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HSJ LocalCEO: TV show sparked ‘overwhelming’ regulator scrutiny
An “overwhelming” number of regulators were involved with a trust after an undercover documentary exposed care failings, its chief executive has said.
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NewsInequalities, staffing and safety measures axed by NHSE
NHS England is axing dozens of performance indicators covering workforce, inequalities and patient safety, saying local organisations should be measured on “short-term priorities” this year.
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NewsExclusive: Trust investigated for manslaughter over three deaths
A trust is being investigated for manslaughter in relation to the death of three patients, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Mackey on mental health
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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NewsNHSE budget cuts hit maternity, children and prevention
Maternity, prevention, mental health, and children’s services are the national budgets seeing the biggest cuts after government and NHS England decided to slash ringfenced allocations, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts spending millions on B&B rooms
Mental health trusts spent more than £2m on “bed and breakfast” accommodation in order to discharge patients last year, highlighting big gaps in appropriate housing, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMental health sidelined in key waiting list policy
GPs should be incentivised to get advice and guidance from specialist mental health teams to help “drive down waiting lists”, the new director of the NHS Confederation’s mental health network has said.
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CommentThe NHS knows how to treat complex mental health needs, now it needs to act
A new report urges policymakers to develop better strategies for caring for those with the most complex mental health needs, writes Dr Susan Mizen
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Goodbye Gordon
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ Partners‘I felt like I had so much to offer, but I didn’t have a voice’: One carer on valuing lived experience in mental health
After retiring from a long career in teaching, Veronica* found herself stepping into an unexpected role with a renewed sense of purpose – an expert by experience helping to shape the future of mental health services.
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NewsMental health A&E programme ‘not far away’
A wave of “mental health A&Es” could be built alongside or close to existing emergency departments, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsHigh-profile trust to merge with neighbour
A specialist mental health trust whose services have been under intense scrutiny in recent years is merging with a neighbouring provider.
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HSJ PartnersHome alone: Remote medication monitoring improves adherence and patient safety
People with mental health issues living at home need constant medication management
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Expert BriefingImPatient: 15% more hopeful
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: Government admits cutting mental health spend share
The proportion of the NHS budget spent on mental health services is being cut for the first time in several years, the government will admit to Parliament, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ PartnersHow Living Well Consortium used clinical AI to reduce patient dropouts by 14%
For many people, to simply seek mental health support is to have already overcome a huge emotional hurdle. When that bravery is met with phone holds, onerous forms, and months-long waitlists, countless prospective patients give up before even starting care.
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NewsNHSE ‘ignoring trusts’ pleas for fair funding’
Mental health and community trust bosses have warned they could be forced to cut services because they may lose out under the formula used to distribute pay rise funding.
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CommentMental health trusts must get tougher on smoking
Mental health trusts must strengthen smokefree policies to protect patients’ health and reduce inequalities, writes Sir Norman Lamb
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CommentNHS leaders must speak out against the government’s welfare reforms
The recently announced proposals to modify disability benefits will have disastrous effects on disabled people’s income, health and wellbeing, and might harm the NHS on multiple levels, writes Peter Reading
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NewsPatients routinely smoking in hospitals, despite ban
Mental health patients are routinely smoking on trust premises, and do not have enough support to stop, despite the threat of tightening rules.