All Mental health articles – Page 15
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News150 ‘sexual safety incidents’ reported at ‘inadequate’ service in six months
A mental health trust’s acute and intensive care wards have been downgraded to “inadequate”, following a series of incidents including sexual assaults, fire setting, and patients taking their own lives while on leave.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Nurses divided
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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HSJ LocalStaff suspended after ‘sleeping in patient’s bed’
Staff were suspended by their trust after they were found to have been sleeping in a patient’s bed, a Care Quality Commission report has revealed.
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CommentIndividual-level interventions can effectively reduce work-related stress
There is a need for more studies on interventions addressing work-related risk factors both at the individual and organisational level, writes Sietske Tamminga
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: When patient care becomes a ‘luxury’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: ‘Culture of impunity’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentThe deep trauma caused by the pandemic still afflicts NHS staff and patients
As the NHS tries to recover from the impact of the pandemic, the trauma experienced by frontline workers and NHS staff will require collaboration, compassion and trust to overcome, writes former NHS England deputy chief executive Matthew Swindells
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Revealed – Why Jim Mackey is back
On this week’s episode our editor Alastair McLellan reveals why NHS England’s elective recovery director Jim Mackey is replacing David Sloman as national operations lead later this year.
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NewsThousands of NHS-funded appointments still carried out by unaccredited practitioners
Thousands of NHS-funded talking therapy sessions are still being carried out by unaccredited practitioners every month, despite NHS England trying to stop the practice for at least five years.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Maternal health disparities and PHSO’s reflections
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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News‘Torch bearer for values’ made trust CEO
A specialist trust has appointed a new CEO after its previous leader left to become the national emergency care chief.
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HSJ LocalSocial media posts about Holocaust lead to director's resignation
A mental health trust’s non-executive director, who previously worked for NHS England, has stepped down following concerns about content he posted on social media.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Crackdown on ICS priorities needed
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ LocalCEO of care scandal trust quits
The chief executive of a mental health trust at the centre of a high-profile care scandal has announced his resignation.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food
The best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food have been revealed in a national assessment by patients and staff.
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NewsNew CEO for trust at centre of funding row
A trust which lost its former chief over a funding row with commissioners has appointed a new permanent chief executive.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Watchdog slams ‘tick box’ approach to suicides
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Definitely not about money – the Gordon mystery
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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