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CommentThere’s no point in hiring more therapists if we can’t keep the ones we have
Rising attrition among NHS Talking Therapies staff highlights the need to address unrealistic targets, excessive workloads and poor support to retain experienced CBT practitioners
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NewsLeaders lukewarm about key provider reforms
Leading trust chief executives are split on the desirability of becoming advanced foundation trusts, an HSJ roundtable has heard.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: HSSIB saved – now let it get on with the job
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsBed pressures now ‘relentless’, reports CQC
Mental health trusts are under “daily relentless pressure” on their inpatient beds, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsChair quits after CQC finds ‘misaligned’ board
The chair of an embattled trust has announced he will step down amid warnings from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLeaders ‘disconnected’ from front line at high-secure hospital
Bosses at a trust being investigated for corporate manslaughter have been criticised by a regulator, which found care and patient dignity failings, and a “disconnect” between senior leaders and frontline staff at its high-secure hospital.
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NewsInvestigation after patient ordered poison to inpatient unit
The Care Quality Commission is examining the circumstances surrounding the death of a patient at a psychiatric hospital in Birmingham.
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NewsMental health will always struggle for money but tech offers hope, says national director
The national director for mental health has admitted the sector will always struggle for adequate funding, but said it was no longer the “poor relative” of the acute sector when it came to digital investment.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The cash crisis coming to a head
On this episode, we discuss an HSJ investigation revealing that an increasing number of trusts are facing cash shortages, leading to late payments to suppliers. We explore why this is a symptom of a wider problem and what it tells us about the financial pressures providers are under this year.
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NewsInquiry trust told to act on rise in inpatient deaths
Commissioners have demanded an action plan after an “increase of inpatient deaths” at a mental health trust already subject to a statutory inquiry into at least 2,000 deaths.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Recognising risk, listening to patients and acting early
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The Right to Choose rip-off?
This week we discuss the final report of a major government review into prevalence and support for mental health conditions, ADHD and autism, including its criticism of the quality and cost of assessments done by independent providers.
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NewsICBs in the dark about quality of private care, warns government review
A government-commissioned review has expressed “strong concerns” over the consistency and quality of ADHD and autism assessments carried out by private providers.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHS gears up for unusual Budget
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By senior correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsStaff exodus to private rivals forces trust to restrict service
A mental health and community trust has been forced to restrict its children’s ADHD service after a string of staff left for private providers.
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HSJ Local‘Organisational shame’ driving defensive behaviour at inquiry trust
Staff at a trust subject to a statutory inquiry are paralysed by fear, a review has discovered.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Axing the blocks
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance, and finances in the mental health sector, by deputy bureau chief Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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NewsPublic inquiries a costly ‘knee jerk’, warns chair
The chair of a major public inquiry has admitted they are often “hugely expensive”, time-consuming, and popular with politicians who are keen to pass the buck to the next minister.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The appearance of action without improving safety
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsAccounting error forces trust to downgrade forecast by £6m
The NHS’s worst-performing mental health trust had to adjust its accounts to record a £2.9m deficit after external auditors found it had wrongly classified £6m as an efficiency saving.