http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/mersey-care-nhs-trust/night-time-confinement-proposed-for-ashworth-patients/5059755.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/mersey-care-nhs-trust/night-time-confinement-proposed-for-ashworth-patients/5059755.article FINANCE: The introduction of night time confinement for patients at Ashworth Hospital could save Mersey Care Trust £3.5m by 2015. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:44 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/mental-health/mental-health-trusts-look-to-diversify/5059668.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/mental-health/mental-health-trusts-look-to-diversify/5059668.article Almost two thirds of NHS in-house mental health providers now also provide non-mental health services, a survey shared with HSJ reveals. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:34 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health-services-suffer-as-hospitals-suck-in-cash/5059621.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health-services-suffer-as-hospitals-suck-in-cash/5059621.article Clinical commissioners are at risk of undermining the government’s mental health strategy because they are prioritising the acute sector, it has been claimed. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:06 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-barnet-ccg/funding-confusion-directly-caused-vulnerable-womans-death/5059039.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-barnet-ccg/funding-confusion-directly-caused-vulnerable-womans-death/5059039.article A woman with complex mental health problems committed suicide after funding decision errors by a primary care trust and local authority saw her prematurely removed from a care home. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Wed, 29 May 2013 14:53 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/northumberland-tyne-and-wear-nhs-foundation-trust/independent-case-report-criticises-northumberland-tyne-and-wear-trust/5059195.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/northumberland-tyne-and-wear-nhs-foundation-trust/independent-case-report-criticises-northumberland-tyne-and-wear-trust/5059195.article A mental health worker savagely stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic who was living in the community should not have been visiting him alone, a report has concluded. Wed, 29 May 2013 14:55 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/mental-health/mental-health-trust-admits-it-is-unable-to-win-ft-status-alone/5058774.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/mental-health/mental-health-trust-admits-it-is-unable-to-win-ft-status-alone/5058774.article North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has become the latest NHS provider to admit it will not be able to win foundation trust status independently. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/lamb-no-parity-in-mental-health-services/5058767.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/lamb-no-parity-in-mental-health-services/5058767.article The lack of equality in emergency hospital services for mental health patients needs to be addressed, health minister Norman Lamb has said. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:37 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/local-briefing/analysed-oxfordshires-outcomes-based-commissioning/5058296.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/local-briefing/analysed-oxfordshires-outcomes-based-commissioning/5058296.article Will Oxfordshire’s new approach transform services? david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Tue, 7 May 2013 09:10 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/savile-review-seeks-nhs-staff-views-on-celebrity-fundraisers/5058217.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/savile-review-seeks-nhs-staff-views-on-celebrity-fundraisers/5058217.article The barrister overseeing the reviews of Jimmy Savile’s involvement with the NHS is seeking evidence from staff on celebrity association with organisations. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Thu, 2 May 2013 18:07 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-nhs-england-could-ratchet-up-financial-pressure-on-private-mental-health-providers-analysts-warn/5057159.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-nhs-england-could-ratchet-up-financial-pressure-on-private-mental-health-providers-analysts-warn/5057159.article Private mental health providers could see pressure on their profit margins “ratcheted up” by the centralisation of secure and specialised mental healthcare commissioning in the hands of NHS England, according to a new report by market analysts Laing and Buisson. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/exclusive-cqc-reveals-overhaul-of-inspection-regime/5056494.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/exclusive-cqc-reveals-overhaul-of-inspection-regime/5056494.article The Care Quality Commission is about to launch a massive overhaul of its inspection regime which could see the best hospitals go five years without an inspection and the worst face intense scrutiny, HSJ can reveal. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/kent-and-medway-nhs-and-social-care-partnership-trust/no-criminal-offences-following-kent-neuro-investigation/5056393.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/kent-and-medway-nhs-and-social-care-partnership-trust/no-criminal-offences-following-kent-neuro-investigation/5056393.article PERFORMANCE: Kent police say no criminal offences took place at a hospital unit at the centre of an investigation into patient care. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:14 GMT