All Mental health articles – Page 194
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Former health secretary urges halt to Tory manager bashing
The Conservatives will not win elections by continuing to vilify managers, the man drawing up the party's health policy said last week.
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News analysis: Jostling parties reignite debate on limiting Whitehall meddling
At their recent conferences all three major parties made proposals to devolve more power from the centre. Would this help bring structure and consistency to policy, or are they solutions without a problem? Daloni Carlisle takes a closer look
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Comment
Cameron speech: Tories elbow their way to the front on independence agenda
'Strategic health authorities will be less happy with the inference that they will become a local arm of the Department of Health, much reduced in power.'
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NHS Appointments Commission: Wells to exit after six years
The chair of the NHS Appointments Commission is to step down at the end of his second term.
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Healthcheck ratings: Audit Commission focuses on 37 trusts that failed in key areas
The Audit Commission has voiced concern about 37 organisations deemed to be failing in three key financial areas. It compiled findings from local auditors for 2005-06 and scored all non-foundation organisations in the category of 'use of resources', which makes up half of the healthcheck ratings.
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Healthcheck: just 11 have self-declared ratings reduced after inspection
The Healthcare Commission reviewed more trusts' self declarations than originally intended, chief executive Anna Walker has revealed.In total, 11 trusts had their overall rating reduced as a result of inspection of their self-declared standards.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health: fitting in non-NHS providers
The role of private providers and the voluntary sector in mental healthcare delivery is going through a process of evolution as some services become less viable while demand for others increases. But, as the NHS purse strings draw tighter, how can a good 'fit' be achieved? Emma Dent reports
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Mike Cooke on mental health
'For mental health and related illness, problems and conditions one needs to be convinced about the who, what and why of the choices on offer.'
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HSJ Knowledge
Smoking bans in mental health settings
Implementing smoke-free policy in healthcare settings is generally popular but not always so in mental healthcare.
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Decision to shut walk-in mental health crisis centre referred to Hewitt
A proposal to close a south London walk-in emergency clinic for people with mental health problems has been referred to the health secretary by local councils.
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HSJ Knowledge
A picture of progress: payment by results in mental health
Differences in diagnosis and treatment mean there are special challenges in developing payment by results in mental health. Now a group of trusts in the North are pioneering a 'whole life' approach which could hold the solution. Emma Dent reports
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Mike Cooke on mental health
'Cross-cutting government initiatives on respect, anti-social behaviour, mental health and social inclusion and incapacity benefit are all beginning to emerge.'
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Select committee to examine claims of £30m bailout using mental health cash
The Commons health select committee has promised to investigate claims that more than £30m has been plundered from mental health budgets to bail out deficits in other sectors.
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Mental health consent review
The Mental Health Act Commission is reviewing its service which gives a second opinion to patients who refuse consent for treatment or are incapable of giving it.
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Cautious welcome for mental health commissioning guidance
Charities and mental health managers have welcomed new commissioning guidance designed to improve the physical health of people with mental health problems. But they have warned of the ?huge task ahead?.
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Warning on Agenda for Change
Health minister Lord Warner has written to all senior managers in the NHS expressing concerns at the slow progress of ensuring contract staff in catering, cleaning and ancillary services are on contracts that give them parity with Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
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Mental health choice about culture not venue, says Prior
Choice of treatment is more important than choice of venue in mental health, according to Cliff Prior, chief executive of mental health charity Rethink.
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Big variations in PCT disease spending
An analysis of primary care trust spending on different diseases has revealed a number of stark variations, with some PCTs spending up to seven times as much as others in key areas.
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Mental health payment by results could cover 85 per cent of users
A new system of payment by results for mental health could result in care for 85 per cent of service users being covered by the system.
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HSJ Knowledge
Walk the talk: are expanded talking therapies the way forward?
Two talking therapy pilot schemes aim to deliver accessible treatment programmes to those with mild to moderate mental health problems. But are they simply a catch-all solution for a wide range of conditions? Emma Dent reports