All Mental health articles – Page 21
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Expert BriefingHospital bosses welcome new health secretary's pledge to tackle ambulance delays
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentJohnson’s government: One step forward for mental health, too many steps back
An informed and ambitious plan could positively change the way Britain’s mental health system works from top to bottom. Paul Farmer explores how.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The NHS is delivering care from the dark ages
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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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Full force Flory
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsLight-touch scrutiny during covid gave ‘freedom’ to improve, says retiring CEO
The CEO of a mental health trust that recently moved out of the successor to ‘special measures’ is to retire early next year after more than 40 years in the NHS.
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NewsLarge hospital trusts still missing key crisis support in A&E
Some of the country’s leading acute hospitals are not meeting a key NHS standard for mental health support in emergency departments, HSJ research suggests, with some regions faring better than others.
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NewsTrusts warn of continued care delay as IT outage goes on
Mental health trusts continue to suffer much disruption after a cyber attack left them unable to access their electronic patient records.
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CommentPromoting people’s skills in the new normal
Dean Royles highlights the importance of soft skills in people professionals, managers and union reps, especially during and after the crisis conditions emerging from covid
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NewsSafety fears prompt NHS trusts to support troubled independent provider
Five East Midlands trusts are working with the country’s largest independent mental health provider in a bid to improve service quality, amid concerns patient safety would have been put at risk if they had not stepped in.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief quits after funding row with ICS
A mental health chief is stepping down after a breakdown in relations with local integrated care system leaders over the funding for her organisation, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDozens of referrals for vulnerable mothers refused due to ‘lack of beds’
Dozens of referrals to specialist care for women with serious mental health problems during or after pregnancy are being turned down because no bed was available, data collected by HSJ reveals.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Vulnerable mothers falling through the cracks
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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CommentProgress on mental health is still fragile, ICSs must not let it slip
With 1.5 million people waiting for mental health treatment and no additional investment from the covid recovery funding, integrated care systems must now take the lead in delivering parity for people with mental health problems, writes outgoing MIND chief executive Paul Farmer.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Tories tinker while the NHS is on fire
The NHS needs “fewer layers of management” – this remark, made by Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss, is one of the first significant comments made about the NHS by either candidate this summer.
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NewsExclusive: NHS chiefs fear cyber attackers have accessed patient data
Criminals have issued ‘demands’ to an NHS IT supplier targeted by a cyber attack, leading health chiefs to fear they have accessed confidential patient data, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Private providers targeted in NHSE crackdown on poor quality care
NHS England has revealed plans to crack down on poor care being provided by mental health service providers.
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NewsTrusts face three weeks of ‘very dangerous’ IT disruption after cyber attack
Mental health trusts are facing reduced access to vulnerable patients’ records for at least three weeks after a cyber attack on an NHS IT supplier, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: New capital fund to boost beds and A&E capacity
England’s mental health inpatient system is “running very hot” and operating well above recommended occupancy levels, HSJ has been told, as new funding to address the problem is revealed.
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NewsDoctors declare ‘lack of confidence’ in trust board
The medical body at Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has written to the trust’s chair saying that it is unable to provide safe care and expressing a lack of confidence in the board.
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NewsJust four out of 1,100 lone worker alarms being used by trust workforce
A trust which rented 1,100 lone worker alarms has found just four were in use after a year.