All Mental health articles – Page 2
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News‘Concerning’ levels of therapy still carried out by unaccredited staff
Tens of thousands of therapy sessions are still being carried out by unaccredited practitioners in the NHS, data suggests – nearly four years after the deadline to stamp this out.
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CommentTavistock merger endangers a century of mental health innovation
The merger may preserve structures, but risks weakening the intellectual and clinical culture that made Tavistock a global leader in mental health
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NewsFailing private service faces NHS takeover
A leading NHS provider is considering taking over the running of services at a private hospital at the centre of a police probe.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Maternity safety stays in the spotlight
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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HSJ LocalNew CEO role for ex-crisis trust boss
Oxford Health Foundation Trust has appointed its next chief executive, who joins from a recently dissolved mental health trust.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Chatbot turned therapist
Millions of people are turning to AI chatbots to manage their mental health, driven by a combination of long waiting lists and not meeting clinical thresholds for treatment.
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NewsStabbing ‘could have been avoided’ with better care
A mental health trust discharged a patient without reviewing his risk level, a month before he went on to stab a man.
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CommentMental health reform is becoming urgent
Demand for mental health support is rising, particularly among young people. The next phase of NHS reform must prioritise prevention, early intervention and services that are accessible when people need them
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Wellness, or else
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsSpiralling cost of mental health patients stuck in acute hospitals revealed
Hospital trusts are spending millions of pounds a year on expensive temporary staff to look after mental health patients stranded in emergency departments and acute wards, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsPatients stuck in unsafe hospital for two more months
NHS England has accepted it will take until the end of June to move “priority” patients out of a hospital where there are “serious safety concerns”.
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NewsCovid fraud tsar to chair national body
A former trust boss who led government efforts to claw back taxpayers’ money lost to covid scammers has been appointed chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority, it has been announced.
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HSJ LocalUnqualified therapist treated patients for 10 months
An individual worked as a cognitive behavioural therapist at a trust for 10 months without having the qualifications to do so, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE chair: Trusts sat on land worth ‘billions’
The chair of NHS England has stated that mental health trusts are sitting on land worth £3 billion, as she questioned claims about the sector not having enough money.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Women’s health ambitions and mental health realities reveal an NHS under pressure
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsTwo trusts announce joint chair
Two trusts who have said they want to work more closely together have appointed a joint chair.
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NewsTrust loses ‘outstanding’ rating
A trust’s leadership has been downgraded from an “outstanding” rating to “requires improvement” by the care watchdog, which cited poor management practices, “pockets of poor culture” and bullying.
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NewsDemand growth ‘genuine’, says NHSE director
Mental health services are struggling to deal with a “genuine increase” in demand taking place over several decades, particularly from children and young people, NHS England’s new director for the sector has said.
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NewsChief nurse appointed as trust CEO
A trust’s chief nurse has been appointed as its permanent chief executive.
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CommentCultural differences in British society are being ignored by NHS reform
Structural reforms ignore how to handle cultural differences within the population, leaving clinicians without frameworks for making complex decisions, risking inequity, unsafe care, and weak accountability