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Expert BriefingHSJ podcast: Why the Saj wants ‘reform’ – but the NHS is angry about it
The health service is clearly in a jam in the wake of covid – so why have Sajid Javid’s plans for ‘a year of reform’ antagonised some managers, GPs and other staff?
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Expert Briefing
HSJ podcast: Inequality kills: Why £2.3bn is not enough to rescue mental health
Health inequalities for those with a mental illness, learning disability or autism have existed for decades and the pandemic has made them even worse.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Mind the gap – again
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Learning Disabilities Initiative of the Year
WINNER Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske: Going To Hospital Book
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Tory council review challenges use of ‘profit driven’ private hospitals
A review which examined the deaths of three vulnerable patients has challenged the continued use of “profit-driven” private hospitals by NHS commissioners.
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NHSE hires trust chief as national director
NHS England has hired a retiring trust chief as national director for learning disability and autism.
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HSJ Local
Police raised multiple concerns to regulator about hospital
Police raised concerns to the Care Quality Commission over the care at a private hospital after being called eight times by a patient, a report has revealed.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Rating Simon Stevens’ reign
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence .
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CQC deputy chief inspector quits
The Care Quality Commission’s mental health services lead is due to step down from his role this autumn, two years after joining, the regulator announced today.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: The impact of freedom day
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence .
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News
Exclusive: Children six times more likely to be restrained than adults
Children in mental health units are almost six times more likely to be restrained compared to adults, according to the findings of an unpublished NHS England review.
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Javid pledges ‘new plan on mental health’
New health secretary Sajid Javid has said a ‘new plan’ and further investment will be needed to tackle the post-covid rise in demand for mental health services.
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Hundreds of patients in hospitals whose use by the NHS is ‘hard to justify’
Hundreds of people with learning disabilities or autism are in hospitals whose care quality is rated “inadequate” or “requires improvement”, new figures reveal.
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Trust to move people with learning disabilities up waiting lists
A hospital trust has decided to prioritise people with learning disabilities for elective treatment, after analysis showed they were disproportionately affected by lengthy waits for care, along with some people who have a minority ethnic background.
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HSJ Partners
Why children with SEND should be a priority for ICSs
The needs of children must be embedded in the work of integrated care systems, with particular focus required on young people with special educational needs or disabilities, writes James Swaffield
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NHS England warns provider it ‘will not tolerate’ further service failures
NHS England has told a large private provider it will ‘not tolerate failures’ after repeated concerns have been raised about its services.
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Manager leaves after allegedly using lucrative shifts for gym trips and shopping
A manager has left a mental health and learning disabilities unit after allegations they booked themselves in for lucrative shifts but used the time for online shopping and gym trips.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Celebrity death among cascade of concern over eating disorders
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence .
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Kicking the can down the road
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence .
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News
Flagship death review programme had ‘unclear and limited’ impact
A flagship government programme to improve care for people with learning disabilities has had an ‘unclear’ and ‘limited’ impact after six years, an NHS England report has found.
