Mental Health – Page 72
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NewsPM's mental health review will call for 'significant' new money
The government’s mental health tsar has said his independent report could have “significant” implications for NHS funding.
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HSJ LocalFive-trust consortium to repatriate high risk patients
A consortium of mental health trusts has created a new central team to bring back out of area patients and manage beds for the footprint.
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CommentVolunteering - a game changer in healthcare
If we unlock the full potential of volunteers in the NHS, we could embed a culture where hospitals and communities work more closely together. By Paddy Hanrahan
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HSJ LocalJudge criticises CCGs for spending public money on 'expensive lawyers'
A judge has criticised two clinical commissioning groups for spending public money on “expensive lawyers” in a ruling on funding of care for patients registered in another area.
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HSJ LocalTrust recruits new chief executive from neighbour
A mental health and community trust has appointed a new chief executive following its previous leader announcing early retirement.
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' trust to establish nursing academy
An outstanding rated trust has approved plans to set up a nursing academy to train up to 20 new mental health nurses a year.
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NewsExclusive: Trust chiefs form joint committee across STP
Mental health leaders are creating a joint committee to standardise pathways and improve service quality across their sustainability and transformation partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentHealth check of the NHS's 10 year performance
Ben Richardson and Sutha Satkunarajah note that a review of the healthcare system in England has found that though certain quality outcomes have improved over the last 10 years, timely access to services has become tougher
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HSJ LocalTrust chief executive to step down after 10 years
The chief executive of a mental health trust has announced she will step down from the role next year.
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NewsGIRFT looking for three new clinical leads
The Getting It Right First Time programme is recruiting clinical leaders to head its new mental health workstreams.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The cancer comparison
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ PartnersMoving work to machines and patients
Health should follow other industries which have solved problems by moving production to machines or patients, writes Kaveh Safavi
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to rethink CAMHS as demand soars
A mental health trust has had to put more than half a million pounds extra into a “one stop” service for children and young people after referrals were close to double the expected levels.
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HSJ LocalSerco closes in on NHS contract after Carillion collapse
Serco is poised to take over facilities management services at a mental health trust after previous provider Carillion was liquidated.
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HSJ LocalDeputy chief executive appointed to top job neighbouring trust
A mental health trust has appointed a new leader after its chief executive stood down last year to lead a neighbouring acute trust as part of a hospital chain.
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NewsExclusive: Dramatic rise in attacks on hospital staff
Research by HSJ and Unison has found an absolute increase of 9.7 per cent in violent attacks on NHS hospital staff
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HSJ InteractiveInnovative work and excellent leadership did the trick for Hull CCG
Ingrid Torjesen reports on how the city of culture badge helped drive Hull to win Clinical Commissioning Group of the Year
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NewsExclusive: CQC launches national investigation over sexual abuse fears
An investigation into how mental health patients are protected from sexual abuse has been launched by the Care Quality Commission, after it identified 900 incidents on wards across the NHS in just three months.
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HSJ LocalShelford Group trust discriminated against senior manager in dismissal
A major acute hospital unfairly dismissed a senior manager, discriminating against her on the basis of a mental health condition, an employment tribunal has found.
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LeaderThe nine tests that will prove if the government is serious about NHS reform
A year after the publication of the Five Year Forward View, Simon Stevens set out five tests for George Osborne as he prepared the 2015 spending review, which the NHS England chief hoped would fund his vision.