin shortly.
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NewsPathology deal extended with cyber attack provider
A cancer hospital has extended its contract with the company hit by the high-profile cyber attack which paralysed part of London’s pathology service last month.
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NewsTrust divided up between neighbours
A community trust has been effectively dissolved and its teams split between a hospital provider and a mental health organisation.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Streeting opens up, targets intensify and virtual wards stall
Your essential update on health for the week.
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NewsFormer chief constable named chair of trust
A former chief constable has been appointed to chair an ambulance trust which has seen huge response time delays in recent years.
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NewsUnits rated ‘inadequate’ after inspectors report racism among staff
A trust has been issued with a warning notice, and two of its maternity units downgraded to “inadequate”, amid concerns about short staffing and racism.
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LeaderThe three tensions the new government must resolve
The new government will need to resolve three tensions in its mission to fix the broken NHS, writes Dave West.
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CommentThe nursing regulator has proved itself tone deaf and wilfully blind
The Nursing and Midwifery Council faces scrutiny after appointing an interim CEO with a controversial past, raising governance concerns
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: An elusive threat
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsBiggest ever fall in maternal smoking after NHS prevention scheme expanded
Last year saw the biggest ever fall in the proportion of mothers smoking during pregnancy, which campaigners have attributed to expansion of a “stop smoking” programme in maternity services.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts forced to dismiss overseas staff shortly after hiring them
Two NHS trusts have been forced to dismiss multiple staff from a cohort recruited from overseas, leading to a row over assurance of their qualifications, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Underfunded and over-reliant
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: When HSJ met Wes
While the rest of the country was watching the football, HSJ met shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting in a café in Ilford for a wide-ranging interview.
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NewsTrust hope to declare infection outbreak over next week
A hospital trust which ordered a review of potential deaths and harm caused by a serious healthcare-acquired infection hopes to declare the outbreak over next week.
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NewsInterim regional directors named by NHSE
NHS England has named interim regional directors for the North West, and North East and Yorkshire, after the incumbent’s retirement.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Virtual reality
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.