All Children's services articles – Page 14
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NewsRegulator has to apologise for 'plainly wrong' comments
The chairman of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has made an embarrassing climbdown after claiming incorrectly on national TV that the regulator had not put patients’ lives at risk.
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NewsHarm assessments after 160 children wait more than a year for mental health treatment
Clinical harm reviews are being carried out to see if 160 children came to harm after waiting more than a year for mental health treatment, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSIB to roll out maternity investigations across England by March 2019
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will not achieve national coverage of maternity incidents until March next year, it has told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Three trust partnership finds £4m investment for community services
New models of working between three London mental health trusts has delivered new investment in services worth more than £4m, HSJ has learned.
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CommentIntegration is not all about structure or organisational form
It is high time the community health sector was brought in from the cold and used as a willing flexible partner to redesign care for urgent and long care needs of our local populations, writes Matthew Winn
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HSJ InteractiveRedesigning paediatric care to better manage a burgeoning haystack of patients
Ingrid Torjesen reports on the award winning redesign of a children’s care service pathway
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CommentA lot to praise in Lord Carter’s report, but no practical solutions
Wendy Burn discusses the findings and limitations of the recent review of community and mental health services by Lord Carter
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NewsPrivate hospital group criticised for governance failures
A private hospital group has been told it must improve its corporate governance after a number of its sites were criticised in a leadership review by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsScathing report says regulator ignored police warnings and put public at risk
The Nursing and Midwifery Council put the public at risk from poor care after ignoring more than 20 concerns raised by the police for two years, a damning report has revealed.
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NewsRevealed: Greater Manchester plans major hospital services shake-up
New plans to reconfigure more than two-thirds of acute services across Greater Manchester are expected to be outlined later this year, the leader of its devolution team has said.
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NewsStaff fear speaking up over child abuse in NHS
Unwillingness to challenge senior staff and fears over how managers respond is stopping NHS staff raising concerns about child abuse perpetrated out by their colleagues, a public inquiry has been told.
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NewsCygnet mental health hospital makes 'significant improvements'
A private children’s and adolescent mental health unit that was heavily criticised by the Care Quality Commission has been praised for making “significant improvements.”
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NewsRegulator orders review of community team caseloads
A mental health trust has been ordered to carry out an immediate review of community team caseloads after concerns about “ongoing risks” to patients.
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to rethink CAMHS as demand soars
A mental health trust has had to put more than half a million pounds extra into a “one stop” service for children and young people after referrals were close to double the expected levels.
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HSJ LocalSix children affected by MRSA on same ward
Six babies in a neonatal intensive care unit have been found to be colonised with the same strain of MRSA – leading to staff being tested and three being identified as carriers of the bacteria.
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HSJ LocalTrust pump-primes new care model team
A trust is investing more than £1m to pump-prime a new community team for young mental health patients.
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CommentCatering to children with ongoing health needs
Improving communication, collaboration and continuity of care would ensure that children are seen in the right place by the right person at the right time
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HSJ LocalChildren needing talking therapy had 'invasive treatment' at GOSH
Children needing psychological therapy “underwent many years of invasive treatment” at a specialist trust after presenting with non-medical or “fabricated symptoms”, royal college investigators were told.
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NewsHunt to unveil new midwifery support role and training routes
The health and social care secretary will announce new training routes into midwifery today as well as a new voluntary register and education standards for maternity support workers.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise takes over children's services
A social enterprise has won a contract to provide all NHS and council commissioned children’s community services in Medway.