All Mental health articles – Page 2
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Falling through the gaps
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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HSJ Local‘Tension’ and ‘poor behaviours’ uncovered on trust’s board
The board of a mental health trust grappling with serious culture and safety concerns is “not functioning well”, an NHS England investigation has found, amid the early departure of its chair.
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HSJ LocalChair to leave trust facing deaths inquiry
The chair of a scandal-hit mental health trust is set to leave at the end of the year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNursing and medical director failed to act on suicide risks, court told
A trust’s nursing director and associate medical director should have reduced risk on a mental health inpatient ward by ensuring bin liners were removed, a court has heard.
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NewsFormer minister steps down from trust job
The chair of a leading mental health trust who served as a minister in the coalition government is stepping down.
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LeaderMental health is not a priority for this government
This government is fond of declaring it is committed to “three shifts” in health and care policy: hospital to community, analogue to prevention, and treatment to prevention.
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NewsTrust CEOs warn ‘generation of children’ at risk from failing services
A new report concludes that health services are “failing” children as young people face average waits of a year for an autism diagnosis.
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NewsStaff at care scandal trust have ‘little left to give’ as spending controls bite
Staff at a scandal-hit trust feel “undervalued and without any autonomy” due to newly imposed financial controls, according to internal emails.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: An 'incredibly difficult winter'
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ Local‘Dangerous’ people should not be admitted to specialist beds, warns CEO
Police should work with mental health services to ensure people who pose a danger to society — and show no signs of being mentally unwell — are not inappropriately admitted to rarely available specialist beds, a chief executive has said.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Watching the watchmen
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast, guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss the future of the Care Quality Commission after a tumultuous period for the inspectorate.
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NewsFormer executive returns to chair same trust
A mental health trust has hired a new chair, who previously worked as its deputy chief executive and interim CEO.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The ‘NHS is broken’ blowback
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast, guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss the Labour Party conference plus some alarming developments in IT.
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NewsNew unit closed to admissions after four months due to attacks on staff
A new unit providing mental health services for children and young people has been closed to new admissions after just four months, HSJ understands.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Streeting ‘reads the Riot Act’
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast, guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss the big Streeting meeting plus a new player in primary care.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Early-Stage Patient Safety Innovation of the Year
WINNER Cheshire & Wirral Partnership FT: Optimising Safety and Innovating Through Digitisation of MHA Administration
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Mental Health Safety Improvement Award
WINNER North West Ambulance Service: Saving The Lives of Patients in Mental Health Crisis - Developing an Advanced Questionnaire Model to Support Timely Ambulance Dispatch in Cases of Life Threatening Overdose
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Seni Lewis Award
Partnered by WINNER Mersey Care FT: Mental Health Triage and Response Team
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Staff Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
WINNER Humber and North Yorkshire ICB, NAViGO CIC, City Health Care Partnership CIC, Tees Esk and Wear Valleys FT: Humber and North Yorkshire Resilience Hub
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024: Best Use of Integrated Care and Partnership Working in Patient Safety Award
WINNER Northern Care Alliance and the Four Localities Partnership: Improving Care for People With Dementia Across an Acute Hospital Discharge Pathway