All Mental health articles – Page 50
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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
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NewsCQC demands trust act as patients wait up to eight days for a bed
A mental health trust has closed its patient waiting area due to a threat from the Care Quality Commission, which its chief has said will mean people waiting longer in A&E.
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HSJ LocalFT seeks merger to avoid ‘patient safety risks’
A mental health trust is preparing to seek a merger or acquisition by another provider in a bid to address its financial challenges, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHealth minister is moved back to previous role after just two months
A new health minister has been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care following a cabinet reshuffle this week.
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NewsTrusts hire ‘big four’ consultants to advise on joint working
Two mental health trusts have hired management consultants to look at how they can be more involved in joint working, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: 12-hour breaches set to rise
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts testing latest round of emergency targets
New mental health emergency care targets will be trialled across 11 NHS organisations and one social enterprise, NHS England has confirmed.
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HSJ LocalProvider withdraws services amid contract dispute
Children with autism have been left in limbo after a private provider withdrew the majority of its services amid a dispute with commissioners.