http://www.hsj.co.uk/RSS/mental_health_rss.xml The latest Mental Health stories from HSJ en-uk Commissioners are neglecting mental health inpatient services despite endemic levels of violence, overcrowding and untrained staff, a damning review has found.Nearly a quarter of mental health inpatient beds are in trusts rated weak by inspectors, according to the first Healthcare Commission review focused on mental health inpatient services. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/largest_ever_review_of_mental_health_inpatient_services.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/largest_ever_review_of_mental_health_inpatient_services.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Charlotte Santry 24 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/generic-sad-woman_resized_70_tcm11-216833.jpg Mental health managers have been ordered to promote their services rather than presenting them as a "bleak Victorian underworld". http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/stop_posing_as_victims_of_neglect_mental_health_czar_tells_managers.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/stop_posing_as_victims_of_neglect_mental_health_czar_tells_managers.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Charlotte Santry 24 July 2008 09:00 The Healthcare Commission's investigation into mental health inpatient services paints a troubling picture. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/editorscomment/2008/07/mental_health_training_shortage_hits_progress_on_safety.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/editorscomment/2008/07/mental_health_training_shortage_hits_progress_on_safety.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Richard Vize 24 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/vize-richard_resized_70_tcm11-913969.jpg Cynthia Bower is to be appointed as the chief executive of the Care Quality Commission. Ms Bower, the chief executive of West Midlands strategic health authority, is expected to be confirmed as the chief executive imminently, HSJ can reveal. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/sha_chief_given_top_job_at_care_quality_commission.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/sha_chief_given_top_job_at_care_quality_commission.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Rebecca Evans 22 July 2008 11:45 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/bower-cynthia_resized_70_tcm11-1738267.jpg Dr Mike Hobbs looks at how clinical engagement is shaping policy in mental health and emphasises the importance of genuine interactions for positive outcomes http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/columnists/2008/07/the_next_stage_for_mental_health.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/columnists/2008/07/the_next_stage_for_mental_health.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Mike Hobbs 22 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/darzi-launch_resized_70_tcm11-1679103.jpg This month, VSO held an event to encourage mental health professionals to share their skills in Sri Lanka. Here, Katherine Allen, senior mental health promotion officer at Rethink and former VSO volunteer, talks about the challenges in Sri Lanka and how British professionals can help http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/workinglives/2008/07/vso.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/workinglives/2008/07/vso.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 22 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/sri-lanka_resized_70_tcm11-1738578.jpg Health service staff have the chance to rate their employer in a major new set of awards launched this week. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/staff_can_rate_employers_in_healthcare100.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/staff_can_rate_employers_in_healthcare100.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Richard Vize 17 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/healthcare100_resized_70_tcm11-1732164.jpg This week HSJ, with our sister title Nursing Times and NHS Employers, launches the Healthcare 100, which aims to identify the 100 best healthcare employers in the country. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/editorscomment/2008/07/will_you_be_in_the_healthcare_100_club.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/editorscomment/2008/07/will_you_be_in_the_healthcare_100_club.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Richard Vize 17 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/vize-richard_resized_70_tcm11-913969.jpg Most applied health and social sciences research is rightly directed at identifying the most cost-effective interventions for specific diseases and risks. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/2008/06/natalie_lambert_on.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/2008/06/natalie_lambert_on.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Natalie Lambert 09 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/080612-ede_resized_70_tcm11-1546007.jpg Next year, the first of the government's national service frameworks will come to an end. The adult mental health framework was published in 1999 as a 10-year plan for improving services and setting out what patients could expect from them. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/2008/07/angela_greatley_on.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/2008/07/angela_greatley_on.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Angela Greatley 11 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/Angela-Greatley_resized_70_tcm11-1314026.jpg Independent investigations into the care and treatment of two mental health patients who went on to kill have highlighted a lack of support for mental health team managers. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/sw_london_and_st_georges.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/sw_london_and_st_georges.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Jo Stephenson 10 July 2008 09:00 Foundation trusts should be able to store their £2.3bn surpluses in an "NHS bank" for use by rest of the health service, MPs have been told. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/let_foundations_bank_their_surpluses_with_dh_says_economist.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/07/let_foundations_bank_their_surpluses_with_dh_says_economist.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Sally Gainsbury 10 July 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/accounting_resized_70_tcm11-1491533.jpg The regimented tyranny of the old asylums that came into the NHS in 1948 is consigned to history, but the rhetoric of community care has struggled to win adequate resources and understanding, says Simon Lawton-Smith http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/2008/06/always_on_our_minds.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/opinion/2008/06/always_on_our_minds.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Simon Lawton-Smith 30 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/generic-sad-woman_resized_70_tcm11-216833.jpg Lord Darzi's next stage review is expected to put primary care commissioning centre stage and set national standards for the quality of treatment. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/darzi_set_to_put_commissioning_at_centre_stage.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/darzi_set_to_put_commissioning_at_centre_stage.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 26 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/ara-darzi-green_resized_70_tcm11-1340097.jpg NHS chief executive David Nicholson has played down comments that appeared to criticise the foundation trusts' regulator Monitor. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/nicholson_plays_down_apparent_rift_with_monitor.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/nicholson_plays_down_apparent_rift_with_monitor.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Sally Gainsbury 26 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/davidnicholsonconfed2_resized_70_tcm11-1628461.jpg A new mandatory contract for acute services is causing concern among commissioners and providers because some feel it places unreasonable demands on trusts. Jeremy Roper explains http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/comply_or_die.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/goodmanagement/2008/06/comply_or_die.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Jeremy Roper 20 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/070830gmollegalraRoper-Jere_resized_70_tcm11-62284.jpg Trusts at the NHS Confederation conference are being urged to join the "biggest-ever" campaign to abolish the stigma attached to mental health problems. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/NHS_Confed_rolling_news/2008/06/mental_health_antistigma_campaign_appeals_for_support.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/NHS_Confed_rolling_news/2008/06/mental_health_antistigma_campaign_appeals_for_support.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Charlotte Santry 19 June 2008 17:05 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/sue-baker_resized_70_tcm11-1571530.jpg A "brutal culling" of board members at a mental health trust has left staff fearing for their jobs. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/leaked_email_reveals_fears_over_brutal_culling_at_trust.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/leaked_email_reveals_fears_over_brutal_culling_at_trust.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Charlotte Santry 19 June 2008 09:00 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/images/generic-board-room_resized_70_tcm11-573092.jpg The government should appoint a ministerial champion for mental health and well-being to sit in the cabinet, the NHS Confederation is urging. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/government_must_appoint_mental_health_minister_nhs_confederation.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/government_must_appoint_mental_health_minister_nhs_confederation.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Charlotte Santry 19 June 2008 09:00 An independent inquiry into the treatment of a paranoid schizophrenic with delusions about prominent politicians and the royal family has criticised mental health services. http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/inquiry_criticises_mental_health_services.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 http://www.hsj.co.uk:80/news/2008/06/inquiry_criticises_mental_health_services.html;jsessionid=BB5B067BE67C0ABEEF33804306E7CBE6 Alison Moore 19 June 2008 09:00