South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 223
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CommentA comprehensive review of CDC and surgical hub effectiveness is badly needed
An examination of the impact and challenges of NHS surgical hubs and diagnostic centres highlights the need for standardised performance and equitable innovation, writes Barbara Harpham
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News‘Outstanding’ hospital CEO to leave after 18 months
An acute trust chief executive is retiring next spring after a year-and-a-half in post.
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NewsNHSE tells GPs they’re ‘breaching contract’ by denying record access
NHS England has taken the unusual move of warning multiple GP practices they are breaching their contract by refusing to give people automatic access to future entries in their record.
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CommentTop ICB boss defends his 'muscular leadership' style
NHS Blithering is rocked to its foundations as allegations of bullying emerge involving veteran leader Sir Trevor Longstay, writes Julian Patterson
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HSJ InteractiveHow can health inequalities best be identified – and then addressed?
Data is crucial to targeting health inequalities but its existence is not a solution in and of itself, a recent HSJ webinar heard
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NewsGP at Hand ‘financial turbulence’ is history, says new owner
The NHS’s largest GP practice, which has previously been plagued by money problems, is no longer struggling financially, its new owner has told HSJ.
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NewsSome managers get no training or support, warns Pritchard
Training and development of managers is inadequate and patchy, the NHS England chief executive has warned, arguing that introducing statutory regulation would improve it.
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NewsLabour will give GPs ‘obligation’ to offer choice, says Streeting
The shadow health and care secretary would give GPs a stronger “obligation” to offer patients choice of provider at the point of referral, which they are not currently doing, he said.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Targets and funding need to aid inequalities, warns NHSE director
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. HSJ’s Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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HSJ LocalHeadcount rise of 4,000 ‘not readily explainable’ by troubled ICS
The hiring of several thousand staff in a financially troubled health system was found to be ‘not readily explainable’ and well beyond the increases reported by similar areas.
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NewsFresh delay to NHS capital strategy revealed
Government has said a long-promised NHS capital strategy will not be published until next summer, although there are hopes some further funding will be announced in next week’s autumn statement.
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CommentICS teething troubles are the price they must pay for success
Richard Taunt says ‘grounded hope’ about integrated care systems might hold the key to their success.
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NewsWard staff ‘must accept extra workload to help A&E’
Hospitals are being prevented from adopting models which spread risk away from emergency departments because other teams refuse to take on the extra work, according to a top accident and emergency doctor.
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NewsPritchard defends NHS productivity levels
The NHS is doing ‘far more’ than it was pre-covid but this is not being reflected in standard measures of productivity, NHS England’s chief executive told MPs today.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Life and death decisions
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend.
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CommentDigital innovation should focus on doing one thing well
Dr Rishi Das-Gupta, CEO of the Health Innovation Network South London, and Kerry Beadling-Barron, director of communications at the HIN, delve into the possibilities offered by digital initiatives to enhance the experiences of NHS staff while emphasising the significance of their engagement in the transformation journey
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NewsThree patients died after ambulance transfer delays from private hospital
Three patients died after delayed transfers from a private hospital within a nine-month period, coroner’s findings reveal.
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NewsTory leadership candidate appointed health minister
Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in September 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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News‘Turbulence and pressure’ leading to higher turnover of CEOs, says Hartley
The morale of staff and quality of services are being impacted by a higher turnover of trust leaders caused by an environment ‘more pressured and turbulent than it’s ever been’, says the chief executive of NHS Providers.