All Mental health articles – Page 150

  • News

    HSJ talks to care services minister Phil Hope

    2009-01-21T15:30:00Z

    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

  • News

    Probe into learning disabilities deaths

    2009-01-19T12:25:00Z

    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.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS staff wellbeing: get fighting fit

    2009-01-19T09:00:00Z

    Attracting the best staff is essential to the success of the NHS - the next step is to keep them healthy. Julian Topping explains

  • Comment

    Mike Cooke on sizzling NHS leadership

    2009-01-19T09:00:00Z

    Leadership and management remain big themes in 2009. This column is about the ‘sizzle’ and the ‘sausages’.

  • News

    Recession will hit mental health hardest, study finds

    2009-01-16T12:29:00Z

    The recession will have even more impact on people's mental health than on their finances, the Young Foundation think tank has found.

  • Comment

    Angela Greatley on racism and the NHS

    2009-01-16T01:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Low hopes for dementia strategy as cash dries up

    2009-01-15T09:00:00Z

    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.

  • Comment

    Simon Stevens on an NHS game plan for 2009

    2009-01-15T01:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Unemployment will put pressure on health services, RCN warns

    2009-01-12T12:45:00Z

    The Royal College of Nursing has called on the government to work to prevent health services being 'swamped' because of rising unemployment.

  • News

    Mixed-sex hospital wards still common

    2009-01-09T11:51:00Z

    Many trusts are still placing patients in mixed-sex accommodation, figures from the Conservative Party reveal.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    The Mental Health Act and the prison population

    2009-01-07T01:00:00Z

    Prisoners' mental health needs must be properly assessed and provided for to avoid legal challenges, as Becky Fitzpatrick explains

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NICE issues draft guidance on absence management

    2009-01-06T01:00:00Z

    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has produced the first draft of its public health guidance on long-term sickness absence management.

  • News

    Alzheimer’s Society urges government to publish dementia strategy

    2008-12-22T13:40:26Z

    The Alzheimer’s Society has called on the government to publish its delayed dementia strategy following the announcement that all NHS GPs will be trained to spot the disease.

  • News

    Mental health contract gets cool reception from service

    2008-12-18T09:00:00Z

    The standard mental health contract has had a dismal reception from NHS managers. They have complained it lacks substance and makes only 'minor adaptations' to the acute contract.

  • News

    NHS trusts waste effort chasing EU working time directive

    2008-12-18T09:00:00Z

    Trusts are wasting millions of pounds and losing thousands of service hours over-preparing for the European working time directive, figures shared exclusively with HSJ reveal.Others risk prosecution and fines because the way they are assessing junior doctors' compliance with the directive does not match the EU measurement.

  • News

    Monitor pushes training for foundation trust board chiefs

    2008-12-18T09:00:00Z

    Chief executives and chairs joining foundation trusts from non-authorised trusts will be expected to attend a Monitor 'induction programme', the regulator is proposing.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    HSJ's review of 2008: diamonds, debt and Darzi

    2008-12-18T01:00:00Z

    The NHS’s diamond anniversary year began with Gordon Brown’s relaunch and ended with the health service paying the price for the banking sector’s profligacy. Richard Vize looks back over an eventful 12 months

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Foundation trust failure: who's for the chop?

    2008-12-15T01:00:00Z

    As the original deadline passes, 80-odd trusts are lagging in the race to achieve foundation status. Sally Gainsbury ponders the fate of those that fail to hit the mark

  • News

    What the operating framework means for PCTs, providers and SHAs

    2008-12-11T01:00:00Z

    PCTsContracts with PCT provider services by AprilPreparing for legal right to choiceUpgrading and increasing GP premisesReductions in mixed-sex accommodation"Pricing framework" for community servicesProvidersNew MRSA minimum standardPayments linked to qualityMeeting safeguarding children duties"Least restrictive environment possible" for mental healthcareSHAsProducing talent and leadership plansEnsuring providers use funds to improve trainingWorkforce plans for ...

  • News

    Huge leadership challenge to implement Darzi review

    2008-12-11T01:00:00Z

    Managers have been warned to expect a 'huge leadership challenge' in an operating framework devoted to implementing the next stage review.