All articles by Joe Gammie – Page 7
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HSJ Local
Cash-strapped trust withdraws community outpatient services
A cash-strapped teaching hospital trust has announced it will stop providing outpatient services at a community hospital because they are not financially viable.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Ministers pledge an extra £300m for CAMHS
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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News
CQC flags up 'deep concerns' with independent rehab providers
People with drug and alcohol addiction are being put at risk of harm at many independent residential rehabilitation units, a new report has warned.
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HSJ Local
Updated: Reconfiguration experts reject review of controversial maternity plans
Independent experts have rejected local councillors’ request for a full review into controversial maternity reconfiguration plans in a troubled health economy.
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HSJ Local
Special measures FT to buddy with outstanding trust
A struggling foundation trust that was put back into special measures less than a year after exiting them has been assigned an outstanding rated buddy trust.
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HSJ Local
Sir Leonard Fenwick misses chance to launch tribunal
The deadline for disgraced former trust chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick to launch an employment tribunal against his former employer has expired, HSJ understands.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Getting tough on 'indefensible practice'
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle Hospitals appoints NHS England non-exec as chair
One of the country’s largest teaching hospitals has appointed an NHS England non-executive director and clinical genetics professor as its new chair.
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News
Trusts could face regulatory action over out of area placements
Trusts could face regulatory action for not reducing the time people spend being treated at mental health inpatient units miles away from home, HSJ can reveal.
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News
STP region aims for huge savings across elective care
Commissioning leaders are aiming to save £50m a year by standardising policies in elective care across their sustainability and transformation partnership footprint.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: The CAMHS cause célèbre
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ Local
CCGs to share chief officer
A single chief officer has been appointed across neighbouring clinical commissioning groups in West Yorkshire.
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HSJ Local
Trusts to invest millions in new children's mental health model
A partnership of mental health trusts is investing £3m a year into community provision as part of a pilot scheme to improve children and young people’s services.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Simon says move the goalposts?
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
Trust cuts use of patient restraint
A mental health trust has reduced patient restraint by a fifth in one year under a new clinical pathway at its purpose built medium secure unit.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: A good wheeze from the prime minister?
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Pioneering trust partnership names joint exec team
A hospital and mental health trust have confirmed their joint board and management structure, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Theresa May names lead to review Mental Health Act
The prime minister has announced the former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists will lead an independent review of the Mental Health Act.
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News
Exclusive: 'Great concern' over 'growing gap' in mental health services
A drop in mental health inpatient beds coupled with a fall in community care provision is a “great concern” that requires an urgent review, a new report has said.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: The data quality minefield
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector