South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 216
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HSJ LocalCity’s two acutes to share CEO and chair
A city’s two acute trusts have announced plans to share a chair and chief executive.
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NewsNew firm takes over 60 GP practices from US insurer
American health insurance giant Centene is selling its English primary care arm to UK firm HCRG Care Group, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Treat it like covid
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentCollaboration must not be pushed to the sidelines
NHS Confederation, the Health Foundation, and Q community unite to propel health and care systems towards impactful improvement, fostering collaboration, innovation, and peer learning across the UK, write co-authors Matthew Taylor and Penny Pereira
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NewsTrusts entering care market ‘threaten viability of existing providers’
A local authority where a foundation trust has registered to provide social care has warned the move may destabilise other organisations, and encouraged NHS providers to focus on community health services.
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NewsRevealed: Outsourced care spend doubles in waiting list push
The amount spent by NHS trusts on outsourcing activity to other providers has doubled since the period before covid.
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NewsICB tenders £1.8bn contract to shake-up community services
An integrated care board is advertising a contract worth around £1.8bn in what will represent a major shake-up of community health services, and the biggest such deal from an ICB so far.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: The onerous bonus
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ PartnersInsourcing at a system-wide level is vital if we are to tackle the elective backlog, and 18 Week Support is leading the way
Insourcing plays a crucial role in alleviating unprecedented NHS pressures, reducing waiting lists, and enhancing patient care
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NewsJunior doctors announce strike in first week of January
The British Medical Association has announced nine days of further strike action by junior doctors after extended talks with the government failed to produce an offer the union felt could be put to members.
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NewsStaff set to miss out on ‘covid bonus’ despite government U-turn
Staff in some organisations providing NHS services – including in trusts’ subsidiary companies – are likely to miss out the one-off ‘covid bonus’ paid to other health service staff, despite an apparent government agreement to fund it, HSJ has been told
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NewsTrust reviewing bed capacity after three patient deaths
A coroner has warned a trust in the West Midlands for the third time about bed shortages, after three patient deaths which he believes are linked.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Why trusts should think twice about big EPR deployments
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentHow to break the logjam preventing change
Charlotte Augst and Paul Corrigan explore the stark reality of the current healthcare challenges, dissecting policy failures, and proposing an approach to reshape patient-professional interactions for sustainable change in the NHS
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NewsEx-national director to lead ICS group
The former medical director of NHS Improvement – who now holds several local board roles – is to become chair of the national NHS Integrated Care System network.
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News‘Same day’ emergency care drops at 40 trusts, despite NHSE push
A third of acute trusts are doing proportionally less “same day emergency care” activity than a year ago, despite this being a key pillar of NHS England’s recovery plan, data suggests.
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HSJ PartnersTackling health inequalities in the elective care backlog
Martin Watts explains how a new insourcing model is helping to reduce long waits for disadvantaged patient groups with more complex conditions
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: Out of the spotlight for now
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsNHS England to issue ban on domestic flights
NHS England is set to ban staff from domestic air travel, even as internal data suggests the number of flights has increased over the last year.
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News‘Confident’ ICS released from ‘mandated support’
An integrated care system has been lifted out of the highest level of oversight by NHS England, after facing years of operational and financial challenges.