All Mental health articles – Page 18
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Invisible barriers
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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CommentHumanising healthcare for real
We know that change won’t come through traditional patient and public engagement, patient experience work or ‘better listening’, writes David Gilbert
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Freedom, or nothing left to lose
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsVulnerable patients facing long delays for beds amid funding rows
Vulnerable patients, including some children, have faced long delays for a suitable bed as organisations argue over whose responsibility it is to fund and deliver their care, HSJ understands.
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HSJ PartnersAn opportunity to cut waiting times and deliver better outcomes in child and adolescent mental health services
Richard Comerford discusses how partnerships offers trusts an opportunity to cut waiting times and deliver better outcomes in child and adolescent mental health services
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HSJ InteractiveHow to tackle the backlog of patients with mental health needs
A recent HSJ webinar, run in association with Ethypharm Digital Therapy, explored how people with depression are currently supported, and the potential for digital therapy in increasing capacity across ICSs
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NewsExclusive: RCN agrees more strike exemptions after CNO pressure
The Royal College of Nursing has agreed to staff some of the most high-risk mental health and community services during its upcoming strikes, following pressure from the UK’s four chief nursing officers, a letter leaked to HSJ reveals.
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NewsNHSE estimates mortality rate for autistic people is 51pc higher
Autistic people in England who do not also have a learning disability are approximately 51 per cent more likely to die in a single year compared to the general population, according to a leaked document which estimates the mortality rate for the first time.
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HSJ LocalEx-NHSE director to take charge of scandal-hit trust
A former NHS England director has been placed in temporary charge of a scandal-hit mental health trust.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: ‘Am I in prison?’
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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NewsTrusts pursue tech firm for millions in cyber attack compensation
NHS trusts are seeking to recover millions of pounds from their electronic patient record supplier after months of disruption caused by a cyber attack.
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NewsTrusts appoint former banker as joint chair
Two of the largest mental health and community trusts in the country have appointed a joint chair.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Surviving winter
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrusts get fourth chair in two years
An interim joint chair has been hired by two trusts on a six-month contract, their third appointment to the role in under two years.
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NewsLiquidators for failed PFI provider launch court case against trust
One of England’s largest mental health trusts is embroiled in a multi-million-pound legal battle with its former private finance initiative provider.
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News‘Staggering’ rise in restraint of black people in mental healthcare
The rate of people from black backgrounds being restrained in mental healthcare has more than doubled in the past six years, widening the gap with other racial groups, according to official NHS data.
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HSJ LocalTrust placed in ‘special measures’ after abuse allegations
A mental health trust at the centre of a high-profile abuse scandal has been placed in “special measures” by NHS England.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Monday to Friday people
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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CommentNHS charities can help meet the service's staffing crisis
While the charity sector does not address day-to-day funding needs, the role it plays in supporting the NHS workforce is crucial, writes Ellie Orton.
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NewsChair resigns amid ‘unacceptable care’ scandal
The chair of a mental health trust which is facing allegations of abuse and poor care has resigned.