All articles by Joe Gammie – Page 9
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HSJ LocalFT chair steps down amid charity payment allegations
A foundation trust chair has resigned with immediate effect following allegations his charity was paying him large amounts of money.
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NewsSTPs told to lead push for more mental health staff
Every sustainability and transformation partnership will have to draw up mental health workforce plans and appoint a senior leader to deliver them.
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NewsGovernment promises 20,000 new posts in mental health
Government pledges 21,000 new mental health posts by 2020-21 Health secretary Jeremy Hunt launches the long-awaited mental health workforce strategy The strategy promises 21,000 new posts, including thousands of more psychiatrists and mental health nurses The government today announced it would create 21,000 new posts in the mental ...
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HSJ LocalJeremy Hunt to have final say over A&E closure
Controversial plans to close an accident and emergency department and centralise emergency services in a neighbouring town have been referred to Jeremy Hunt for a final decision.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: From cash flow holes to workforce woes
This is HSJ’s new 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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NewsExclusive: Financial pressure should not stop quality improvement, says report
Quality improvement is not a “pipedream” for mental health providers despite the current financial climate, a new King’s Fund report has concluded.
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News'Too much poor care' in mental health providers
The Care Quality Commission is to “strengthen” its policy on using restraint in mental health services following a new report into the sector’s performance.
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HSJ LocalTrust employee arrested on suspicion of tampering with saline bags
Police have arrested an employee of an acute hospital trust on suspicion of tampering with saline bags.
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HSJ LocalAcute chief executive to lead neighbouring mental health trust
The leader of an acute hospital trust been appointed the interim chief executive of the neighbouring mental health and community trust.
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HSJ LocalAcute services could switch provider in major overhaul
Consultation launched into future of stroke, maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services in South Tyneside and Sunderland Proposed options will see majority of specialist services centralised at Sunderland Royal Hospital Services at South Tyneside District Hospital would be downgraded or closed Hospital based stroke, maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services ...
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HSJ LocalOutstanding trust extends overnight urgent care closures
Northumbria Healthcare extends overnight closure of its three urgent care centres for three more months The trust had said the opening hours of the centres would reduce from 24 to 16 hours over the winter period The trust has now extended the overnight closure until September A foundation ...
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Expert BriefingMental health is a Cinderella no more
This is HSJ’s new 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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NewsMental health workforce needs “greater than” PM’s promise
Claire Murdoch says more than 10,000 staff are needed to implement the forward view for the sector Her comments follow Theresa May’s pledge last month that 10,000 more staff will be employed by 2020 Ms Murdoch said the actual number will need to be “greater” but would not say ...
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Mental health 'must be protected' from capped expenditure savings drive
Struggling NHS regions subject to the capped expenditure programme should not attempt to reduce deficits by cutting mental health, according to national mental health director Claire Murdoch says capped expenditure regions should deliver the commitment of the mental health forward view She also says the centre would not expect ...
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NewsExclusive: 11 providers given £300m commissioning budget
NHS England confirms second wave of sites to take on devolved tertiary mental health commissioning powers The 11 new sites will be given devolved commissioning responsibility for low and medium secure adult or tier four child and adolescent mental health services The 17 sites will all be live by ...
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Mapped: Cash-strapped CCGs fail to hit spending standard
Commissioners in deficit or under financial pressure are less likely to meet mental health investment standard, new research finds Royal College of Psychiatrists analysis is based on FOI requests to all 209 CCGs The number of CCGs failing to raise mental health budgets each year by the same percentage ...
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NewsExclusive: Regulator expands national mental health team
NHS Improvement appoints five new members to mental health and learning disability team They will be part of the regulator’s nursing and medical directorates The appointments are part of plans for the regulator to help trusts integrate mental and physical health care NHS Improvement has recruited five new ...
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HSJ LocalTop FT challenges CCG over 'unsafe' urgent care procurement
Northumbria Healthcare FT launches legal challenge over urgent care centre procurement process Trust says the cost savings required by North Tyneside CCG during the procurement as “unsafe and unsustainable” for the service CCG says the challenge meant a new contract with the preferred provider could not be signed Commissioners ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Social care boss to lead vanguard CCG
Northumberland CCG appoints interim accountable officer after sudden departure of Steven Mason last month Vanessa Bainbridge took up the role at the beginning of the month alongside her position as Northumberland County Council’s adult social care director The joint council-CCG role is intended to pave the way for creating ...
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NewsTwelve CCGs propose joint decision making across three STPs
The 12 CCGs across the North East and Cumbria have drawn up proposals to form a joint commissioning committee The new committee would have delegated decision making powers Commissioning leaders across three sustainability and transformation partnership footprints are considering creating a joint commissioning committee with delegated decision making ...