All Mental health articles – Page 117
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HSJ Local
Paul Jenkins appointed as chief executive of mental health trust
The new chief executive of Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust has been announced as Paul Jenkins.
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CommentA healthy level of competition and choice
Mental health has quietly and effectively been using competition
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CommentMental health under fire: is parity of esteem enough?
Government paper has not achieved its promise
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CommentCommunity trusts are invisible to politicians
End the preoccupation with all things hospital
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HSJ KnowledgeA different path for dementia care
With cases of dementia set to top 1m by 2021, leadership is needed
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Community trusts devise plan to 'level playing field'
Community services trusts are starting work on a national programme to develop indicators to benchmark their performance and value, which could potentially underpin a tariff payment system for the sector, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMental health patients 'need help'
Mental health patients have no understanding of how long they should expect to wait before being seen by specialists, the health minister has said.
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CommentCrisis, what crisis? Psychiatry's shift to the mainstream
People convince themselves they are sick
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HSJ KnowledgeMake a link between mental and physical health services
Liaison psychiatry can help achieve parity between services
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HSJ Local
Hertfordshire Trust unveils £42m mental health unit
MENTAL HEALTH: Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust will open a brand new £42m in-patient unit for mental health patients in 2014.
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NewsExclusive: Mental health sector hit by beds shortage
Mental health patients requiring urgent hospital admission face long journeys − in some cases hundreds of miles − amid growing evidence of a shortage of beds, HSJ has learned.
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Leader‘Esteem gap’ between mental and physical health remains
Access to services is going backwards while demand rises
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SupplementsA long way from equality − an HSJ special report
Our survey reveals the NHS is ‘not even close’ to delivering parity of esteem for mental and physical health
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NewsCall for greater hearing loss support
Older people with hearing loss are more than twice as likely to develop depression compared with those without the condition, a charity has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Trust accidentally circulates details of Ashworth Hospital volunteers
PERFORMANCE: Mersey Care Trust has published details of a confidentiality breach in which a member of staff accidentally circulated the personal details of volunteers who had visited patients at the high-security Ashworth Hospital.
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CommentLisa Rodrigues: A very personal ‘personal best’
The FT chief executive makes an important announcement
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CommentKeep politics involved in the NHS
MPs play a crucial role in scrutinising and improving the NHS