All Mental health articles – Page 5
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News90,000 three-year waiters revealed in unpublished data
The huge numbers of very long waits for NHS mental health care have been exposed in new data – revealing figures much larger than those waiting for physical health treatment.
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CommentHow improved patient flow meant no out-of-area placements for two years
Graeme Caul, chief operating officer at Central and North West London Foundation Trust, outlines how the trust achieved two years without out-of-area placements
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NewsNon-acutes ‘will get more tech funding’
Community and mental health trusts will receive a larger share of national technology funding to enable the move to neighbourhood teams, an NHS England director has said.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Digital Awards 2025: Improving Mental Health Through Digital
WINNER Health Innovation East Midlands: Digital Innovation Helps Tackle ADHD Waiting List Challenge
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Expert BriefingImPatient: The song remains the same
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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HSJ PartnersThe digital shift in mental health: What NHS leaders need to know
Decisions in healthcare are never simple, especially in mental health hospitals where patient needs are nuanced and care environments are complex.
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NewsExclusive: Deaths linked to new crisis care policy
Coroners have issued multiple warnings about deaths linked to police refusing to respond to people in mental health crisis, prompting fresh concerns about “gaps in support”.
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NewsManage ADHD like diabetes, says NHSE taskforce
An inability to access NHS attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) services has resulted in a “significant growth” in the use of unregulated private providers, according to a report from a national taskforce.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: For safer maternity care, we need action, not words
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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HSJ PartnersI was an inpatient on a mental health ward – here’s what needs to change
Inpatient mental health services in the UK are under intense scrutiny and increasing pressure. Staff shortages, patient safety concerns, and outdated environments are just some of the issues drawing media and political attention.
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NewsThe providers ‘in pole position’ to lead neighbourhood health
Mental health trusts are the largest providers of adult physical community health services in England by population, potentially putting them in “pole position” to lead the development of “neighbourhood health” in many areas.
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NewsTrust and manager cleared of manslaughter
A mental health trust and its ward manager have been cleared by a jury of corporate manslaughter and manslaughter by gross negligence.
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NewsMackey’s men dominate the 2025 Top 50 CEO rankings
When Sir Jim Mackey took over as NHS England’s last chief executive, he picked four fellow acute trust CEOs to help him lead the service over the next two years.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Trend of police investigations has profound consequences
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: ‘Uncomfortable truth’ ahead of spending review
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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HSJ LocalCost of inquiry ‘threatens trust’s financial resilience’, says CEO
An ongoing patient safety inquiry could threaten the financial resilience of a trust if a lack of funding continues, a chief executive has warned.
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NewsNHSE funding rule ‘deliberately unfair’ to non-acute trusts
Mental health, community and ambulance trusts have raised fresh concerns they are losing out under NHS funding rules – with one provider facing a £16m shortfall in recent years.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Baby death targets missed and negligence bill hits £58bn
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsTrust predicts ‘standstill’ in very long waits
A trust has called in a private provider to help address very long diagnostic waits, but admits they will remain at a “standstill” without “further investment”.
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HSJ LocalCEO: TV show sparked ‘overwhelming’ regulator scrutiny
An “overwhelming” number of regulators were involved with a trust after an undercover documentary exposed care failings, its chief executive has said.