Police dropping most mental health calls ‘could cost NHS £260m’
The national rollout of a new policing model scaling back officers’ responses to mental health incidents could cost the NHS around £260m, a trust chief executive has told MPs.
Trusts miss out on £50m of pledged ‘net zero’ funds
Nearly a fifth of the capital funding allocated to the NHS for ‘net zero’ projects was never received by trusts, with at least two schemes prevented from going ahead due to a lack of flexibility in the scheme.
NHS launches biggest central patient record programme since NPfIT
Seven trusts have been selected for a new centralised approach to buying major IT equipment in a bid to “accelerate” digitisation across the health service, HSJ has learned.
Troubled trust appoints new chair
A mental health trust which is in NHS England’s ‘recovery support programme’ has appointed a new chair.
Ex-health minister to chair trust
A former public health minister has been appointed chair of a mental health trust.
A trust where everyone contributes to patient care
Humber Foundation Trust, the 2019 HSJ Award winners for Mental Health Provider of the Year, place co-production with staff and patients at the heart of their achievements. Alison Moore reports
2019 HSJ Awards winners revealed
The 23 winners of the 2019 HSJ Awards were named last night.
Mental health trust of the year proves small is beautiful
One of the smallest provider organisations in the NHS has won the mental health provider category at this year’s awards.
HSJ Awards 2019: Mental health provider of the year
WINNER: Humber Teaching Foundation Trust
Revealed: The NHS trusts acting as PCN "bankers"
Four NHS trusts have established a foothold in primary care networks, HSJ can reveal.
National sharing of patient records enabled in first-of-kind initiative
Paramedics will be able to access the records of mental health service users for the first time as part of a wider scheme that aims to allow clinicians to share care records across the country.
Tens of millions in STP tech funding held back
More than £35m of central tech funding for NHS providers was held back last year, with at least one region losing out after local organisations failed to reach a financial deal.
Trusts' costs triple amid clinical waste crisis
Nearly 20 NHS trusts are paying three times as much for clinical waste services after their contracts were moved from the company at the centre of the stockpiling row, HSJ can reveal.
Government hits back in clinical waste row
The government has hit back at claims that there is not enough incineration capacity to burn waste from NHS hospitals - accusing the company at the centre of a stockpiling scandal of refusing to pay disposal costs.
Revealed: Hundreds of children wait more than a year for specialist help
Hundreds of young people assessed as needing specialist mental health treatment have been made to wait more than a year, an investigation by HSJ can reveal.
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Changing Culture
Winner East Cheshire Trust: Maintaining patient safety in times of escalation – an organisational approach
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Patient Safety Team of the Year
Winner University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust: Patient safety and risk team
Trust secures vital capital for hospital rebuild
The redevelopment of a community hospital is back on track after NHS Property Services approved one of its largest ever individual capital investments of nearly £12m.