All Mental health articles – Page 145
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CommentStephen Eames on dementia strategy
I was startled when our nursing director pointed out that at any one time there could be up to 400 patients with dementia occupying beds in our hospitals.
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CQC to get tougher on NHS spending
The Care Quality Commission is to step up its focus on ensuring NHS commissioners get value for money ahead of the predicted public spending squeeze.
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NewsDavid Cameron urged to clarify mental health plans
Conservative leader David Cameron is being urged to set out his position on mental health services, following its omission from a wide-ranging speech on NHS reform last week.
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NewsWelsh NHS board admits patient safety breach
A Welsh health board has admitted breaching health and safety laws, which led to the death of a vulnerable patient in its care.
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HSJ KnowledgeExtreme operations: a day in the life of NHS staff serving in Afghanistan
Fantastic facilities, intensively trained staff and copious quantities of blood are all in a day’s work for NHS staff serving in Afghanistan. And the health service could gain more from their new skills. Nick Golding reports
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CommentImproving patient care through the Clinical Leaders Network
In this month’s Clinical Leaders Network column, Dr Liz Hughes talks about using the CLN to improve training for doctors. NHS West Midlands has taken a strategic approach to clinical service development and has designed its CLN to support its vision for implementing the next stage review ...
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NewsPCTs urged to chase mental health value
Patchy spending on adult mental health services around the country has prompted calls for commissioners to tackle inequalities and ensure they are getting value for money.
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NewsNorth Essex Partnership names new chief executive
North Essex Partnership foundation trust, the major provider of NHS mental health services in north Essex, has named Andrew Geldard as its new chief executive. He replaces Dr Richard Coleman.
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NewsHealthcare watchdogs could suspend NHS inspections during crisis
The Care Quality Commission plans to suspend a “whole suite of activities” such as hygiene inspections if the flu pandemic worsens.
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NewsCommunity treatment order fears confirmed
Fears that supervised community treatment orders would be disproportionately imposed on patients from ethnic minorities have proven to be founded.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to take a whole family approach to mental health
The latest guidance on treating parents with mental health problems suggests a whole family approach is the surest way to improve care and end stigma
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NewsChallenge to psychiatric hospital smoking ban fails
An appeal against a High Court ruling that bans smoking in high security psychiatric hospitals has been rejected by law lords in London.
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NewsNew Horizons policy direction lauded despite missing details
An “aspirational” strategy setting out the next 10 years of mental health policy has been welcomed despite a lack of detail on how it will be achieved.
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NewsBetter communication could avoid deaths in hospital
The first annual summary of coroners’ reports into the circumstances around avoidable deaths has highlighted the need for better hospital communication processes.
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NewsTrust chief moves to SHA before critical report
A chief executive at a trust that “tolerated poor and mediocre practices” and failed to properly investigate serious incidents has been given a job at NHS London.
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NewsTrusts still fail to give whistleblowers a voice
More than a decade after trusts were told to give staff ‘maximum freedom of speech’, health workers are still scared to raise concerns about care. We look at why whistleblowers are not getting the protection they deserve
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News'Slow' take-up of detention safeguards for vulnerable people
Safeguards brought in to prevent vulnerable people from being arbitrarily detained in hospital are not being used, according to legal experts.
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NewsCompetition panel examines trust takeover bids
The co-operation and competition panel is investigating the takeover of a trust that was not going to succeed in becoming a foundation.
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News‘National care service’ could pit councils against NHS
The long-awaited social care green paper has set out the government’s ambition for a national care service that could offer a basic minimum entitlement to all, regardless of financial means.
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NewsWales to train eating disorders specialists
Two teams in Wales set up to improve services for people with eating disorders are to benefit from the skills of specially trained doctors.