Mental Health – Page 120
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CommentReaders' letters – 10 May 2012
There’s no place for gags about the Samaritans. Plus, commissioners must not rule out telehealth yet
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CommentUnemployment is bad for your health - now and in the future
Public health work at one primary care trust has shown how unemployment could have massive impact on a generation’s life expectancy, and why it’s important they get back to work. John Middleton reports.
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HSJ Local
Institute of Mental Health opens new £7m centre
RESEARCH: The Institute of Mental Health is to officially open its new £7m building in Nottingham on Friday, 25 May 2012.
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Blogs
Devaluing social work with adults will cause huge problems
The NHS stands to lose big if local authorities begin cutting the number of social workers helping older patients and people with disabilities.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to deliver integrated care alongside effective staff engagement
How and why is people management crucial to the success of integrated care? HSJ Award winner Jane Wells explains.
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HSJ Local
SHA's proposed cut to mental health funding 'disgraceful'
FINANCE: A strategic health authority has asked staff to plan for a cut of nearly two-thirds in its mental health research and analysis budget to make up a shortfall on cancer projects.
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News
Integrate mental health services for bigger savings - Confed
Integrating mental health and physical health services can lead to better patient care and significant savings, according to the NHS Confederation.
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HSJ Local
Staff urged to open up on feelings
A mental health provider is offering staff the chance to take part in meetings to openly discuss the social and emotional impact of caring for patients.
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NewsNHS must 'up its game' on homeless people's mental health
Mental health leaders must “up their game” in tackling mental health problems among the homeless, according to a new report.
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CommentTim Wilson: thirty good men and true
Reassurance, respect, relationships, responsibility and reporting.
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CommentPaul Corrigan: the integration conundrum
It seems to me that the more everyone agrees with the policy of integrated care, the further away the reality of integrated practice seems to be?
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NewsDoctors: disabled patients get poorer care in hospital
A poll of hundreds of hospital doctors and GPs has found most believe patients with a learning disability get poorer care than the rest of the population.
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Blogs
On the road to Recovery
The government made Recovery the mental health strategy’s defining goal in February - which gives mental health service providers to do something truly radical, says Sean Duggan.
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NewsFlory calls on PCTs to check DOLS compliance
NHS deputy chief executive David Flory has written to chief executives and PCTs urging them to ensure rules on when patients can be deprived of their liberty are followed.
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NewsExclusive: mental health FT is first to quit clinical negligence scheme
Lancashire Care Foundation Trust this morning confirmed to HSJ it had given the NHS Litigation Authority notice it was leaving its clinical negligence scheme.
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NewsIncrease in patient liberty restrictions - CQC
There has been a rise in the number of approvals for measures that allow hospital and care home staff to deprive people of their liberty.
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NewsCharity challenges CQC over critical report
A charity has challenged the findings of a critical Care Quality Commission report on one of its homes for young people with learning disabilities.
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NewsPM declares 'national crisis' over dementia care
The prime minister has declared that rising rates of dementia are “a national crisis” and launched a major drive to improve the lives of sufferers and their carers.
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CommentReaders' Letters – 22 March 2012
An open letter to David Cameron, unmet need and understanding mental health.
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NewsMental health trust set to leave litigation scheme
A trust providing mental health and community services looks set to be the first in England to opt out of the NHS Litigation Authority’s clinical negligence scheme - while a hospital trust has backed away from choosing a commercial insurer despite also looking for an alternative.