All Mental health articles – Page 169
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Senior appointments: Mascie-Taylor tipped to land new NHS medical director role
Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust medical director and former acting chief executive Hugo Mascie-Taylor tops the shortlist for the new NHS medical director, HSJ understands.
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New phase of reform for mental health outlined
The national clinical director for mental health Professor Louis Appleby has set out the importance of continuing to improve mental health services with a new phase of reforms.Professor Appleby has called for barriers that prevent people from rebuilding their lives following mental healthcare to be broken down, and sets out ...
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DoH launches occupational health projects
The Department of Health has announced that businesses in Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, London and Hampshire are to benefit from demonstration projects designed to improve occupational health. The projects will share £10m to help boost the mental, physical and social well-being of local staff.Health minister Rosie Winterton said: 'The funding of ...
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Stepping up to patient care
The Stepping Up programme is designed to understand how improving access to treatments can improve people's well-being and prevent them from developing more serious mental health problems, writes Mark Needham.
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Louis Appleby on reaching out to BME communities
'The term Positive Steps is an important one. The words and the actions coming from services must be positive. There is only so long that we can talk about the problem before talking about it gets in the way of tackling it.'
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Ad campaign launched to prepare for smoking ban
A smoky atmosphere is the single biggest reason for avoiding a pub or bar, according to a survey published by the Department of Health.The government has also launched a national advertising campaign to remind the public what the legislation will mean when the smoking ban comes into force on 1 ...
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DoH rejig indicates future direction of policy
After many tremors below the surface, the detail of the restructuring of the Department of Health has emerged this week. NHS chief executive David Nicholson has created a new NHS leadership team, with new posts, and some clear water from the rest of the department (read news item on Nicholson's ...
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Mental health charity urges government to heed own research
Mental health charity Rethink has urged the government to heed findings from its own research into community treatment orders on the day MPs debate mental health legislation.The charity said the research showed there was no evidence the orders actually work.
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1997 and all that: Blair remembered
The NHS has transformed remarkably since Tony Blair entered Number 10 in May 1997, reinvigorating a struggling monolith with record investment.
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David Nicholson on service transformation
'We can only deliver genuine transformation of health care services if our staff understand what we are trying to do'
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New chair for Partnerships in Care
Independent sector mental health services provider Partnerships in Care has appointed Kevin Beeston as a non executive chair.Mr Beeston is chair of service company Serco and chairman of the CBI public services strategy board.
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Mental health amendment scrapped
A House of Lords amendment to the Mental Health Bill to ensure no child under 18 would be placed on an adult mental health ward except in an emergency has been overturned.Minister for health Rosie Winterton was among Labour MPs who voted against the amendment.
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Commons committee debates mental health amendment
The Commons Mental Health Bill committee will today debate a Lords amendment that protects children under 18 from being placed on adult wards and ensures they are looked after by specially trained staff.The amendment is strongly supported by the Mental Health Alliance.
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New network supporting refugee healthcare professionals
The Reachout Network is a newly formed, UK-wide network for people working to improve support for refugee healthcare professionals. A variety of projects will exist around the country and the network aims to bring together all working in the field.
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Local Hospitals Network conference success
The inaugural conference of the Local Hospitals Network, The Future of Local Hospitals: Our greatest challenge?.was held in London on 21 March 2007. All the presentations are available to download from the conference page.
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Pharmacy pages added to NHS Networks website
The latest addition to the NHS Networks Resources section is a subsection on pharmacy.
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David Moon on resource efficiency in construction projects
Over the past few years, trusts have placed growing pressure on contractors to improve their sustainability credentials and significant progress towards setting minimum requirements for recycled content in the health sector has already been made.
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Leadership development to focus on reducing inequalities
The Health Foundation is seeking applicants for a new leadership development scheme aimed at improving the quality of healthcare for people from black and minority ethnic groups.
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New online resource launched
The Health Foundation has re-launched its website with a broader range of content and practical case studies.