All Mental health articles – Page 37
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NewsExclusive: Key NHS long-term plan target to be missed ‘due to covid’
The NHS is set to miss a major national target to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements within mental health by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHospital put into special measures after young patients appeared ‘over sedated’
An independent mental health hospital has been placed into special measures after young people ‘appeared to be over sedated’ during an inspection.
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NewsRevealed: Beds for children hit ‘crisis point’ amid covid demand surge
Availability of inpatient child and adolescent mental health services beds — particularly for eating disorders — has reached ‘crisis point’, with young people left waiting on a standard paediatric ward or at home as demand surged during the covid pandemic.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Relying on ‘clinical discretion’
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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CommentTackling stigma in the NHS is critical to easing the mental health impact of the pandemic
Stephanie Slater shares her personal insight on the stigma surrounding mental health and how vital it is to improve this culture for the staff in the NHS
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News‘Worrying’ gap in vaccination rates for over 80s with learning disabilities
Experts have warned that vulnerable groups risk getting ‘missed out’ after data has revealed a ‘worrying’ gap in vaccination rates for those with a learning disability and severe mental illness.
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NewsTrusts could get new CQC ratings without inspection
The Care Quality Commission could regularly change its ratings of health and care providers without inspectors visiting them, under new plans from the watchdog.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Why, according to Matt Hancock, vaccines are like Range Rovers
Andy Cowper on the latest developments with regards to the coronavirus vaccine
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read mental health stories of 2020
As we get ready to say goodbye to 2020, HSJ takes a look back at the 10 most read mental health stories of the year.
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CommentPHE's abolition is an 'opportunity for councils to take the lead'
An enhanced sector-led improvement approach, where councils are responsible for their own performance and are held accountable locally, not nationally, would be a cost-effective way to boost public health, argues Cllr Ian Hudspeth
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NewsTroubled children’s service taken out of special measures
An independent children’s and adolescents’ mental health service has been taken out of special measures after cutting beds by two-thirds.
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NewsChief executive apologises after sharing ‘suicide note’ with 3,000 staff
The chief executive of a mental health trust has apologised after sharing a colleague’s ‘suicide note’ with 3,000 staff.
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NewsCEOs frustrated by ‘discriminatory’ approach to vaccine prioritisation
Chief executives of mental health trusts have expressed their frustration at the government’s failure to include people with learning disabilities higher up the priority list for covid vaccines.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Escaping the gloom – what 2021 holds for the NHS
Four HSJ correspondents make their predictions for the NHS in 2021, from the vaccination programme and tech reorganisation, through to change at the top, staffing and mental health.
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HSJ InteractiveWhat now constitutes effective performance on elective care?
An HSJ webinar, run in association with Acumentice, brought together a small panel to consider how the context of a continuing pandemic – and the suspension of elective activity during its first wave – has affected approaches to managing waits. By Claire Read
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NewsNHSE director: government has ‘absolute duty’ to hold public inquiry into handling of covid
‘Scared’ health and care staff who ‘put themselves on the line’ during the covid pandemic are owed a ‘duty’ by government to hold a public inquiry into how it was handled, a senior NHS England director has declared.
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Nurse seeks funds to take sexual harassment complaint to tribunal
A specialist nurse is taking her employer to tribunal over the handling of a sexual harassment complaint she first raised five years ago.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Get health checks back on track
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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NewsNursing union chief appointed to trust board
Royal College of Nursing chief Dame Donna Kinnair will join the board of a London mental health trust next year.