All Mental health articles – Page 171
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The Health and Safety Executive has told hospital trusts to make sure that they ensure the health and safety of their patients especially from the potential dangers of falling from windows. The warning comes after Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust was fined£14,000 after an HSE prosecution following an accident involving ...
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Mental Health Bill briefing
In 1998, then health secretary Frank Dobson announced the government’s intention to create new legislation to close ‘loopholes’ in the 1983 Mental Health Act. The announcement followed the conviction of personality-disordered Michael Stone in 1998 for the brutal murders of Lin and Megan Russell.
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Hundreds join protest over claims that mental health nurse was suspended for speaking out
Hundreds of health workers in the North West were due to go on strike for the second time in two weeks over the suspension of a trade union activist.
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Service users expose care gap
A survey of mental health patients by the Healthcare Commission has reported gaps in the quality of services and advice.
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Mental Health Barometer August 2007
Mental health chief executives are feeling less confident this month. Almost all scores are down.
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Increase mental health investment, urges WHO
The World Health Organisation has called for countries worldwide to increase their support for mental health services. It says such services are being starved of human and financial resources and need to be given more attention by health planners. The organisation's review of global mental health has been published ...
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Empowering communities: mental healthcare in Oldham
Local initiatives can help to bring awareness of mental healthcare services to more groups.
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Reaching more carers at home
The Family Welfare Association has recruited home visitors with knowledge of a wider range of community languages to help mental health service users and their carers in the London borough of Tower Hamlets as part of its Carers Connect project.
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Delivering race equality: community development workers
A developing community mental healthcare role is improving access for diverse groups, says Louis Appleby
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Signs of improvement from community mental health services
Community mental health services are showing some improvement but concerns over access remain, according to a survey published today by the Healthcare Commission.
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Call to action as killings continue to fail service users and public
A lack of government guidance means SHAs and mental health trusts have little clarity in how to examine why service users were able to kill. Investigations drag on and findings from cases as long ago as 1996 have not been acted on. Charlotte Santry reports
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Timely action will save lives and restore public confidence
'Media coverage of mental health killings obliterates shades of grey'
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£80m 'wasted' on killing inquiries
More than £80m has been 'wasted' on inquiries into murders and manslaughters by mental health patients, a leading charity has claimed following an exclusive hsj.co.uk investigation.
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Exclusive: NHS gets first medical director as Sir Liam's role is scaled back
Leading cardiac surgeon and president of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has been appointed as the Department of Health's medical director, HSJ has learnt.
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Exclusive: NHS gets first medical director as Sir Liam's role is scaled back
Leading cardiac surgeon and president of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has been appointed as the Department of Health's medical director, HSJ has learnt.
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Mental health and care trusts directory published
A complete guide to all mental health trusts and care trusts, with contact details and names of chairs and chief executives, has been added to the NHS Network Contacts Directory. The directory already includes similar guides to acute trusts, primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.Click here for more information
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Director resigns
Dr Frank Margison, medical director at the troubled Manchester Mental Health and Social Care trust, has stepped down from his post.
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Exclusive: Mental health killings investigation
Failings in the care of mental health patients convicted of murder or manslaughter are regularly taking up to five years to put right, an investigation by hsj.co.uk has revealed.
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Become the third man's best friend
Allowing the third sector a greater input in shaping local services can make for better results, argue Paul Hopley and colleagues
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Stigma campaign chief named
An interim director has been appointed to Moving People, a well-being campaign formed by a coalition of mental health organisations and backed by the Big Lottery Fund and Comic Relief.