All Mental health articles – Page 53
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CommentMental wellbeing of NHS staff is at a tipping point
Improving mental wellbeing in the workplace has to be implemented from the top-down, with NHS leaders making it a priority and not just a promise. By Paul Farmer
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NewsExclusive: Region ordered to hold back ‘risk reserve’ of almost £100m
Providers and commissioners in the East of England will have their income and allocations top-sliced by the region’s NHS England and Improvement board to create a risk reserve.
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NewsTrust takes over specialist service after row
A mental health trust is to take over a contract for children’s autism services following a dispute between a private provider and local commissioners.
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CommentManchester gets SICK! again
The SICK! Festival 2019 takes place across Greater Manchester and presents an international arts programme, weaving in perspectives from researchers, clinical practitioners, public health professionals, charities and those with lived experience of the issues addressed, explains Jon Rouse
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NewsCQC demands trust act as patients wait up to eight days for a bed
A mental health trust has closed its patient waiting area due to a threat from the Care Quality Commission, which its chief has said will mean people waiting longer in A&E.
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HSJ LocalFT seeks merger to avoid ‘patient safety risks’
A mental health trust is preparing to seek a merger or acquisition by another provider in a bid to address its financial challenges, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHealth minister is moved back to previous role after just two months
A new health minister has been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care following a cabinet reshuffle this week.
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NewsTrusts hire ‘big four’ consultants to advise on joint working
Two mental health trusts have hired management consultants to look at how they can be more involved in joint working, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: 12-hour breaches set to rise
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts testing latest round of emergency targets
New mental health emergency care targets will be trialled across 11 NHS organisations and one social enterprise, NHS England has confirmed.
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HSJ LocalProvider withdraws services amid contract dispute
Children with autism have been left in limbo after a private provider withdrew the majority of its services amid a dispute with commissioners.
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NewsMental health and acute trust seek joint chief executive
A mental health trust and one of England’s worst performing acute trusts have announced they will come together under a “group model”.
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NewsHospital gets draft ‘inadequate’ rating
One of three high security mental health hospitals in England has received an “inadequate” rating in a draft report from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCQC threatens enforcement action for ‘inadequate’ hospital
A private hospital for learning disability patients has been rated “inadequate” and placed into special measures, with the Care Quality Commission finding nine in 10 staff were “unqualified”.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust no longer ‘inadequate’
England’s only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance trust will remain in special measures despite the Care Quality Commission noting improvements.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Going electronic
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsTripling in support workers substituting for nurses shows practice is ‘the new normal’
The number of registered nursing shifts being covered by less qualified support workers at an “outstanding” mental health trust has tripled since 2016.
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News'Bullying and harassment' at trusts to be targeted by NHSE regional teams
Cultural issues within NHS trusts will be monitored by NHS England’s regional teams under its new single oversight framework.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Standard hit for the first time
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsCQC closes ‘inadequate’ children’s unit
An NHS children’s mental health unit has been closed down by the Care Quality Commission after being rated “inadequate” earlier this week.