All Mental health articles – Page 78
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CommentThe many transformations of Jeremy Hunt
About to become UK’s longest serving health secretary, Jeremy Hunt’s ability to reinvent himself every 18 months might be the key to his success but at the cost of leaving past priorities in the lurch, notes Thomas Cawston
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HSJ InteractiveWe need an evolution in how primary care works
A stronger, reinvented model of primary care will be as central to the NHS’s next 70 years as it has been for the last 70. By Michael Macdonnell
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CommentSplitting up general practice services won't always work
Fragmentation of general practice services will jeopardise the value that it delivers to patients and the NHS, notes Rebecca Rosen
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NewsEvery CCG required to increase mental health spending
Every clinical commissioning group in the country will be required to increase the proportion of their budget spent on mental health services from next year.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider suspected of criminal offence by CQC
A major private mental health provider rocked by quality concerns in recent months has had to close most of its beds for young people at its one remaining site in the South East – amid concerns it may have committed a criminal offence.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: What's happened to the second Carter review?
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentReform or a new mental health act?
Hope Davis-McCallion on how the review of the Mental Health Act will shape up
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CommentWhat trusts want from the 2018-19 planning guidance
In view of the 2017-18 plan already coming under pressure, the upcoming 2018-19 planning guidance must set out a clear and realistic set of objectives, say Amber Jabbal and Phillipa Hentsch
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NewsTen per cent increase in CAMHS beds confirmed
More than 130 new child and adolescent mental health beds have been commissioned as part of national plans to expand capacity by 10 per cent by 2019.
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HSJ LocalVirgin set to bid for £260m children's services contract
Virgin Care has indicated it will bid for an NHS contract to provide children’s community and mental health services in Devon worth at least £259m over seven years, HSJ has learned.
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CommentScaling up innovation requires action at multiple levels
A new research report looks at ways to ensure the successful uptake of innovations in healthcare to relieve the NHS’ financial and operational pressures, say Will Warburton and David Albury
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The housing policy vacuum
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentWinter is a lose-lose situation for patients, staff and NHS finances
The shift towards providing more emergency care over winter leads to spiralling costs for trusts, but taking certain measures can prevent the teetering acute sector from collapse, says Adam Wright
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HSJ LocalTrust chief warns county council over unpaid invoices
A foundation trust boss in a struggling health economy has raised the prospect of a “formal dispute” with the county council over more than £2m of late invoice payments.
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NewsExclusive: Watchdog raises safety fears for CAMHS patients
The safety of young people with mental health problems is at risk due to the inconsistent way they are being transitioned into adult services, the new safety watchdog has warned.
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HSJ LocalFT replaces chair who stepped down amid charity payment allegations
An outstanding rated foundation trust has replaced its chair who stepped down amid allegations that his charity was paying him large amounts of money.
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NewsWorkforce targets 'hard to achieve', warns royal college chief
Ambitious plans to create 21,000 new posts in the mental health sector are unlikely to be achieved in the time limit, a royal college president has warned.
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HSJ LocalTrust unfairly sacked 19 staff after losing contract
A mental health trust unfairly dismissed 19 staff after losing a community services contract, a tribunal has ruled.
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CommentCCGs lack skills to commission research
Evaluations to assess impact of various public health programmes or mental health services are often under scoped and under planned, states Dr Peter West
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NewsExclusive: Mental health patients at risk in A&E, warns safety watchdog
A shortage of trained staff to assess mental health patients in emergency departments is leading to inconsistent care and could have “severe consequences” safety investigators have warned.