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/news/acute-care/only-two-trusts-miss-cqc-application-deadline/5011063.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/only-two-trusts-miss-cqc-application-deadline/5011063.article All but two trusts submitted their Care Quality Commission registration applications on time, the regulator has told HSJ. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/call-to-address-23bn-cost-of-dementia/5011091.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/call-to-address-23bn-cost-of-dementia/5011091.article Dementia costs the country £23bn a year - more than cancer and heart disease combined - but receives a fraction of the funding, according to a “wake up call” report. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:25 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/leaked-ftn-document-no-job-guarantees-for-foundation-trust-staff/5010936.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/leaked-ftn-document-no-job-guarantees-for-foundation-trust-staff/5010936.article Staff working for foundation trusts are at risk of compulsory redundancy because of the impending public sector spending squeeze, a leaked report suggests. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:43 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/mental-health-chief-says-departure-not-linked-to-trust-deaths/5010786.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/mental-health-chief-says-departure-not-linked-to-trust-deaths/5010786.article A departing chief executive has insisted her move is unrelated to a police investigation into four apparent suicides at the mental health trust she has run for nine years. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/your-ideas-and-suggestions/patient-privacy-and-dignity/5010051.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/your-ideas-and-suggestions/patient-privacy-and-dignity/5010051.article 5 Boroughs Partnership Trust is taking a lead in ensuring that service users, carers and their relatives are given information about the facilities they can expect on wards. This takes the form of an information folder containing an information leaflet, ward-specific fact sheet and DVD. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:18 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/your-ideas-and-suggestions/public-involvement/5010049.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/your-ideas-and-suggestions/public-involvement/5010049.article 5 Boroughs Partnership Trust is the first trust in the North West to use a “diary room” style booth with a video camera, where people can sit and give their views on the trust and mental health. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:11 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/your-ideas-and-suggestions/local-mental-health-services-links-with-universities/5010047.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/your-ideas-and-suggestions/local-mental-health-services-links-with-universities/5010047.article Each Thursday evening in the drama studios at York St John University, Out of Character, a theatre company made up of people who use mental health services, students and staff, meets to rehearse. Next door, theatre students and staff run a course that provides a broad introduction to theatre. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:06 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/your-ideas-and-suggestions/mental-health-in-further-education/5010039.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/your-ideas-and-suggestions/mental-health-in-further-education/5010039.article The healthy further education steering group was launched in 2008 to meet the health needs of those studying and working in the further education sector. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:55 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/appointments/dh-names-older-peoples-and-dementia-tsars/5010742.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/appointments/dh-names-older-peoples-and-dementia-tsars/5010742.article Professor Alistair Burns and Professor David Oliver have been appointed to new directorships in the Department of Health, it has been announced. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/police-probes-deaths-at-mental-health-trust-as-chief-exec-announces-departure/5010721.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/police-probes-deaths-at-mental-health-trust-as-chief-exec-announces-departure/5010721.article Police have launched an investigation into the deaths of four patients who were under the care of a Sussex mental health trust. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:25 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/cqc-calls-in-high-ranking-fixer-for-chaotic-trust-registration-process/5010318.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/cqc-calls-in-high-ranking-fixer-for-chaotic-trust-registration-process/5010318.article NHS East of England chief executive Sir Neil McKay has been brought in to “challenge” the Care Quality Commission as it prepares to register every trust by 1 April. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:52 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/personal-health-plans-for-injured-soldiers/5010281.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/personal-health-plans-for-injured-soldiers/5010281.article Improved NHS mental health services for soldiers returning from Afghanistan was one of the plans announced by the government in a bid to provide better care for war veterans. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:16 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/health-improvement-collaboration-top-tips/5009255.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/health-improvement-collaboration-top-tips/5009255.article Health and care professionals from the eight biggest cities outside London are collaborating to share expertise in tackling inequalities, reports Stuart Shepherd Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:48 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/combat-stress-charity-in-mental-health-trust-tie-up/5010238.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/combat-stress-charity-in-mental-health-trust-tie-up/5010238.article Staff from the Combat Stress charity are to work in NHS mental health trusts in a bid to improve treatment offered to traumatised soldiers, the government is expected to announce. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:48 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/nhs-south-east-improves-on-race-equality/5010022.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/nhs-south-east-improves-on-race-equality/5010022.article A race equality review by NHS South East Coast has found the plight of black and minority ethnic staff is improving but there is still much work to be done. Wed, 6 Jan 2010 10:12 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/tackling-social-exclusion-an-accessible-answer-to-a-huge-unmet-need/5007830.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/tackling-social-exclusion-an-accessible-answer-to-a-huge-unmet-need/5007830.article Homelessness, drug or alcohol dependency and poor mental health can combine to exclude people from care but access can be greatly improved, reports Ann Dix Tue, 5 Jan 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/demand-for-veterans-ptsd-service-on-the-rise/5009946.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/demand-for-veterans-ptsd-service-on-the-rise/5009946.article A groundbreaking pilot scheme for military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is to continue in the next year if it can secure long-term funding. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:39 GMT