All Mental health articles – Page 48
-
NewsTrust apologises over handling of sexual harassment complaint
A trust has taken “disciplinary action” and its chief executive has apologised over the handling of a sexual harassment complaint by one of its nurses, it has admitted.
-
NewsMerger trusts appoint future CEO
Two mental health trusts which are set to merge next year have appointed their future chief executive.
-
HSJ Local‘Improvement board’ created for ‘inadequate’ secure hospital
A mental health trust has established a dedicated improvement board to try to “deal with cultural issues” at the “inadequate”-rated high-secure hospital which it runs.
-
Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Crunch time for PCN relationships
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by primary care correspondent, Jack Serle.
-
NewsExclusive: Number 10 wants new NHS ‘staff morale’ tracker
Number 10 has encouraged NHS leaders to introduce a new staff morale tracker – potentially to report every month – and is likely to pursue the plan if Boris Johnson remains in power, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsLabour plans ‘democratically accountable’ integrated care systems
Integrated care systems would become “democratically accountable” under a Labour government, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth has told HSJ.
-
HSJ LocalYorkshire trust appoints new chief
Sheffield’s mental health and community trust has appointed a new chief executive.
-
NewsExclusive: Top trust chief picked to head new NHS England ‘taskforce’
An experienced trust chief executive has been chosen to lead a national taskforce group charged with improving inpatient mental health, learning disability and autism services for young people.
-
NewsExclusive: New action over safety concerns at Shropshire hospitals
Inspectors have taken fresh urgent action at a severely troubled hospital trust, citing major concerns about treatment of mental health patients in its emergency department, HSJ can reveal.
-
HSJ LocalTrust chief retires after 34 years in the NHS
The head of a mental health trust in the North East has announced his retirement after almost 34 years in the NHS.
-
NewsInquiry ordered after early release of patient who later killed his father
A private healthcare operator has promised to cooperate with an inquiry after a patient who went on to kill his father was released from a secure ward a month early.
-
HSJ LocalMental health trusts to share chair
Two mental health trusts in the East Midlands will share a joint chair from next year.
-
Expert BriefingMindless retendering
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
-
NewsSix hospitals plummeted to ‘inadequate’ in wake of Whorlton Hall
The Care Quality Commission has rated six mental health hospitals “inadequate”, just months after describing them as either “good” or “outstanding”, since the Whorlton Hall scandal was revealed.
-
CommentHow small charities can help the NHS achieve a mental health revolution
Small and local charities are dealing with some of the complex and intractable mental health problems which the NHS can’t always address on its own, writes Paul Streets
-
CommentWe need a workforce fit for the needs of those living with chronic cancer
Policy makers should keep the increasing population with treatable but not curable cancer in mind and ensure there is a clear plan to grow and fund a cancer workforce fit for the future, exhorts Lynda Thomas
-
CommentThe Bedpan: ‘The problem with conceding to Simon Stevens…’
This Week: May at 10 by Sir Anthony Seldon
-
NewsTrust and telecoms giant may use patient phone data to predict crises
A Spanish corporation and an NHS trust are researching whether patients’ mobile data could be used to predict mental health crises.
-
CommentSwindells: politicians are fighting a 40 year-old battle over the NHS
The next wave of healthcare transformation will be a multi-industry partnership, writes Matthew Swindells
-
NewsNew triage process helps struggling service cut waiting list by 30pc
An overhaul in the pathway for a flagship mental health service in Birmingham has led to a 30 per cent decrease in its waiting list since June.