All Mental health articles – Page 45
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NewsNHS England director backs tighter recruitment checks
NHS England’s national director for mental health is considering asking trusts to look at their recruitment processes, after discovering her own trust had hired a nurse who previously falsified a care plan.
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NewsTrust and agency investigating ‘false claims’ over patient death
A trust and the NHS’ staffing agency have launched an investigation after a coroner found two nurses and a healthcare assistant may have lied about carrying out patient observations.
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CommentThe Bedpan: ‘Start acting like f**king grown ups’
This week: Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley
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Half of flagship new care models made no savings - evaluation
Half of NHS England’s flagship new care models for mental health did not make “significant savings”, an independent evaluation has suggested.
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NewsMinisters confirm ban on some drug exports ahead of Brexit deadline
Ministers have confirmed plans for a ban on the export of certain medicines, starting with a group of 24 drugs including 19 hormone replacement therapy treatments, ahead of the no-deal Brexit deadline at the end of this month.
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NewsOmbudsman probes failings of its own investigation
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has launched a review of failings in relation to an investigation into the death of a young woman with anorexia, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBoost registered nurses to protect and retain staff, finds research
Increasing the number of registered nurses working in mental health settings could help protect thousands of other NHS staff, according to research shared with HSJ and published today.
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CommentThe Bedpan: ‘Under the Knife’? Not really
What it is: Under the Knife is a new, crowd-funded and Keep Our NHS Public-supported documentary.
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NewsTrust approves ‘rapid growth’ plan for overseas work
A leading mental health trust is creating a joint venture organisation to develop its commercial work, including private care in the Middle East and potentially China.
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NewsRegulators tell trusts to ‘learn lessons’ from deaths in 2008 and 2012
NHS regulators have warned trusts to heed the learnings of an ombudsman report into the deaths of two patients, ahead of their own review into patient safety failings.
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CommentBig promises from Labour and Lib Dems, but little detail
The pledges of the two main opposition parties prompt as many questions as they provide answers, writes Ruth Thorlby
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Growth forecast for private providers
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust looking for ‘partner’ for failing services
An integrated trust in special measures is looking to “partner” with another NHS organisation for mental health services, amid a wider move for reconfiguration.
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NewsCoroners warn city’s patients at risk from communication failure
Patients experiencing a mental health crisis in Birmingham are at risk as the police, mental health trust and the city council are not working together or communicating, coroners have warned.
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HSJ InteractiveHow to provide community-based early intervention in mental ill health
An HSJ roundtable, sponsored by XenZone, looked at the advantages of early intervention, increasing primary prevention and the role of digital in improving outcomes
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HSJ LocalTrusts delay ‘integrated care’ merger until 2020
Health chiefs have pushed back a merger which would create one of England’s first acute, mental health and community services trusts.
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CommentMental wellbeing of NHS staff is at a tipping point
Improving mental wellbeing in the workplace has to be implemented from the top-down, with NHS leaders making it a priority and not just a promise. By Paul Farmer
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NewsExclusive: Region ordered to hold back ‘risk reserve’ of almost £100m
Providers and commissioners in the East of England will have their income and allocations top-sliced by the region’s NHS England and Improvement board to create a risk reserve.
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NewsTrust takes over specialist service after row
A mental health trust is to take over a contract for children’s autism services following a dispute between a private provider and local commissioners.
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CommentManchester gets SICK! again
The SICK! Festival 2019 takes place across Greater Manchester and presents an international arts programme, weaving in perspectives from researchers, clinical practitioners, public health professionals, charities and those with lived experience of the issues addressed, explains Jon Rouse