All Mental health articles – Page 120
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Blogs
On the road to Recovery
The government made Recovery the mental health strategy’s defining goal in February - which gives mental health service providers to do something truly radical, says Sean Duggan.
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NewsFlory calls on PCTs to check DOLS compliance
NHS deputy chief executive David Flory has written to chief executives and PCTs urging them to ensure rules on when patients can be deprived of their liberty are followed.
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NewsExclusive: mental health FT is first to quit clinical negligence scheme
Lancashire Care Foundation Trust this morning confirmed to HSJ it had given the NHS Litigation Authority notice it was leaving its clinical negligence scheme.
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NewsIncrease in patient liberty restrictions - CQC
There has been a rise in the number of approvals for measures that allow hospital and care home staff to deprive people of their liberty.
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NewsCharity challenges CQC over critical report
A charity has challenged the findings of a critical Care Quality Commission report on one of its homes for young people with learning disabilities.
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NewsPM declares 'national crisis' over dementia care
The prime minister has declared that rising rates of dementia are “a national crisis” and launched a major drive to improve the lives of sufferers and their carers.
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NewsMental health trust set to leave litigation scheme
A trust providing mental health and community services looks set to be the first in England to opt out of the NHS Litigation Authority’s clinical negligence scheme - while a hospital trust has backed away from choosing a commercial insurer despite also looking for an alternative.
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CommentReaders' Letters – 22 March 2012
An open letter to David Cameron, unmet need and understanding mental health.
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HSJ KnowledgeHarnessing leadership to drive a culture of innovation
Innovating health services successfully will require staff at all levels of healthcare organisations to create a culture in which innovation can thrive, say Lynne Maher and Mark Mugglestone.
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NewsDH mental health strategy 'at risk', warns Farrar
The government’s mental health strategy is at risk of stalling because the necessary “basic building blocks” to make it a success are not in place, the head of the NHS Confederation has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeSafer passage: how care navigators help improve mental health services
The introduction of care navigators has revolutionised services for a London mental health trust’s older patients. Caroline Leveaux and colleagues explain.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to get better value for money from psychiatric care units
High cost, low volume and long admissions: Julian Walker and colleagues explore the challenge of evaluating treatment costs for patients in medium secure psychiatric units.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy now is the time to invest in e-health technologies
E-health and communications technology have progressed to an advanced stage while their costs have been decreasing, but does e-health represent a useful investment opportunity for NHS trusts, ask Esther de Weger and colleagues.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow real-time therapies can deliver better mental healthcare
The use of real-time “live therapy” is helping several trusts improve the experience of patients requiring mental or psychological health treatments.
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Blogs
Improving comorbity care is a key challenge for mental health
Better managment of care for people with both physical and mental health conditions would improve lives and save the NHS billions of pounds.
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NewsGovernment defeated in Lords Health Bill vote
The government yesterday lost the first vote in its Health Bill’s latest hearing in Parliament, just hours after the prime minister had passionately reiterated the case for reform.
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NewsIntegrate treatment for mental and physical conditions, NHS told
The NHS could improve care and reduce costs by improving how it treats patients suffering from both mental and physical health conditions, a new report says.
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NewsExclusive: Care Quality Commission to get external assessor
An “external body” is set to be appointed to assess the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsGovernment benefits clampdown 'increasing disability abuse'
Charities have warned that disabled people are increasingly being subjected to abuse as a result of the government’s focus on alleged fraud and over-claiming to justify benfits cuts.
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CommentMichael White: humility is in short supply despite Lansley's 'climbdown'
It would be good to detect signs of humility and contrition in the healthcare community when the editors of three of the leading trade publications (including this one) launch a “never again” plea for more discussion and less prescriptive dogmatism next time there’s an NHS reorganisation.