Mental Health – Page 85
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HSJ LocalTrust cuts use of patient restraint
A mental health trust has reduced patient restraint by a fifth in one year under a new clinical pathway at its purpose built medium secure unit.
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CommentNew technology solutions promise much – now can we work out which ones actually deliver?
Measuring the effectiveness of care innovations is a tricky business, but Tim Burdsey believes it can be done. He shares some insights from a recent review of the evidence base
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NewsCQC: Trusts drop ratings amid 'precarious' care quality
More than a quarter of mental health trusts and almost a fifth of acute trusts previously rated ‘good’ have got worse on reinspection, the Care Quality Commission’s annual State of Care report reveals.
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NewsCouncil health chief named as NHS England director
Enfield council’s executive director of health, housing and adult social care, Ray James, has been appointed as NHS England’s national learning disability director.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: A good wheeze from the prime minister?
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Pioneering trust partnership names joint exec team
A hospital and mental health trust have confirmed their joint board and management structure, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHealth secretary urged to act on CAMHS after teenager's suicide
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been asked to consider the lack of commissioned services for children too anxious to attend hospital appointments following the death of a teenage boy.
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NewsTheresa May names lead to review Mental Health Act
The prime minister has announced the former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists will lead an independent review of the Mental Health Act.
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HSJ LocalTrusts confirm new shared chief executive
An acute trust and a mental health and community trust have appointed a joint chief executive after forming an alliance to make services more integrated.
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HSJ LocalWinner of troubled community services contract named
Liverpool’s troubled community services will be run by a mental health provider from November, after its bid for the contract was preferred to that of the city’s children’s trust.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief retires ahead of CQC inspection report
The chief executive of a struggling trust has announced his retirement, shortly before the publication of an inspection report.
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HSJ LocalNational leaders warned over lack of services for personality disorders
A coroner has warned national health leaders about a lack of commissioned services to support patients with borderline personality disorder.
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NewsExclusive: 'Great concern' over 'growing gap' in mental health services
A drop in mental health inpatient beds coupled with a fall in community care provision is a “great concern” that requires an urgent review, a new report has said.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Triple trust merger delayed
A merger between three West Midlands trusts to create one of the biggest community and mental health providers in the county has been delayed, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The data quality minefield
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector
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NewsExclusive: Variation in children's mental health spend 'seems unjustifiable'
A potentially “unjustifiable” variation in spending on children and young people’s mental health services has raised concerns that cash pledged for these services is not reaching the front line.
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NewsMapped: Every CCG's spending on children and young people's mental health
This map reveals what each CCG in the country spent on mental health services for children and young people last year.
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NewsHSIB launches two new investigations
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has launched two new NHS safety investigations.
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HSJ LocalA&E to be downgraded in major overhaul of hospital services
Commissioners have given the green light to an overhaul of NHS services in an accountable care system that will see two acute hospitals split into emergency and elective centres.
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HSJ LocalTrusts to appoint joint chief ahead of merger
A community trust and mental health trust have announced plans to merge and will switch to joint leadership next year.