Dementia funding being diverted
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 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
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 fears over mental health safeguards
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
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
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
Staff working for foundation trusts are at risk of compulsory redundancy because of the impending public sector spending squeeze, a leaked report suggests.
Mental health chief says departure not linked to trust deaths
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.
DH names older people's and dementia tsars
Professor Alistair Burns and Professor David Oliver have been appointed to new directorships in the Department of Health, it has been announced.
Police probes deaths at mental health trust as chief exec announces departure
Police have launched an investigation into the deaths of four patients who were under the care of a Sussex mental health trust.
CQC calls in high ranking fixer for ‘chaotic’ trust registration process
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
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
'You don't have to be insensitive to work here, but it helps'
New Horizons, launched on Monday, got a pleasing amount of coverage for a mental health story.
Stephen Eames on dementia strategy
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: on Bercow, the Autism Bill and politicians doing good
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: the truth about markets
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
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 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
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
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
A programme to improve access to psychological care is reaching into BME communities, reports Stuart Shepherd
Improving diet to improve mental health
Dieticians in mental health trusts can help make the shift to preventive wellbeing services, says Stuart Shepherd
