All Mental health articles – Page 140
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News'Major concern' over mental health hospital - CQC report
An NHS hospital is to be kept under “close review” after a series of breaches relating to quality and safety standards, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsSearch NHS Evidence from hsj.co.uk
Hsj.co.uk users can now search the healthcare information website NHS Evidence via a new search bar.
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NewsNHS Professionals reports first modest profits
NHS Professionals has turned its first ever monthly profit, according to interim financial results shared with HSJ.
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SupplementsSpending review roundtable: going back to the 1980s?
The last time an NHS funding settlement was so tough, wards were axed, quality fell and waits surged. HSJ gathered some of the leading players in healthcare finance to debate how the service will fare in the new economic landscape. Ingrid Torjesen reports
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NewsSecure mental health bed shortage criticised
Prisoners in need of treatment at secure mental health hospitals often have to wait months for a bed, the director of an NHS trust has said.
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NewsPrivate sector gets 6pc of big ticket NHS spend
Some 6 per cent of big ticket spending in the NHS is with the private sector, analysis by HSJ suggests.
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HSJ KnowledgeAny future for non-foundation trusts?
The alternatives to foundation status are still shrouded in mystery, say Jo Eastaugh and Jonathan Shapiro
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HSJ KnowledgePinning down patient opinion on mental healthcare
An audit tool has been successfully piloted to measure older mental health service users’ views. Seraphim Rose Patel and colleagues explain.
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NewsMental health hit by integration issues
Mental health patients are failing to benefit from personal care budgets because of poor inter-agency working.
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NewsProbe into patients' drug overdose deaths
Two patients at a psychiatric unit in St Helens have died in suspected drug overdoses, police have said.
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NewsOutsourcing quotas to drive mixed health services provider market
The Treasury has announced plans to “explore” setting quotas for outsourcing key health services.
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NewsMental health order use 'very worrying'
Concerns have been raised about how Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) forcing mental health patients to take their medication are being served and carried out.
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NewsStress blamed for high public sector absenteeism
Stress-related absence levels have increased in the past year and are the main cause of long-term absenteeism in the public sector, according to new research.
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NewsPledge to cut anti-psychotic drug use
A cut in the use of anti-psychotic drugs for patients with dementia is among a number of pledges put forward by a new coalition of 44 organisations.
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NewsPublic health plans must deal with mental health, say psychiatrists
Mental health must be “at the heart” of the upcoming public health white paper, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said.
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NewsBad referrals waste district nurses’ time
Every mismanaged referral to a district nurse wastes five hours of their time, research by the provider arm for three London primary care trusts has found.
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NewsRise in mental health detentions
The number of people being given compulsory treatment under the Mental Health Act rose by 3.5 per cent last year, data has revealed.
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NewsTalk therapy offer ‘patchy’
One in five patients wait over a year for talking therapy despite the nationwide scheme to promote it.
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NewsBudget cuts 'will damage staff health'
Physiotherapists have warned that the impending public spending cuts could force people to carry on working even if they are ill, ultimately making their health even worse.
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NewsEating disorders in children rise by 11%
The number of children admitted to hospital due to eating disorders has risen by 11% in the past year, according to the NHS.