All Mental health articles – Page 137
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Community foundation trusts may buy premises with Treasury cash
Aspirant community foundation trusts will be able to acquire the primary care trust estate they operate from with Treasury resources, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsThe Healthcare Innovation EXPO
Healthcare Innovation Expo 2011 is the premier event for health and social care commissioners and providers. With over 150 seminars, 100 speakers and 250 exhibitors all featuring high impact innovations to improve patient care and productivity, this is your must attend event of the year.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to create healthcare without walls
A spirit of cooperation between clinicians has helped a London primary care trust improve productivity and patient experience by moving services into the community. Laura Guest explains how they achieved it
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NewsAssisted dying campaign backed by top surgeon
One of Britain’s most respected surgeons has backed a right-to-die campaign by saying that he would help terminally ill patients end their lives.
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News‘Rise in cancer breaches’ by foundations
The number of acute and specialist foundation trusts that missed cancer treatment targets rose by a third to 28 out of 90 in the past three months, their regulator Monitor has revealed.
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NewsKing’s Fund finds quality accounts tension
The first set of NHS quality accounts were characterised by “variation and a lack of comparability”, a King’s Fund analysis has found.
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HSJ KnowledgePersonal goals to improve physical fitness in NHS staff
A plan to get 2,012 NHS staff engaged in physical activity in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics should do much to inspire a traditionally unhealthy sector.
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NewsPCT chair leaves for role at mental health trust
The chair of Bassetlaw primary care trust has announced he is to join its local mental health service provider – one of the largest in the country.
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NewsLondon mental health trust given all clear by CQC
The Care Quality Commission has lifted the final two conditions imposed on West London Mental Health Trust, after it improved staffing levels and the assessment and monitoring of service quality.
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NewsSurrey mental FT appoints new chair
A former chair of multinational Unilever has been appointed to head the board at a Surrey mental health foundation trust.
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NewsMental health contracts 'seriously vulnerable' to tariff changes
Changes to the tariff “discriminate” against mental health trusts, the Mental Health Network has warned.
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NewsTrusts failing to review dementia readmissions
Trust boards are failing to review data on readmissions for patients with dementia, a major clinical audit has found.
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NewsMore criminals will get psychiatric help
Teams to divert criminal offenders with mental health needs to NHS services will be rolled out nationally by 2014, the government has announced.
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NewsPCTs given average 3 per cent rise in funding
Primary care trusts will receive an extra £2.6bn next year to spend on commissioning, the government has announced.
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NewsStudent nurse intake to be cut
The number of students entering into nursing and midwifery courses will be reduced, the Scottish health secretary has announced.
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Blogs
Mental health in 2011: challenges and opportunities
After a year of political and policy change in 2010, the New Year will bring major challenges and opportunities for mental health services.
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NewsReport highlights productivity savings in mental health
There are “significant opportunities” for savings to be made in mental health while improving patient care, according to the King’s Fund.
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CommentSharing healthcare costs, pooling healthcare risks
Size seems to be back in vogue. There are two main reasons for the “big is beautiful” organisational trend, and it is important to distinguish between them, as their impacts on that overriding £20bn NHS savings target are quite different.
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Financial checks on NHS providers eased
More than 100 NHS hospital and mental health providers are to be freed of significant checks on their finance and governance within 18 months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEmployers rail at clinical excellence award scheme
Consultant bonuses awarded by trusts reward doctors who “fill in forms” rather than those who work “at the coal face” and should be scrapped or reformed, NHS Employers has argued.