HSJ Editor Richard Vize

Health trusts are spending money intended for dementia on other things

Dementia funding being diverted Subscription Required

18-Mar-2010

Health trusts are spending money intended for dementia on other things, an MPs’ report has said.

Mental health trusts best at patient involvement

Mental health trusts best at patient involvement Subscription Required

3-Mar-2010 | By Graham Clews

Mental health trusts have made the greatest efforts to reflect patients’ views in the precursors to formal quality accounts, the Foundation Trust Network has found.

Listening NHS chiefs boost ratings

Listening NHS chiefs boost ratings Subscription Required

18 February 2010 | By Charlotte Santry

Trust boards led by chiefs who are not too autocratic and who encourage contributions from non-executives and clinicians perform better in annual health checks, research has revealed.

CQC commissioner Martin Marshall

CQC fears over mental health safeguards Subscription Required

18 February 2010 | By Charlotte Santry

The Care Quality Commission is looking for urgent “levers” to strengthen legal safeguards it fears are failing to protect vulnerable mental health patients.

Only two trusts miss CQC application deadline

Only two trusts miss CQC application deadline Subscription Required

4 February 2010 | By Dave West

All but two trusts submitted their Care Quality Commission registration applications on time, the regulator has told HSJ.

Call to address £23bn cost of dementia

Call to address £23bn cost of dementia Subscription Required

3-Feb-2010

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.

Leaked FTN document: no job guarantees for foundation trust staff

Leaked FTN document: no job guarantees for foundation trust staff Subscription Required

29-Jan-2010 | By Steve Ford

Staff working for foundation trusts are at risk of compulsory redundancy because of the impending public sector spending squeeze, a leaked report suggests.

Lisa Rodrigues

Mental health chief says departure not linked to trust deaths Subscription Required

28 January 2010 | By Charlotte Santry

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.

Professor Alistair Burns

DH names older people's and dementia tsars Subscription Required

25-Jan-2010

Professor Alistair Burns and Professor David Oliver have been appointed to new directorships in the Department of Health, it has been announced.

Police probe mental health trust deaths

Police probes deaths at mental health trust as chief exec announces departure Subscription Required

22-Jan-2010

Police have launched an investigation into the deaths of four patients who were under the care of a Sussex mental health trust.

Neil McKay

CQC calls in high ranking fixer for ‘chaotic’ trust registration process Subscription Required

13-Jan-2010 | By Charlotte Santry

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.

Angela Greatley: mental health services are moving on

Angela Greatley: mental health services are moving on Subscription Required

By Angela Greatley

The asylums have long since closed - we need to maintain the pressure for better care so people with mental health problems can lead productive, positive lives

Rebecca Evans

'You don't have to be insensitive to work here, but it helps' Subscription Required

By Rebecca Evans

New Horizons, launched on Monday, got a pleasing amount of coverage for a mental health story.

Stephen Eames

Stephen Eames on dementia strategy Subscription Required

By Stephen Eames

I was startled when our nursing director pointed out that at any one time there could be up to 400 patients with dementia occupying beds in our hospitals.

Michael White

Michael White: on Bercow, the Autism Bill and politicians doing good Subscription Required

You must have read some horrid things about John Bercow, newly elected Tory Speaker of the Commons: egotistical and pushy for starters. So let me use a new piece of health-related legislation to try to persuade you to keep an open mind until we can all see how he does.

John McGowan

John McGowan: the truth about markets Subscription Required

By John McGowan

It is an article of faith among former 1980s undergraduates like me, particularly in the pub, that Labour has gone far further than the Tories ever did in imposing business values on the long suffering NHS.

Total Place: how partnerships can maximise resources

Total Place: how partnerships can maximise resources Subscription Required

By Helen Mooney

In the final part in our series on Total Place, Helen Mooney looks at how Birmingham’s Total Place pilot is focused on cutting through organisational boundaries and slashing waste while delivering better services

Health improvement collaboration: top tips

Health improvement collaboration: top tips Subscription Required

By Stuart Shepherd

Health and care professionals from the eight biggest cities outside London are collaborating to share expertise in tackling inequalities, reports Stuart Shepherd

Tackling social exclusion: an accessible answer to a huge unmet need

Tackling social exclusion: an accessible answer to a huge unmet need Subscription Required

By Ann Dix

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

Intelligent clinical leadership in mental health

Intelligent clinical leadership in mental health Subscription Required

By Alex Horne

Alex Horne explains why it is essential for mental health trusts to share their financial intelligence with clinicians

How to increase BME access to psychological therapies

How to increase BME access to psychological therapies Subscription Required

By Stuart Shepherd

A programme to improve access to psychological care is reaching into BME communities, reports Stuart Shepherd

Improving diet to improve mental health

Improving diet to improve mental health Subscription Required

By Stuart Shepherd

Dieticians in mental health trusts can help make the shift to preventive wellbeing services, says Stuart Shepherd

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