All Mental health articles – Page 161
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health history: taking over the asylum
In our latest feature marking the NHS’s 60th anniversary, Mark Gould charts the journey from Victorian asylums to the national service framework and recent backward steps
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Comment
Angela Greatley on mental health at work
It may not always be apparent to all of the 1 million plus staff of the NHS, but being in employment is a major determinant of good health.
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News
Leicestershire Partnership trust rapped over killer's treatment
An independent review has criticised a mental health trust's treatment of a man who was repeatedly in contact with its services but went on to kill one neighbour and injure another.
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News
Lib Dems scrap free social care promise
The Liberal Democrats have formally ditched their policy of free social care in England. The party has opted instead for a co-payment system based on the one set out by Sir Derek Wanless for the King's Fund.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health equality drive
Partnerships with imams are breaking down barriers between mental health workers and Sheffield's Pakistani community
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Comment
Lisa Rodrigues on appointing a new chair
Managers should be aware of the unintended consequences their actions can bring about
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving outcome measurement
Embedding routine outcome measurement in an organisation's work benefits staff and patients. Farah Khalid explains
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Comment
Deep clean - a patient's view
What did service users make of the government's deep-clean initiative? We asked one woman to tell us what happened when the cleaners arrived on her ward
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News
Scotland boosts dementia funding
A new funding package of £1.6m will go towards improving support for sufferers of dementia, anxiety and depression in Scotland.The package includes funding for practical projects offering support and advice to dementia sufferers and their families.
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News
PCTs ignoring demands to inspect private providers
Hardly any commissioners are carrying out full inspections of private mental health providers despite fears over poor standards, an HSJ poll has revealed.
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News
Severe mental illness unit to close
A national service for people with severe personality disorders is to close. South West London and St George’s Mental Health trust is ‘temporarily’ closing Henderson Hospital in Surrey next Wednesday due to insufficient referrals and income.
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News
Career path: leader in mental health
Jenny McAleese explains how she rose to the top of a specialist mental health provider and helped to turn around its finances
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HSJ Knowledge
View from the floor: mental health services
Matthew Stone manages the East Sussex primary mental health worker team, which has a key role in joined-up working as part of the wider child and adolescent mental health services offered by Sussex Partnership trust
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HSJ Knowledge
Care quality data on mental health is too hard to pin down
Data about the care of people with mental illness in the independent sector is inadequate. The government must fix this before service users get lost in the system, say Anthony Deery and Veena Raleigh
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HSJ Knowledge
Appointing a new chief executive
Involving staff in the appointment process can help to ease the transition to a new chief executive, explain Sally Hodges and Susan Thomas
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HSJ Knowledge
Vulnerable patients - who decides on their care?
Health service managers need to understand the laws protecting vulnerable patients, as Julie Austin explains
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News
Call for helpline funding to close inequalities
Mental health campaigners have called on commissioners to fund helplines as a way of tackling health inequalities among ethnic minority communities.
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News
Self-harm incidents at Broadmoor's trust investigated
The mental health trust responsible for high security hospital Broadmoor is being investigated after fears were raised over its patient safety processes.The Healthcare Commission is investigating the way West London Mental Health trust handles serious incidents such as self-harm.
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News
Special measures removed after abuse trust improves
Cornwall Partnership trust has been lifted out of special measures for 'substantial progress' in addressing serious failings in services for people with learning disabilities.
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News
David Lee on foundation trust members
Foundation trusts are facing an increased focus on their membership development performance.