All Mental health articles – Page 34
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: A new era dawns for specialised services
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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CommentA comprehensive blueprint of psychological care is needed for teenagers and young adults
Dr Louise Soanes, chief nurse at Teenage Cancer Trust, discusses the launch of Teenage Cancer Trust’s new campaign, “#NotOk” and why mental health provision for young people with cancer is needed more than ever.
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NewsTrust fined £1.5m after patient deaths
A mental health trust has been fined £1.5m following a prosecution by the Heath and Safety Executive over failings related to 11 inpatient deaths.
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NewsRegulator warns trust over serious safety concerns
Regulators ordered a trust to take immediate action after it found junior doctors were seeing acute inpatients alone, the year after a psychiatric patient stabbed a doctor at one of the provider’s hospitals.
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NewsCoroners call for changes to IT systems after two suicides
Coroners have called for urgent changes to be made to GP computer systems to help prevent suicide after two cases where men took their own lives.
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CommentMental health staff are feeling the strain of the pandemic too
Mental healthcare staff reported moral injury besides widespread changes in the nature of their work during the pandemic. By Peter B. Jones and Natalie Richards
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HSJ LocalCCG awards £1.6bn ‘integrated care partnership’ contract
An acute trust plans to create an integrated care partnership with a not-for-profit company after winning a £1.6bn contract for community, mental health and social care services.
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NewsRevealed: Ten-fold increase in children waiting too long for specialist care
The number of children and young people waiting longer than recommended for admission to a mental health bed has increased nearly ten-fold since last summer, according to figures from one NHS region seen by HSJ.
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HSJ PartnersRelieving health inequity in elective care access after the pandemic
By working together and utilising the ‘four Is’, health and care systems can build a fairer system with less unwarranted variation. Andrew Moran explains how this population health management approach could work.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: When safety warnings go unheeded
HSJ revealed in an investigation this week that serious concerns were raised by patients at a mental health hospital for children in the years before it was rated ‘inadequate’ by the national regulator in March 2021.
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NewsProvider blames staffing difficulties for closure of specialist unit
A private provider is shutting its specialist unit, with its last patient expected to leave today, sparking warnings about a lack of generic mental health beds.
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Expert BriefingHospital group chief installed at neighbouring trust
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: Alarm raised years before hospital’s ‘inadequate’ rating
Multiple concerns were raised about an inpatient hospital for several years before it was rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: The NHS is failing to diagnose Devon’s autistic children
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentThe NHS and its partners must 'take risks' to improve care for children
For healthcare to truly improve the overall outcomes of children and young people health issues must be addressed holistically alongside factors like safety, wellbeing, and access to education, training and skills. By Rukshana Kapasi
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NewsTrusts to form first-of-its-kind group
Two East Midlands mental health and community trusts have agreed to what HSJ understands is a first-of-its-kind group arrangement.
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NewsFamilies launch court case in bid for public inquiry into deaths
The Department of Health and Social Care is facing being taken to court over an inquiry it launched into the deaths of dozens of mental health patients in Essex.
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HSJ PartnersHow we are addressing waiting lists and social inequalities at scale
Nigel Foster on the need to not just restore services and reduce backlogs but to tackle potential inequalities in access, experience and outcomes
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NewsPolice launch investigation into patient death
Police are investigating allegations around the death of a patient who was under the care of Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust.
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CommentThe three pandemics
We need the contribution of millions of people as volunteers and supporters to handle the crises in the NHS, writes Patricia Hewitt