All Mental health articles – Page 83

  • Young person on scales
    News

    New data shows work needed to hit eating disorder treatment standard

    2017-05-12T11:44:00Z

    New data shows two-thirds of children and young people with an urgent eating disorder had treatment within a week NHS England data also shows nearly three-quarters of routine eating disorder referrals began treatment within four weeks The data is the first published on children and young people’s eating disorders ...

  • Lambeth
    Comment

    Five lessons in transforming mental health

    2017-05-12T07:00:00Z

    Lambeth CCG’s learnings to help others drive a transformational change in mental health

  • Joe Gammie
    Expert Briefing

    Mental Health Matters: The long road to recovery

    2017-05-10T15:00:00Z

    A new fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector

  • scales of justice
    HSJ Local

    Southern Health prosecuted for second time over patient death

    2017-05-10T11:09:00Z

    England’s largest community and mental health provider will be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a patient.

  • Bristol
    HSJ Local

    Potentially 'life threatening' gaps in care, independent review warns

    2017-05-09T11:22:00Z

    Review finds Bristol community mental health services had gaps in care that “may well have been life threatening” Introduction of “system leadership” care model linked to disruption of care Review of 26 suicides or attempts finds “collective failings” of care in several cases Disruptions linked to a new ...

  • Theresa may on itv
    News

    PM pledges to scrap Mental Health Act in major reform package

    2017-05-07T00:01:00Z

    Prime minister Theresa May has pledged to scrap the “flawed” Mental Health Act and replace it with new legislation if the Conservatives are re-elected.

  • mother and baby
    News

    Revealed: Trusts selected to run new mother and baby service

    2017-05-05T07:00:00Z

    NHS England has told four trusts they are the preferred providers of four new mother and baby units The successful bidders were notified last month, but final contracts are still being negotiated The MBUs are part of a £40m investment in inpatient perinatal care The preferred providers of ...

  • Sally_Morris
    HSJ Local

    New merger trust sets out five year savings plan

    2017-05-04T11:10:00Z

    New Essex mental health provider must deliver £43m of savings over next five years Essex Partnership University FT focusing on back office shake-up ahead of major service reconfiguration Trust has a £8.6m control total for 2017-18 Essex’s new mental health provider trust must deliver £43m of savings over ...

  • warning sign
    HSJ Local

    Independent hospital improves training in wake of patient death failures

    2017-05-04T10:49:00Z

    Staff at independent mental health unit given extra training in dealing with emergencies Extra training comes after coroner wrote to the firm outlining failures linked to the death of a patient Inquest found James O’Brien died of natural causes, but the jury said the emergency response from hospital staff ...

  • Informal group meeting
    News

    Flagship service hits recovery target for first time

    2017-04-27T07:00:00Z

    Flagship talking therapy service hits target for first time since its launch in 2008 Improving access to psychological therapies achieved a 50.1 per cent recovery rate in January 2017, just above the 50 per cent target IAPT is a key element of the Five Year Forward View for Mental ...

  • Town hall sign
    HSJ Local

    Inadequate CCG 'disintegrates' joint commissioning with council

    2017-04-25T11:52:00Z

    Deloitte review finds “lack of strategy” and “joined up commissioning” between Walsall CCG and local authority CCG, which is under legal directions, “disintegrates” joint commissioning unit with council as result of review CCG’s interests “not always met” by joint commissioning arrangement A West Midlands clinical commissioning group, currently ...

  • Humber bridge
    HSJ Local

    NHSI: Trust was not using national ligature tool when woman died

    2017-04-25T07:00:00Z

    Woman hanged herself from a bath tap in mental health inpatient unit run by Humber FT Inquest returned a verdict of accidental death but coroner flagged up concerns with trust’s ligature policy to NHS Improvement NHSI says the trust was not using a prescribed national tool and had not ...

  • prison
    HSJ Local

    Mental health trust launches review of deaths in custody

    2017-04-24T11:40:00Z

    Mental health trust launches review after 10 prisoners die in one year Two patients committed suicide within nine days of each other in February Suicides in prison have doubled since 2012 A mental health trust which runs prisons services is launching a review of the way it handles ...

  • court report
    HSJ Local

    Patient death reveals 'no coordination' between mental health services

    2017-04-21T07:00:00Z

    A coroner has raised concerns about the lack of coordination in mental health services for young people in Birmingham, after a patient under NHS care was found hanged.

  • depression_mental_health_elderly_man
    News

    CCGs face mounting 'aftercare' costs for mental health patients

    2017-04-18T12:11:00Z

    The average cost per CCG of providing “aftercare” for mental health patients following their discharge has risen by 50 per cent since 2013-14 HSJ investigation finds 78 CCGs did not record how many patients they had on aftercare packages despite legal duty to monitor it The data found 41 ...

  • Paul jenkins 3x2
    Comment

    Why not a psychiatrist as NHS England medical director?

    2017-04-12T07:00:00Z

    A case for appointing a psychiatrist as the next NHS England medical director

  • clipboard_meeting_notes_writing
    HSJ Local

    CQC scathing of leadership at special measures trust

    2017-04-12T00:01:00Z

    Isle of Wight Trust placed in special measures after inadequate rating from CQC Former chief executive stepped down on 31 March ahead of report’s publication Senior leadership “did not have sufficient capability… to ensure quality and safety of services”, CQC says England’s only fully integrated hospital, mental health, ...

  • uk_map_britain
    News

    STPs to be told how to make integrated care savings

    2017-04-04T07:00:00Z

    Each STP to be sent a tailored report on improving integration between physical and mental health services The reports will also outline what savings can be made through closer integration NHS England commissioned the reports and data packs compiled by Midlands and Lancashire CSU All 44 sustainability and ...

  • lecture
    News

    New £2bn training supplier framework created for NHS

    2017-04-04T07:00:00Z

    NHS Shared Business Services creating new framework for apprentice training supplies The framework available free of charge to the NHS Potential market value for is estimated at £2bn by 2021 NHS Shared Business Services is creating a new framework for suppliers of apprenticeship training with a potential market ...

  • Steps
    News

    Next steps for the forward view – what you need to know

    2017-03-31T00:01:00Z

    HSJ’s brings you everything you need to know about the year’s most important NHS policy document.