All Mental health articles – Page 168

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    Your Humble Servant: do as I say

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Do as I say not as I doDear DonI gather your factfinding summer visit to South Africa with Mrs Wise and the children went well. Your thoughts on ambulance response times on safari have given our colleagues down there much ...

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    Older people not receiving enough mental health support

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    More than 3.5 million older people with mental health problems are not receiving enough services or support, according to an independent inquiry supported by Age Concern.

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    Diagnostic waiting times published

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Figures for diagnostic waiting times for the month of June have been published by the Department of Health.

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    Consultation on nurses' pay

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    The Royal College of Nursing has launched a consultation with NHS members in England on the government's pay offer for nurses.

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    Care homes must do more to protect elderly

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Care homes and hospitals should have new obligations to protect the rights of older people in their care, according to a report from the parliamentary joint select committee on human rights.

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    Dignity campaign extended to mental healthcare

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    A campaign launched to help elderly people is to be extended to improve the care of people with mental health problems, care services minister Ivan Lewis has announced.

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    Born under a bad sign

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Perinatal depression is gaining a higher profile, with. a drive to increase awareness and provide wider access. to specialist provision. Emma Dent reports

  • Comment

    Anna Donald on drugs in the headlines

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    'Given the avalanche of research and new products, it is not surprising that the 'best buy' list of products keeps changing'

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    Inquiry calls for action on age discrimination

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Age barriers to mental health services must be removed to end widespread discrimination against older people, a national inquiry has found.

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    Inquiry calls for action on age discrimination

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Age barriers to mental health services must be removed to end widespread discrimination against older people, a national inquiry has found.

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    More foundation trusts formed and deferred

    2007-08-15T00:00:00Z

    A decision on Royal Liverpool Children’s trust becoming a foundation trust has been deferred and an application for authorisation from St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals trust has been rejected.Three more mental health trusts - Hertfordshire Partnership foundation trust, Leeds Partnerships foundation trust and Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health ...

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    Ex-offenders should not be excluded from volunteering

    2007-08-14T00:00:00Z

    As the national volunteering development agency, we were very alarmed by the tone of the article 'Criminal checks fail to exclude staff' (news, page 7, 2 August), and the related editorial in a recent issue of HSJ. There appeared to be little understanding of vetting procedures, Criminal Record Bureau guidelines ...

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    Ex-offenders should not be excluded from volunteering

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    As the national volunteering development agency, we were very alarmed by the tone of the article 'Criminal checks fail to exclude staff', and the related editorial in a recent issue of HSJ. There appeared to be little understanding of vetting procedures, Criminal Record Bureau guidelines or accepted good practice in ...

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    Equality - tools of the trade

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Ethnically diverse populations present a range of challenges for healthcare. But help is at hand with Hammersmith's award-winning cultural toolkit, says Stuart Shepherd

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    An ode to the Daily Mail?

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Michael White's 800-word bansturbation (opinion, page 10, 26 July) to the thought of stricter discipline and control of drugs, drinking, gambling and advertising included a stout defence of the Daily Mail. Will HSJ soon have a Daily Mail editor as its political columnist?

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    Professionals submit their ideas for improving healthcare

    2007-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Nearly 100 professionals have submitted their ideas for improving the quality of healthcare in the UK as part of a prize draw run by the Health Foundation at the NHS Confederation conference in June and the foundation's own summer event in July.Ideas covered a wide range of topics, including leadership, ...

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    Covert filming - public interest or sensationalism?

    2007-08-10T00:00:00Z

    The possibility of citizen journalists secretly filming in NHS institutions raises a number of legal issues. Daniel Purcell discusses how trusts can protect themselves and their patients

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    Tackling the 18-week wait

    2007-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Achieving the referral to treatment target will require the involvement of all staff, writes Alastair Henderson

  • Comment

    Emma Dent

    2007-08-09T00:00:00Z

    I have told readers before that I cannot ride a bike. This is a piece of information that never fails to attract shrieks of disbelief from friends, colleagues and acquaintances far more at home on two wheels than I am. I should add that I can't drive either. I do ...

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    Take steps to cut out waste

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    All staff can develop methods that trim time and effort to increase rewarding efficiency gains