All Mental health articles – Page 5
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NewsInterim hired after trust's sudden CEO departure
An interim chief executive has been appointed to run an acute trust whose previous CEO left suddenly in March.
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HSJ LocalTrust scraps suicides review
A trust has announced it is scrapping a major suicides review, prompting concerns about the “devastating” impact the surprise move could have on some grieving families.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Funding still pending as new hospital opens
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentTide must turn to transform NHS staff mental health support
The NHS is facing one of the greatest challenges in its 76 year history. We urge healthcare leaders to get behind Our Support Goes Both Ways campaign and prioritise NHS staff wellbeing so they can best support patients
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: ‘They are professionals. We need to trust them.’
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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HSJ LocalReferrals to largest private provider halted
A health system has stopped sending mental health patients to the country’s largest single provider of out-of-area placements.
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CommentThe police's rushed withdrawal from mental healthcare is creating serious risks
Challenges in implementing the Right Care Right Person policy reveal concerns over resource allocation, local coordination, and potential risks to vulnerable individuals, writes Sean Duggan
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CommentDementia is a system challenge
Fiona Carragher, director of research and influencing at Alzheimer’s Society, discusses the findings of The King’s Fund’s research and how ICSs could achieve more in improving dementia diagnosis
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News£200k fine ‘reminds trusts to provide safe care’
A trust has been told to pay more than £200k for care failings related to two patients’ deaths.
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Comment‘You Turn’ service to continue, vow NHS chiefs
Martin Plackard, chief strategy officer at NHS Blithering, has made an important correction after a plan to extend health services for practitioners was initially misunderstood. Julian Patterson has the details
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: What can be done to improve duty of candour?
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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HSJ LocalInfluential CEO retires after tripling size of trust
One of the longest-serving chief executives has announced his retirement following a 12-year stint in which his trust has tripled in size.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Who gets what care
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ PartnersThe vital voice of carers: How to reinforce the Triangle of Care in inpatient mental health
This article is written by two carers who have significant experience of caring for loved ones in inpatient mental health services, and who work with national and local mental health organisations to improve standards of care.
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News‘Disgraceful’ regulator’s 10-year case delay
A regulator overseeing 340,000 professionals breached a psychologist’s human rights by letting their fitness-to-practise case go on for a decade, amid widespread very long delays, it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalICSs too focused on patients stuck in A&E, warns CEO
Integrated care systems are too focused on getting mental health patients out of A&E and should do more to improve support from non-mental health providers, a departing trust chief executive has warned.
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NewsNHSE U-turns over axing staff mental health support
NHS England has extended a national mental health support service for NHS staff by 12 months, pending a review, just three days after announcing it was axing it.
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HSJ PartnersEarly intervention: Shifting the dial on child health requires an integrated approach
Rukshana Kapasi explores why early intervention is so essential in supporting prevention and promoting child health and wellbeing
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NewsStaff mental health support axed by NHSE
A dedicated mental health and addiction support service for secondary care staff is shutting to new patients, as NHS England is set to cut its funding.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The next big plan
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.