Mental Health – Page 161
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£170m to be invested in talking therapies
£170m is to be invested in a training programme for 3,600 psychological therapists and to increase access to low and high-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy.
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Fraud charges
Two former directors of a private hospital group have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the NHS.The move by Norfolk police follows an investigation lasting more than a year into financial irregularities at Cawston Park Hospital, one of three psychiatric hospitals run by Chancellor Care. The NHS Counter Fraud and ...
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Plea over post-natal depression support
More clarity is needed on which health professionals are responsible for detecting and managing post-natal depression, says research in this month's British Journal of General Practice.
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Mental health charities make constitution plea
A group of mental health charities has sent a joint letter to health secretary Alan Johnson calling on the government to recognise mental health in any potential NHS constitution.It is signed by the chief executives of four major charities and the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Training cuts could stifle talking therapy
A government pledge to make 'talking therapies' more available is being jeopardised by higher education funding cuts, training providers have claimed.
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Violence increases but training in restraint techniques is still on hold
Urgent proposals for dealing with violent patients are still awaiting government funding 10 years after the death that sparked them.HSJ has discovered that a national training scheme for staff in acute mental health wards has been on hold for years, despite fresh evidence of increasing violent behaviour.
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Find the funds to keep violence in check
Uniquely among the main care disciplines, mental health services routinely have to manage a triangle of potentially violent relationships: patients attacking staff, patients attacking each other and - when it comes to restraining aggression - staff using force on patients.
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Half of mental health nurses assaulted, audit reveals
More than half of nurses on mental health wards have been physically assaulted at work, according to an audit of violence in mental health services published today.The audit - the second national assessment of its kind - covered more than 200 NHS and independent mental health units and was carried ...
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Call for regular GP evaluations of dementia patients
The Registered Nursing Home Association has told MPs it wants to see more systematic assessments of dementia patients by GPs.
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HSJ Knowledge
Scottish dementia network launches newsletter
The Tayside managed care network for dementia has produced the first issue of its new quarterly newsletter, available now on the network's page in the register.
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HSJ Knowledge
Scottish dementia network launches newsletter
The Tayside managed care network for dementia has produced the first issue of its new quarterly newsletter, available now on the network's page in the register.
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Comment
Lisa Rodrigues on NHS acronyms
Obscure abbreviations and over-complicated policies keep the NHS from focusing on what is really important
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HSJ Knowledge
David Lee on foundation trust democracy
Heard the one about the foundation trust applicant that didn't get enough candidates for its governor elections? No, it's not funny.
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Comment
Lisa Rodrigues on NHS acronyms
Obscure abbreviations and over-complicated policies keep the NHS from focusing on what is really important
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Who foots the bill: establishing responsibility for patient care
Delaying admission while PCTs decide who should pay disrupts care and adds to bureaucracy. Should we look to local government for guidance? Lynn Eaton reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Value for many - improving learning difficulties services
A consultation on learning difficulties services seeks to help most service users to live in the community, while increasing monitoring and support. Mark Gould reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health partnership sets out to boost physical health
Improving the quality of life for people with severe and enduring mental illnesses has been the focus of a partnership in Bolton, writes Alan Jones
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Mental health funding rows must not hinder urgent care
Being sectioned under the Mental Health Act is traumatic, but a section being delayed because of a row over funding is even more distressing.
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Patients denied admission as PCTs argue over who will pay
Patients deemed to be a threat to themselves or others are being denied hospital beds while commissioners squabble over money.
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Depression peaks at 44, study finds
The probability of depression in men and women in the UK peaks around the age of 44, according to researchers in the US.