All Mental health articles – Page 119
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NewsFoundation trusts still lagging on savings targets in Q2
Regulator Monitor today urged foundation trusts to plan “sooner and more effectively” for future financial pressures, as its latest quarterly report showed the sector had made little progress in closing the gap between planned and actual savings.
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NewsMinister casts doubt on use of tariff across mental health
Funding for mental health services needs to change to remove an “institutional bias” in the NHS, health minister Norman Lamb has told HSJ.
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Blogs
A decade of austerity should spur on fundamental care reform
CCGs have the opportunity to reform patterns of service provision and ways of working.A decade of austerity could spur on some long overdue changes to our health and care system..
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NewsSchizophrenia report demands better care
Significant improvements in care are needed if the lives of schizophrenia sufferers are to get better, according to the first national audit for people with the severe mental illness.
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CommentMichael White: some notes on some scandals
Care scandals must not always leave the buck with hard-pressed staff
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NewsLamb: Learning disability hospitals should be 'throttled'
Alternative facilities should be commissioned for the majority of people with learning disabilities or autism who live in larger inpatient hospitals, the care services minister has said.
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NewsPsychological therapy success leads to rising waits
The government’s flagship programme to boost access to psychological therapies has been hailed a success but there are warnings it faces significant challenges ahead.
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Comment
Readers' letters - 6 December 2012
Support for Jeremy Hunt’s “technology revolution”, and an assertion that NHS providers are better placed than independent ones to provide integrated secure services
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NewsExclusive: 'Rapid reduction' in hospital care planned following Winterbourne View
The treatment of all people with learning disabilities or autism receiving inpatient care is to be reviewed, ahead of a drive to rapidly reduce hospital placements and increase community provision.
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HSJ KnowledgeLiaison psychiatry can bridge the gap
A joint approach to managing physical and mental care is a prime example of integration
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NewsHealthwatch England appoints chief executive
A former adviser to the prime minister has been appointed chief executive of the new consumer champion for health and social care.
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HSJ KnowledgeA person-centred approach to dementia care
Looking at the methods used by Coventry and Warwickshire trust
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NewsFailings in mental health crisis care exposed
Two fifths of NHS mental health trusts do not have enough staff to offer adequate care to people suffering a mental health crisis, it has emerged.
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SupplementsCollect my thoughts - an HSJ supplement on mental health
How patient involvement is improving mental health care, and the increasing role of external suppliers and primary care, are some of the subjects featured in our supplement exploring case studies and the latest developments in mental health
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HSJ KnowledgeBuilding patient engagement from the ground up
Why improving patient involvement has paid dividends in Manchester
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NewsCQC may fail to meet annual inspections targets
The Care Quality Commission has just over four months to complete more than half of its annual inspections and is considering informing the Department of Health it will not meet the target.
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NewsFormer Mid Staffs boss working for addiction charity
The chief executive who led Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust when it was engulfed by a scandal of poor care has taken up a senior role at an addiction charity with links to the NHS.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: calculating the cost of mental health
The answer is £334, not 42, according to new reference costs
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NewsWinterbourne whistleblower given job by CQC
The whistleblowing nurse who exposed poor care at the Winterbourne View Hospital has been given a job by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ KnowledgePayment by results can enhance mental health services
The tariff system can help drive psychiatry forward