All Mental health articles – Page 86
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HSJ LocalNew chair appointed at scandal hit trust
The largest mental and community health services trust in the country has appointed a new chair, after being without a permanent chair for over a year.
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HSJ LocalMental health crisis unit fails to hit admission target
Proportion of service users referred back into community falls from 79 per cent to 55 per cent in March Service user complains that men and women are treated in the same room which is “completely inappropriate and very unsafe and scary for vulnerable women” Trust highlighted large number of ...
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HSJ LocalCCG chief officer leaving to lead foundation trust
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG chief to head up mental health and community care trust Tracy Dowling replaces Aidan Thomas who is retiring in the summer Ms Dowling is also accountable officer of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough STP Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group chief officer Tracy Dowling is leaving ...
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NewsNew digital excellence regions could be based on STPs
NHS England planning to pick four or five “placed based” digital exemplars based on STP or ACS areas AHSNs separately asked to assess “place based” digital maturity Some digital exemplar trusts have picked “fast follower” partners and are awaiting NHS England approval NHS England is looking to fund ...
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NewsRegulator action against hospitals more than doubles in a year
CQC’s year-end performance report reveals 133 per cent jump in enforcement action CQC says it is seeing improvement when inspectors return to providers Regulator finished 2016-17 with a £14m underspend against budget The number of enforcement actions taken against hospital providers in England by the Care Quality Commission ...
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Leading from the front or just paying lip service
A new fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ LocalCCG and council tender £620m alliance contract
Alliance contract worth between £620m and £650m for up to 10 years Contract jointly tendered by Lambeth council and CCG Contract value could drop by up to 15 per cent over 10 years as services become more efficient South London commissioners have tendered a new alliance contract for ...
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CommentNew care models need the right organisational delivery model
New organisational forms, planned and developed locally, will help to make integrated care the norm
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HSJ LocalInquest prompts police probe into inpatient deaths
Police launch probe into patient deaths at acute adult inpatient unit The Essex Police probe is investigating whether there is a criminal case to answer over the deaths of patients at the Linden Centre, now run by Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust Seven patients have died at the unit ...
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NewsNew data shows work needed to hit eating disorder treatment standard
New data shows two-thirds of children and young people with an urgent eating disorder had treatment within a week NHS England data also shows nearly three-quarters of routine eating disorder referrals began treatment within four weeks The data is the first published on children and young people’s eating disorders ...
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CommentFive lessons in transforming mental health
Lambeth CCG’s learnings to help others drive a transformational change in mental health
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The long road to recovery
A new fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health prosecuted for second time over patient death
England’s largest community and mental health provider will be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a patient.
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HSJ LocalPotentially 'life threatening' gaps in care, independent review warns
Review finds Bristol community mental health services had gaps in care that “may well have been life threatening” Introduction of “system leadership” care model linked to disruption of care Review of 26 suicides or attempts finds “collective failings” of care in several cases Disruptions linked to a new ...
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NewsPM pledges to scrap Mental Health Act in major reform package
Prime minister Theresa May has pledged to scrap the “flawed” Mental Health Act and replace it with new legislation if the Conservatives are re-elected.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts selected to run new mother and baby service
NHS England has told four trusts they are the preferred providers of four new mother and baby units The successful bidders were notified last month, but final contracts are still being negotiated The MBUs are part of a £40m investment in inpatient perinatal care The preferred providers of ...
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HSJ LocalNew merger trust sets out five year savings plan
New Essex mental health provider must deliver £43m of savings over next five years Essex Partnership University FT focusing on back office shake-up ahead of major service reconfiguration Trust has a £8.6m control total for 2017-18 Essex’s new mental health provider trust must deliver £43m of savings over ...
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HSJ LocalIndependent hospital improves training in wake of patient death failures
Staff at independent mental health unit given extra training in dealing with emergencies Extra training comes after coroner wrote to the firm outlining failures linked to the death of a patient Inquest found James O’Brien died of natural causes, but the jury said the emergency response from hospital staff ...
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NewsFlagship service hits recovery target for first time
Flagship talking therapy service hits target for first time since its launch in 2008 Improving access to psychological therapies achieved a 50.1 per cent recovery rate in January 2017, just above the 50 per cent target IAPT is a key element of the Five Year Forward View for Mental ...
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HSJ LocalInadequate CCG 'disintegrates' joint commissioning with council
Deloitte review finds “lack of strategy” and “joined up commissioning” between Walsall CCG and local authority CCG, which is under legal directions, “disintegrates” joint commissioning unit with council as result of review CCG’s interests “not always met” by joint commissioning arrangement A West Midlands clinical commissioning group, currently ...