All Mental health articles – Page 75
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NewsExclusive: Hundreds of mental health patients' deaths still uninvestigated
The families of patients who have died while detained under the Mental Health Act in England and Wales are continuing to be denied inquests, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: Third private children's unit closes on safety grounds
A third privately run mental health unit for children and adolescents was forced to close to new patients following safety concerns earlier this year, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalDeficit spirals at special measures trust
A troubled integrated trust is drawing up a three year financial plan after auditors warned it could record a deficit worth 16 per cent of its income.
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CommentNursing workforce: Have we got the balance right?
As we expand and focus on training more support workers in nursing, we must also continue to nurture our degree-educated workforce and the future educators and leaders. By Katerina Kolyva
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health prosecuted for third time
A third prosecution will be brought against Southern Health Foundation Trust after a patient was found dead in a hospital in Southampton five years ago.
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NewsExclusive: Second private hospital stops taking new patients after CQC concerns
A second mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care closed to new admissions in July after the Care Quality Commission raised serious concerns, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust pulls out of contract amid whistleblowers’ safety concerns
An independent investigation has been commissioned into quality and safety concerns in prison health services in Liverpool, while the trust that runs them has given early notice on its contract.
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NewsCompetition regulator orders hospital sale
The Competition and Markets Authority has said a merger of mental health providers would be anti-competitive unless one of the organisations’ hospitals is sold.
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HSJ LocalJoint chair appointed across acute and mental health trusts
A new chair has been announced for a teaching hospital trust and its local mental health trust.
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HSJ LocalTrusts to invest millions in new children's mental health model
A partnership of mental health trusts is investing £3m a year into community provision as part of a pilot scheme to improve children and young people’s services.
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NewsAdolescents self-harmed while under supervision at 'inadequate' private hospital
Inspectors rate private hospital inadequate after 11 inspections in seven years Allegations of sexual assault on psychiatric intensive care unit Under-staffed hospital was temporarily closed over the summer Cygnet Hospital is a regional centre for services for young people detailed under the Mental Health Act Some of the ...
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Simon says move the goalposts?
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health fined after it 'failed to protect patients'
Southern Health must pay more than £150,000 after an “inexcusable failure” that led to a mental health patient suffering life changing injuries after they fell from the roof of a psychiatric unit.
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HSJ KnowledgeWe need to talk about dying with dementia
Nearly 1 in 5 people with advanced stage dementia were seen by a paramedic in their last month of life, suggesting a reactive rather than planned approach to their end of life care
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HSJ LocalTrust in special measures appoints new chair
England’s only fully integrated health trust, which is in special measures, has promoted one of its non-executive directors to chair of the organisation.
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HSJ LocalTrust cuts use of patient restraint
A mental health trust has reduced patient restraint by a fifth in one year under a new clinical pathway at its purpose built medium secure unit.
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CommentNew technology solutions promise much – now can we work out which ones actually deliver?
Measuring the effectiveness of care innovations is a tricky business, but Tim Burdsey believes it can be done. He shares some insights from a recent review of the evidence base
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NewsCQC: Trusts drop ratings amid 'precarious' care quality
More than a quarter of mental health trusts and almost a fifth of acute trusts previously rated ‘good’ have got worse on reinspection, the Care Quality Commission’s annual State of Care report reveals.
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NewsCouncil health chief named as NHS England director
Enfield council’s executive director of health, housing and adult social care, Ray James, has been appointed as NHS England’s national learning disability director.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: A good wheeze from the prime minister?
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector