All Mental health articles – Page 150
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving NHS dementia care
With the long awaited dementia strategy finally here, the race is on to overcome the stigma surrounding the condition and spread the word about available treatments. Emma Dent reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Asperger syndrome: unlock the full spectrum of care
Efforts under way in Dorset mean adults with Asperger syndrome no longer have to go without the support they need
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HSJ Knowledge
Watch on suicide and self harm
There has been intense media interest in the deaths of several young people in the Bridgend area of South Wales.
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News
Providers face hefty bank charges hike
Foundation trusts' bank charges could be as much as quadrupled over the next year as banks hike up the costs of providing overdraft facilities.
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News
Foundation trust group aims to be 'the elite'
A group of 30 foundation and acute trusts hope to lead on quality and safety by forming a new membership organisation.
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News
Personalisation patchy says social care inspector
Most social care users are receiving a 'one size fits all' service, according to the Commission for Social Care Inspection's final annual report.
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News
Middle managers warned not to shun private sector
Senior NHS managers are no longer opposed to private sector involvement in the health service, but their juniors often are, according to the NHS Confederation.
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News
Care Quality Commission could make SHAs redundant
The NHS Confederation has called for a major rethink of strategic health authorities' roles in light of the new regulatory regime.
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News
HSJ talks to care services minister Phil Hope
Care services minister Phil Hope promises his personal experience of the health service as a Hodgkin’s patient will mean service users are at the heart of his policies. Helen Crump finds out what’s on his to-do list. Plus, watch an exclusive video interview with Mr Hope
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News
Probe into learning disabilities deaths
An independent confidential inquiry is to look at premature deaths of people with learning disabilities in NHS care, the government has announced.Health secretary Alan Johnson also said a public health observatory would be established to provide national and local-level data to support commissioning for people with learning disabilities.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS staff wellbeing: get fighting fit
Attracting the best staff is essential to the success of the NHS - the next step is to keep them healthy. Julian Topping explains
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Comment
Mike Cooke on sizzling NHS leadership
Leadership and management remain big themes in 2009. This column is about the ‘sizzle’ and the ‘sausages’.
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News
Recession will hit mental health hardest, study finds
The recession will have even more impact on people's mental health than on their finances, the Young Foundation think tank has found.
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Comment
Angela Greatley on racism and the NHS
Next month marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Macpherson report into the death of Stephen Lawrence. The report was the first to bring the concept of 'institutional racism' to the attention of the public.
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News
Low hopes for dementia strategy as cash dries up
Mental health experts who advised the government on the delayed dementia strategy are 'braced for disappointment' amid fears it is being substantially watered down due to the worsening economy.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on an NHS game plan for 2009
Happy New Year. Or is it? With so much talk of recession and economic gloom, it's easy to forget the NHS's benign position, compared with - say - the car industry, retail, or financial services.
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News
Unemployment will put pressure on health services, RCN warns
The Royal College of Nursing has called on the government to work to prevent health services being 'swamped' because of rising unemployment.
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News
Mixed-sex hospital wards still common
Many trusts are still placing patients in mixed-sex accommodation, figures from the Conservative Party reveal.
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HSJ Knowledge
The Mental Health Act and the prison population
Prisoners' mental health needs must be properly assessed and provided for to avoid legal challenges, as Becky Fitzpatrick explains
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HSJ Knowledge
NICE issues draft guidance on absence management
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has produced the first draft of its public health guidance on long-term sickness absence management.