South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 4
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Stop counting, start thinking
The NHS traditionally measures capacity by counting staff and beds, but post-covid evidence shows better operational management is even more important than simply increasing resources
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NewsICB breached rules during £42m contract award
An integrated care board has been advised to review a successful bid for a £42m dermatology contract after being found in breach of procurement rules.
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Daily InsightHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Strikes, infections and ICB upheaval
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsStreeting: ‘Failing’ CQC to absorb safety body with ‘enormous care’
The health secretary has said the government will approach integrating the NHS’s “successful” safety watchdog into the “failing” Care Quality Commission with “enormous care”.
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HSJ LocalNHSE takes action against neighbouring trusts
A third acute trust in the North West has been hit with enforcement action by NHS England, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsExclusive: DHSC appoints interim commercial chief
The Department of Health and Social Care has appointed an interim director general to run its commercial and growth directorate until July.
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CommentPatients with dementia are spending too long in hospital
Better dementia care could significantly ease winter pressures on the NHS, but the system is not set up for current needs, let alone future demands
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HSJ LocalCQC praises maternity units for recruiting more staff
The Care Quality Commission has upgraded all three of a trust’s maternity units to “good” ratings, saying its “maternity leaders had increased the number of midwives and specialists” so it could provide “a better standard of care”.
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NewsHealth Bill won’t survive the Lords intact, says ex-minister
A former Labour minister has predicted government will have to retreat on its planned abolition of Healthwatch, and described its approach to the NHS as “command and control from the Department of Health and Social Care”.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Lord Hunt on the Health Bill clashes to come
On this episode we’re joined by Lord Philip Hunt of King’s Heath, a minister in the Labour government until last year, and someone who has played a huge role in NHS leadership.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: ‘Evidence-free’ training under fire
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust to review claims of multiple cases of patient harm by surgeon
A trust is investigating the work of one of its former consultants amid claims the cases of “significantly more than 50 patients” he treated at its main site and a local private hospital should be reviewed for potential harm, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEngland’s biggest ICB appoints interim chief executive
England’s largest integrated care board has appointed an interim chief executive from a neighbouring system ahead of its formal launch in April.
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CommentYou have until Monday to help influence the NHS's use of AI
NHS leaders are being asked to help shape how AI tools are tested, deployed and governed as the MHRA’s national commission seeks to balance innovation with patient safety
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HSJ PartnersTransforming diagnostics for Somerset: Bridgwater CDC progresses at speed
As part of a long-term managed equipment service partnership with Somerset Foundation Trust, Ergéa has supported the development of the new £17.8m Bridgwater Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), which will transform access to care in Bridgwater and across Somerset.
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CommentNorway provides safer AND cheaper healthcare than the UK – we need to find out why
Jeremy Hunt argues that closing the UK’s patient safety gap must become a core national priority, with new data showing tens of thousands of deaths could be prevented by matching the performance of leading health systems
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NewsOne in four NHSE staff seek redundancy
More than a quarter of NHS England’s workforce have applied for voluntary redundancy, the organisation has told staff.
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News‘Evidence-free’ mandatory training to be rationalised, says CEO
A leading trust chief executive has said mandatory staff training is an “evidence-free zone” and its impact on patient outcomes is “very difficult to work out”.
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Daily InsightDaily Insight: New doors, same queues
The must-read stories and debates in health policy and leadership.
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CommentCompassionate leadership is not just about ‘being nice’
Compassionate leadership isn’t the problem for the NHS; practising it superficially is. Real compassion already includes clarity, boundaries, and action