‘Unprecedented numbers’ sent hundreds of miles for a bed
Parts of the country are seeing ‘unprecedented’ numbers of ‘inappropriate’ out of area placements for mental health patients, despite a flagship national ambition to eliminate these cases.
North by North West: How to help social care
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Health system sees covid occupancy double in a week
Hospitals in Lancashire have reported a steep rise in covid patients, with the numbers more than doubling over the last seven days.
Revealed: Beds for children hit ‘crisis point’ amid covid demand surge
Availability of inpatient child and adolescent mental health services beds — particularly for eating disorders — has reached ‘crisis point’, with young people left waiting on a standard paediatric ward or at home as demand surged during the covid pandemic.
Regulator sorry for manager’s ‘five years of hell’
Regulators have apologised to a health manager who went through “five years of hell” while being investigated for misconduct, before being told there was no case to answer.
Leadership Q&A: Lancashire and South Cumbria FT
Caroline Donovan explains the transformational new organisational structure for Lancashire and South Cumbria
Current cash envelope not enough to deal with covid aftermath, says CEO
Mental health funding provided by the government’s five-year settlement will not be enough to deal with an expected surge in demand after the coronavirus pandemic, according to a trust chief executive.
Two-thirds of trusts failing to protect staff from violence
Around two-thirds of NHS providers were found to be breaking laws aimed at protecting staff from violence and aggression, when inspected by the Health and Safety Executive, information released to HSJ reveals.
HSJ’s 10 most read mental health stories of 2019
As we get ready to say goodbye to 2019, HSJ takes a look back at the 10 most read mental health stories of the year.
Exclusive: Top trust chief picked to head new NHS England ‘taskforce’
An experienced trust chief executive has been chosen to lead a national taskforce group charged with improving inpatient mental health, learning disability and autism services for young people.
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.
North by North West: Why Liverpool missed out
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North by North West: Going electronic
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North by North West: Capital boosts
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North by North West: No case to answer
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North by North West: Groupthink
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North by North West: Unpicking the headlines
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North by North West: The region’s most important job
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NHS England singles out failing mental health trusts
Ten mental health trusts have been singled out by NHS England for dragging down the national performance on mental health out of area placements, HSJ has learned.
New CEO pledges to end ‘blame culture’ at troubled trust
The new chief executive of Lancashire’s troubled mental health provider has pledged to tackle a culture in which clinicians feel blamed for errors.