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ICSs too focused on patients stuck in A&E, warns CEO

2024-04-16T05:35:00+01:00

Integrated care systems are too focused on getting mental health patients out of A&E and should do more to improve support from non-mental health providers, a departing trust chief executive has warned.

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Trusts still seeking compensation a year after cyber attack

2023-08-14T11:48:00+01:00

Two trusts remain in discussions with a tech firm over financial compensation a year after a cyber attack left them without access to patient records for months.

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‘Discrimination’ claim as ‘40 new hospitals’ snubs mental health

2023-05-31T07:00:00+01:00

A chief executive has compared a lack of investment into mental health estate to ‘institutionalised discrimination’, after no new schemes were accepted on to the ‘40 new hospitals’ programme.

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Revealed: Best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food

2023-04-11T11:39:00+01:00

The best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food have been revealed in a national assessment by patients and staff.

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Draft NHSE plans seek to ‘eradicate’ police role in care

2023-02-06T14:51:00+00:00

A draft NHS England document suggests mental health trusts will be told to ban ‘concerning’ aspects of a controversial care model which involves input from police officers, HSJ  has learned.

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Trusts pursue tech firm for millions in cyber attack compensation

2022-12-02T12:36:00+00:00

NHS trusts are seeking to recover millions of pounds from their electronic patient record supplier after months of disruption caused by a cyber attack.

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West Country Chronicle: ‘Reasonable grounds’ for disciplinary investigation against trust chiefs over bullying

2021-09-13T11:00:00+01:00

From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.

More than a dozen trust chairs receive two salaries as shared leadership spreads

2021-08-20T04:00:00+01:00

Sixteen people are now chairing more than one NHS trust, but there is significant variation in how much they are paid for their extra roles, an HSJ analysis has found.

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West Country Chronicle: The quest for zero suicides

2021-08-09T11:40:00+01:00

From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.

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West Country Chronicle: The NHS is failing to diagnose Devon’s autistic children

2021-05-17T11:59:00+01:00

From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.

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Exclusive: Key NHS long-term plan target to be missed ‘due to covid’

2021-02-23T13:00:00+00:00

The NHS is set to miss a major national target to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements within mental health by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.

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HSJ’s 10 most read mental health stories of 2020

2020-12-29T05:00:00+00:00

As we get ready to say goodbye to 2020, HSJ takes a look back at the 10 most read mental health stories of the year.

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CQC orders staffing and safety improvements at trust scrutinised over deaths

2020-11-02T17:52:00+00:00

A mental health trust has been told to make ‘urgent improvements’ by regulators after a fourth inpatient death occurred with similar themes to three other patients dying within 12 months.

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Trust warned by CQC sees fourth inpatient death following ‘humongous’ tech problems

2020-10-27T05:30:00+00:00

A fourth suspected suicide has occurred at a mental health trust which was recently warned by the Care Quality Commission after three other similar inpatient deaths in quick succession, HSJ can reveal.

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Trust warned after CQC’s ‘serious concerns’ for patients

2020-08-21T05:04:00+01:00

Safety inspectors have ordered a mental health trust to make immediate improvements after visiting two inpatient wards where three patients died inside six months.

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Coroner orders closer working between five trusts after prisoner’s death

2020-07-14T05:02:00+01:00

Five NHS trusts in the South West have been ordered to make immediate improvements after the death of a 20-year-old prisoner who needed healthcare.

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Mental health trusts transfer junior doctors to acute hospitals

2020-03-22T16:57:00+00:00

Mental health trusts across England are transferring foundation year one doctors to acute trusts to help tackle the covid-19 crisis, HSJ can reveal.

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Acute trust admits £20m financial plan miss

2019-12-23T06:12:00+00:00

An acute trust has increased its forecast deficit by around £20m, amid a worsening of its county’s overall finances.

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Former success regime CCG’s finances plummet

2019-11-18T12:55:00+00:00

One of England’s largest clinical commissioning groups has increased its planned deficit by nearly £40m.