All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 189
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Prison mental healthcare: developing cultural competence
Link workers are enhancing mental healthcare for black and ethic minority prisoners.One such person, community development worker Irfan Mohammed, acts as a link worker for prisoners in Dorset.
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Mental Health Bill briefing
In 1998, then health secretary Frank Dobson announced the government’s intention to create new legislation to close ‘loopholes’ in the 1983 Mental Health Act. The announcement followed the conviction of personality-disordered Michael Stone in 1998 for the brutal murders of Lin and Megan Russell.
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Time to step up to patient-centred care
Mental health clients using services in the community can become commissioners in their own right, says Ailsa Claire
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Mental Health Barometer August 2007
Mental health chief executives are feeling less confident this month. Almost all scores are down.
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Corporate Manslaughter Act - do or die
Consequences of deaths deemed to be caused by an NHS body are changing in major ways and managers should get prepared, says Jill Mason.In July, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 gained Royal Assent and is due to come into force in April 2008. This is an ...
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A holistic approach to career advice
Information, advice and guidance on careers in health is being made easier to explore by a new advice line that is also acessible on the internet, explains Helen Fields
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Stephen Ramsden on avoidable deaths
What is your hospital standardised mortality rate and what have you done to improve it?In the first in an online series on the relationship between good management and safety, Stephen Ramsden discusses strategies for lowering hospital mortality rates
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Empowering communities: mental healthcare in Oldham
Local initiatives can help to bring awareness of mental healthcare services to more groups.
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Reaching more carers at home
The Family Welfare Association has recruited home visitors with knowledge of a wider range of community languages to help mental health service users and their carers in the London borough of Tower Hamlets as part of its Carers Connect project.
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Delivering race equality: community development workers
A developing community mental healthcare role is improving access for diverse groups, says Louis Appleby
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Redesigning the workforce
A unit based at Southampton University is re-examining healthcare roles as changes take place in the world of work. Debra Humphris explains
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Communication - reduce your e-mail stress
Many people could not imagine life without e-mail, but its benefits may be outweighed by the stress it is causing staff. A study has shown that workers need not feel pressured by their overflowing inboxes
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Telehealth takes off
Telehealth's time may finally have come, with three demonstrator sites spending £12m on the technology to help patients manage their conditions, writes Daloni Carlisle
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Look out for the pitfalls
Despite recent concerns about possible terrorist activities among NHS staff, there is guidance that will assist with confident recruitment from abroad, says David Lock
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Paul Jennings on using your intranet
'This kind of system is organic and evolves. It develops a culture of its own'
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Nursing core values
A motivational session on leadership has launched a series of masterclasses for the nursing community
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Commissioning: a problem shared
Many reforms must rest on well-supported commissioners. Specialist services and agencies serving clusters of primary care trusts mean help is at hand, reports Daloni Carlisle
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Built to care
With new building assessment methods looming for the NHS, Stuart Shepherd highlights a key shared learning resource
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Helen Bevan on signature processes
'Best practice is limited by its very nature. It comes from a common pool of knowledge, which means it can be copied by others, who may be able to catch up and overtake you'
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The waiting game: technology and the 18-week target
Most agree the 18-week target is a worthy one, but how can it be measured? Lyn Whitfield asks whether current technology can keep up with the good intentions