All Mental health articles – Page 90
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HSJ LocalRegulator imposes new chair at Southern Health
Alan Yates appointed as interim chair at Southern Health following Tim Smart’s resignation NHS Improvement “required” the troubled trust to appoint Mr Yates to the position Mr Yates will lead a review of the trust’s services The new interim chair appointed by regulators at Southern Health Foundation Trust ...
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HSJ LocalNeglect by trust contributed to patient death, report finds
Neglect by mental health trust contributed to death of patient while she was waiting for admission to inpatient bed Coroner said she was “unlikely” to have died had she been admitted Healthcare assistant was allowed to administer controlled drug unsupervised Chief executive and coroner highlight national issue of lack ...
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HSJ LocalFoundation trusts reveal merger plan
Two Derbyshire foundation trusts will seek to merge into single organisation Derbyshire Community Health Services will acquire Derbyshire Healthcare Change follows CQC criticism of Derbyshire Healthcare’s governance Two foundation trusts in the East Midlands have announced plans to merge and create a single organisation.
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NewsMore than half of CCGs 'need to improve mental health services'
More than half of CCGs judged as needing to improve local mental health services New NHS England framework ranked 127 of the 209 CCGs as “needs improvement” or “greatest need for improvement” Ratings published at same time as new mental health dashboard, which shows how commissioners are performing against ...
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HSJ LocalChildren's mental health crisis centre aims to reduce A&E use
West Yorkshire mental health trust to provide overnight beds for children and young people suffering a mental health crisis First service of its kind in the region but it is expected to be rolled out across the West Yorkshire STP area Trust says the facility will reduce the number ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Rethinking the care home
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View
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NewsMapped: Providers' new ratings from NHS Improvement
This map shows the segmentation rating given to all NHS providers by NHS Improvement today.
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NewsHunt: Trusts to be told how to do better investigations
Health secretary says problems around poor investigations seen at Southern Health likely to exist across the NHS Jeremy Hunt reveals plan to issue new guidance to trusts on how to carry out effective investigations NHS complaints system is “unfinished business” Jeremy Hunt has said “we are kidding ourselves” ...
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NewsHunt vows to act on NHS's 'biggest area of weakness'
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt brands children’s mental health services the NHS’s “biggest area of weakness” Mr Hunt took on mental health portfolio after being reappointed as health secretary He tells HSJ there were “big problems” with CAMHS capacity and one solution is integrating more NHS services into schools ...
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NewsReforms after Winterbourne View scandal hit by NHS funding inertia
The NHS’s failure to sufficiently fund the care costs of people with learning disabilities who are being transferred from long term health service placements has resulted in major overspends for many councils.
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HSJ LocalMental health trust apologises over killings linked to patients
A mental health trust has apologised to families after a critical review of 10 killings found that it underestimated the risks posed by some of its patients.
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CommentHunt’s good intentions fall foul of the immigration dog whistle
Attempts to discuss the expansion of medical training crashed into scepticism of how this could happen post-Brexit
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HSJ LocalFoundation trust taken out of special measures
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust taken out of special measures CQC raises the trust’s overall rating from inadequate to reguires improvement Trust to be given support to address safety concerns A mental health trust has been taken out of special measures after inspectors upgraded its overall rating from ...
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NewsVast majority of mental health trusts have safety concerns, CQC warns
All but three of NHS mental health trusts inspected before July rated inadequate or requires improvement 80 per cent of acute mental health wards inspected before July have safety concerns CQC chief executive not calling for cash injection despite “unsuitable buildings” creating suicide risks Mental health trusts are ...
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NewsExclusive: Lack of mental health crisis beds a 'national scandal'
Mental Health Network calls shortage of acute beds for crisis care a “national scandal” Report, shared exclusively with HSJ, claims ringfenced cash for mental health is not reaching frontline services MHN chair Bev Humphrey says crisis care is at “tipping point” and should be prominent in STPs Mental ...
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HSJ LocalShortlist for new hospital site revealed
CCG announces three possible sites for new mental health hospital in York Possible locations include Bootham Park, Clifton Park and Haxby Road Shortlist announced as trust opens temporary ward for adult mental health patients Three sites have been shortlisted to be the location for a new mental health ...
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NewsNICE criticised for 'missed opportunity' with PTSD guidance
NICE has rejected considering postpartum PTSD as a specific category in forthcoming review Birth Trauma Association and RCGP say this is a “missed opportunity” BTA says postpartum PTSD affects 10,000 new mothers a year Mothers who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder after giving birth will not be specifically considered ...
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HSJ LocalNew trust chief vows to cut costly out of area treatments
Leeds and York Partnership FT’s new chief executive hopes to save £1.5m by reducing out of area treatments Trust has sent 37 adult mental health patients out of area for treatment since April Sara Munro took up the post last month Hopes reducing out of area placements will save ...
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CommentAre we ready for a new relationship with patients?
A paradigm shift towards empowerment is needed in the way we involve patients in their own care by seeing things from their perspective