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HSJ Local
‘Tension’ and ‘poor behaviours’ uncovered on trust’s board
The board of a mental health trust grappling with serious culture and safety concerns is “not functioning well”, an NHS England investigation has found, amid the early departure of its chair.
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HSJ Local
NHSE quizzing trust’s staff over serious culture and safety concerns
NHS England and commissioners are visiting a mental health trust’s services to ask its staff about concerns over safety, communication, and culture, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Trouble in the Black Country
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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News
NHSE ‘seeking resolution’ over suspended medical director
NHS England is working with a mental health trust in the Midlands to “seek a resolution” after the sudden suspension of its medical director, which prompted two ‘no confidence’ votes in the board.
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News
Consultants vote ‘no confidence’ in trust board
The consultants committee at a mental health trust has passed two ‘no confidence’ votes in its board, after the medical director was unexpectedly ‘removed’ from his duties.
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News
Two trusts to miss deadline for eliminating ‘distressing’ wards
At least two trusts are set to fall short on a high-profile pledge to eradicate ‘dormitory’ style wards in mental health facilities, with delays caused by cost pressures and shortage of materials and labour.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Trusts’ ‘unknown’ disability problem revealed
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, this week by HSJ employment and equalities correspondent Nick Kituno, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and ...
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News
Around 20 trusts ‘still without electric vehicle charging points’
Around 20 trusts have not yet installed any electric vehicle charging points on their sites, HSJ analysis shows.
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HSJ Local
Staff suspended after ‘sleeping in patient’s bed’
Staff were suspended by their trust after they were found to have been sleeping in a patient’s bed, a Care Quality Commission report has revealed.
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News
Police and CQC investigate serious incidents at trust
A series of concerns about serious incidents at a mental health trust are being investigated by the Care Quality Commission, with a referral also made to the police, HSJ has learned.
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News
Revealed: Trusts where most staff withhold disability status
More than half the staff at eight trusts have either refused or failed to declare whether they consider themselves ‘disabled’, an HSJ analysis has found.