Mental Health – Page 113
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CommentThe NHS must get serious about mental health
Ignore those who won’t change the service because it’s “too difficult”
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NewsChanges to role of FT governors spark 'confusion'
Guidance for foundation trust governors which appears to suggest they should go straight to the Care Quality Commission with any concerns is adding to growing confusion over their role, HSJ has been told.
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BlogsA state of emergency for mental healthcare
Police cells are used 9,000 times each year as ‘places of safety’ for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act
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HSJ Local
Night time confinement proposed for Ashworth patients
FINANCE: The introduction of night time confinement for patients at Ashworth Hospital could save Mersey Care Trust £3.5m by 2015.
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NewsMental health trusts look to diversify
Almost two thirds of NHS in-house mental health providers now also provide non-mental health services, a survey shared with HSJ reveals.
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NewsMental health services suffer as hospitals 'suck in' cash
Clinical commissioners are at risk of undermining the government’s mental health strategy because they are prioritising the acute sector, it has been claimed.
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SupplementsDifferent mindset − an HSJ commissioning supplement
Contracts, quality assurance and end of life care are some of the subjects in the new HSJ commissioning supplement
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HSJ KnowledgeKeeping staff engaged on the way to FT status
Maria Kane on the challenges facing her trust
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SupplementsThe real value of values-based commissioning
‘Values based’ commissioning aims to put users’ views at the heart of reshaping services
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HSJ KnowledgeCreating a new model for mental healthcare
A system to be based around the people who need it most
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HSJ KnowledgeIncreasing patient involvement in care pathways
Enhancing partnership working in mental health
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HSJ Local
Independent case report criticises Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust
A mental health worker savagely stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic who was living in the community should not have been visiting him alone, a report has concluded.
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News
Funding confusion 'directly caused' vulnerable woman's death
A woman with complex mental health problems committed suicide after funding decision errors by a primary care trust and local authority saw her prematurely removed from a care home.
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CommentWhat can NHS leaders learn from the voluntary sector?
Lessons from innovators in the third sector
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NewsLamb: 'No parity' in mental health services
The lack of equality in emergency hospital services for mental health patients needs to be addressed, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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HSJ Local
Mental health trust admits it is unable to win FT status alone
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has become the latest NHS provider to admit it will not be able to win foundation trust status independently.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow leadership style affects mental health recovery
Engaged leadership has a positive impact on patients
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Blogs
The new NHS can transform mental health care
Under the NHS mandate, new commissioners have the chance to improve mental health care throughout the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeAddressing the emotional impact of stroke
The psychological effects of stroke are going untreated
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: Oxfordshire's 'outcomes-based commissioning'
Will Oxfordshire’s new approach transform services?