Mental Health – Page 57
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HSJ LocalFT to divest under-pressure prison contracts
An NHS trust has told staff it will cease serving five prisons in the north west, amid wider concerns about the state of healthcare services for inmates.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Unpicking the headlines
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentThe Bedpan: Being minister was like ‘fighting a rearguard action’
This week: Sir Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk
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NewsHancock backs health and wellbeing boards power boost
Health and wellbeing boards should be “empowered” and expanded to boost the integration of health and adult social care services, Matt Hancock has said.
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CommentThe best laid plans: Making a reality of the NHS long-term plan
Hugh Alderwick, of the Health Foundation, discusses lessons from the past for a fresh round of system-wide planning in the NHS
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NewsNew charter launched to help trusts deal with safety incidents
NHS staff are requiring “significant” amounts of support after being involved in patient safety incidents, prompting a national body to draw up a new charter for how trusts should respond.
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NewsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019 winners revealed
The winners of the 2019 Patient Safety Awards have been revealed.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019: Best Healthtech Solution for Patient Safety
Winner Oxehealth and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust: Innovative technology to improve dementia care in mental health
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019: Mental Health Initiative of the Year
Winner Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust: Crisis community services
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NewsNHSI programme reducing staff turnover, it reveals
NHS Improvement’s national programme to improve workforce retention has resulted in the lowest nursing turnover rate since 2014, it has said.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Does the private sector get an easier ride?
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The region’s most important job
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentWhy mental health services need to become more “man-friendly”
By creating a more representative and better trained workforce and providing a greater choice of treatments and treatment contexts, we will increase the chance of engaging men in mental health services, writes Professor Sarah Niblock
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NewsNHS 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.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Theresa May’s record
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ LocalConcern as council cancels integration deal
A council’s decision to withdraw from joint working with a mental health trust could lead to a model of delivery which is “uncoordinated and duplicative” for patients, the trust has warned.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The future of NHS procurement revealed
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsExclusive: Hundreds of patients kept in ‘distressing’ dormitory-style wards
NHS England says the government should consider hundreds of mental health patients who are being treated in “distressing” dormitory-style wards when it determines future capital spending budgets.
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NewsTrust fined £200,000 for prisoner death
A mental health trust has been fined £200,000 for breaching the Care Quality Commission’s fundamental standards in only the second case of its kind.