All articles by Joe Gammie – Page 3
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NewsHunt: Gosport will prompt 'searching questions' for government
Health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt has told MPs the government will “ask searching questions” over whether safety and regulatory processes are right following the Gosport Memorial Hospital Inquiry.
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NewsTaskforce chair says new funding must target mental health
The government’s funding settlement for the NHS should focus on raising mental health workforce levels, addressing health inequalities and boosting prevention strategies, HSJ has been told.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The outcome based contracting conundrum
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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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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HSJ LocalThree trusts plan to take control of £80m complex care spending
A partnership of mental health trusts could take over responsibility for £80m of commissioner spending as part of plans to reduce the number of patients in secure rehabilitation wards, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalBreaking: Acute and mental health trusts to merge
An acute hospital trust and mental health and community trust could merge into a single provider.
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HSJ LocalDJ jailed after NHS trust's surveillance operation
A patient who tried to scam a hospital trust out of more than £800,000 by deliberately exaggerating his injuries has been jailed for contempt of court.
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Expert BriefingThe rights and wrongs of introducing new targets
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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HSJ LocalLeaders of alliance trusts agree to full merger
Leaders of two acute hospital trusts have agreed to go ahead with plans to merge into one organisation.
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NewsRegion's elderly care services 'inconsistent', says CQC
Health services for older people in Cumbria are inconsistent and services are in the “very early” stages of integration, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsExclusive: Waiting times targets removed from NHS England guidance
Waiting time targets for treating new and expecting mothers with serious mental health problems were scrapped and removed from new national guidance, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUpdated: Minister 'misinformed' over learning disability mortality report
The care minister has admitted misleading MPs over whether the Department of Health and Social Care was told a review into the deaths of people with learning disabilities was due to be published.
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HSJ LocalTrust wins £4m integrated urgent care contract
A provider and a site have been chosen for a new urgent care service in the North East, after two procurement processes and an abandoned legal challenge.
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NewsMore than nine in 10 learning disability deaths not reviewed
Fewer than one in ten deaths of people with learning disabilities have been subject to a new review process, with providers blaming “overstretched budgets and the pressures on staff time”, a new report reveals.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Escaping the twilight zone
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsPM's mental health review will call for 'significant' new money
The government’s mental health tsar has said his independent report could have “significant” implications for NHS funding.
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HSJ LocalFormer trust chief charged with fraud
A former hospital trust chief executive will appear in court charged with fraud and conspiracy to commit false accounting.
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HSJ LocalFive-trust consortium to repatriate high risk patients
A consortium of mental health trusts has created a new central team to bring back out of area patients and manage beds for the footprint.
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HSJ LocalTrust spying operation reveals patient lied about injuries
A patient who tried to sue a hospital for negligence has been found in contempt of court after a trust commissioned spying operation revealed he was lying about his injuries.
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HSJ LocalCCG risks NHS England intervention over deficit plan
A clinical commissioning group could face action from NHS England after admitting it is facing a £4m deficit and will miss its breakeven control total this financial year.